Drag-yab County
Photo: Tibet Watch
People living in Drag-yab County [Ch: Zhag’yab County] and Chamdo who have family living outside Tibet are now required to install an app on their phones, giving the Chinese authorities access to all their phone data. Anyone found with “politically sensitive” content, or evidence of contact with Tibetans living outside Tibet, is likely to be detained for two to three months; following their release offenders are subject to surveillance and restrictions on their movements.
Tibet Watch has reported on the situation in Drag-yab and Chamdo, citing the case of Lobsang Tsomo, a Tibetan nun from Drag-yab County who was arrested in Mid-November. Tibet Watch says the report of this arrest was delayed. She was arrested on suspicion of contacting Tibetans living outside Tibet, detained for 
three months and severely beaten. Since her release she is under constant surveillance and prevented from traveling outside her home county. Tibet Watch’s local source has suggested that several other nuns have been arrested along with Lobsang Tsomo, but gathering further confirmation is difficult due to surveillance on communication, and risks of similar detentions.
Their source commented, “The restrictions on people’s movement and online censorship are becoming a serious concern and getting worse day by day in Drag-yab and Chamdo.”
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