聚焦阿亚桑扎案: 上访藏人被判7年后为何仍未被释放？
The timeline of A-Nya Sengdra’s case, and why was he not released after 7 years?
已被囚青海门源监狱七年的藏人社区领袖、环保卫士阿亚桑扎，原定本月（2025年9月3日）刑满获释，在狱中突然被追加指控，刑期可能会延长至 2026年2月。此举不仅令家属震惊，也再次引发国际社会的广泛关注。
A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan community leader and environmental defender, who has been imprisoned in Menyuan Prison in Qinghai for seven years, was suddenly hit with additional charges while still in prison. He was originally scheduled to be released on September 3, 2025, but his sentence may now be extended until February 2026. The move has not only shocked his family but has also once again drawn widespread attention from the international community.
阿亚桑扎于1971年1月5日出生在青海省果洛州甘德县江千乡的牧区，曾任牧委会主任。他是藏区活跃的环保活动家，维权牧民代表，社会活动家。他从小在草原放牧，熟悉山川河谷的一草一木。[2] 随着矿业开发、盗猎和腐败现象的蔓延，他逐渐意识到草原生态和牧民生计正面临严重威胁。他开始带领乡民自发成立环保小组，清理垃圾、制止非法采矿、保护野生动物。
A-Nya Sengdra was born on January 5, 1971, in the pastoral area of Jiangqian Township, Gadê County, Golog Prefecture, in Qinghai Province, and once served as the head of the local pastoral committee. He is a prominent environmental activist in the Tibetan region, a representative of pastoralists’ rights, and a social activist. Having grown up herding livestock on the grasslands, he became deeply familiar with every plant, mountain, and valley. As mining development, poaching, and corruption spread, he gradually realized that the grassland ecosystem and the livelihoods of herders are under serious threat. He began to lead villagers to form grassroots environmental groups to clean up garbage, stop illegal mining, and protect wildlife.
阿亚桑扎的律师蔺其磊和其家人们的合影 (2020年)
A-Nya’s lawyer Lin Qilei and family of A-Nya Sangdra, 2020
时间线 Timeline:
2008年，阿亚桑扎积极参与保护生态环境和维护社区权利的社会活动，组织家乡牧民抵制非法采矿和有害的资源开发。他曾因替当地牧民维权而被拘（具体原因，在押时间不详细）。
In 2008, A-Nya Sengdra actively took part in social initiatives to protect the environment and safeguard community rights. He organized local herders to put a stop to illegal mining and resource exploitation. He was then detained for defending the rights of local herders (specific reasons and the length of his detention were not detailed).
2014年，他与三名维权牧民成立“芒珠林”民事自愿组织，多次到青海、北京提交举报信，请求中共高层督察青海省地方官员的贪腐、滥用职权等行为，遂再遭殴打、逼迫。[3]
In 2014, he founded the civil organization “Mangzhulin” alongside three other herder-rights advocates. They repeatedly submitted petitions in Qinghai and Beijing, to call on top leaders in the Chinese Communist Party’s to investigate corruption and the abuse of powers by local officials in Qinghai Province. Their actions only led to beatings and coercion.
2014年12月，他被果洛州甘德县警方又一次刑拘，之后，警方重提2008年的事件，他最终被判处有期徒刑1年10个月，直至2016年10月才从西宁市东川监狱得以刑满释放。
In December 2014, A-Nya Sengdra was again detained by the police in Gadê County, Golog Prefecture. Authorities then reopened the 2008 case, and he was ultimately sentenced to a year and ten months in prison. He was not released until October 2016, after completing his sentence at the Dongchuan Prison in Xining.
2018年阿亚桑扎再次代表当地藏族牧民上访维权，要求当局合理支付给当地牧民住房经费等款项。9月4日，其上访正驱车行进到果洛州高速路口，被前来堵截的警方再次莫名抓捕；被甘德县警方刑事拘留，涉嫌罪名是“寻衅滋事罪”；9月17日，知其被果洛州甘德县检察院以涉嫌“寻衅滋事罪”予以正式批捕。12月11日，甘德县警方对其发出《变更羁押期限通知书》，称因其“涉寻衅滋事案“另有重要罪行，将其延长羁押于海东市乐都区看守所。之后，其被果洛州甘德县检察院以涉嫌“寻衅滋事罪”、“破坏公共秩序罪”进行恶势力集团犯罪而提起起诉。
In 2018, A-Nya Sengdra once again petitioned on behalf of local Tibetan herders to defend their rights. He demanded that authorities properly allocate housing funds and other payments owed to the pastoralist community. On September 4, while driving toward a highway entrance in Golog Prefecture to continue his petition, he was abruptly intercepted and detained by the police. He was placed under detention by the Gadê County police, suspected of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On September 17, the Gadê County police Procuratorate in Golog Prefecture formally approved his arrest under the same charge.
On December 11, 2018, the Gadê County police issued a “Notice of Modification of Detention Period,” stating that due to “additional major offenses” connected to the case of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble, his detention would be extended. He was transferred to the detention center in Ledu District, Haidong City. The Gadê County Procuratorate in Golog Prefecture later prosecuted him on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and “disrupting public order,” and sought to framed the case as an incident of organized crime.
青海：从西宁到果洛的公路上 和 变更羁押期限通知书
Qinghai: On the road from Xining to Golog and the notice of change of detention period
2019年12月7日，阿亚桑扎被青海省果洛州甘德县法院一审中虽然没有认定其恶势力犯罪，但是仍然以“寻衅滋事罪“、“扰乱社会秩序罪”重判有期徒刑7年，刑期至2025年9月3日。
On December 7, 2019, although the Gadê Court in Golog Prefecture, Qinghai Province, did not convict A-Nya Sengdra of gang-related crimes, it still handed down a hefty sentence of seven years in prison on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and “disrupting social order.” His sentence was set to run until September 3, 2025.
2020年1月，阿亚桑扎不服一审判决，与律师蔺其磊提出上诉。其他8名被告分别是，来自青海的藏人索多（Sothor）、阿秀（Asho）、多桑（Dosang）、旺杰（Wanggyal）、坚参 （Gyaltsen）、阿毕（Abhi）、吾金次仁（Ugen Tsering）、旺青（Wanchen），以及降成（Jimtri）。除阿亚桑扎外，剩下几名同案均没有代理律师，只有官方指派的援助律师。
In January 2020, dissatisfied with the verdict of the first trial, A-Nya Sengdra filed an appeal with his lawyer, Lin Qilei. The other eight defendants are all Tibetans from Qinghai. Their names are Sothor, Asho, Dosang, Wanggyal, Gyaltsen, Abhi, Ugen Tsering, Wanchen, and Jimtri. Except for A-Nya Sengdra, the remaining co-defendants had no defense lawyers of their own, only government-appointed legal aid attorneys.
2020年6月18 日，青海省果洛藏族自治州中级法院经历两天开庭审理后, 当庭宣判“驳回上述，维持原判”。
On June 18, 2020, after two days of hearings, the Intermediate People’s Court of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province delivered its ruling to reject the appeal and to uphold the original verdict.
2024年1月8日，长期的监禁并没有打跨阿亚桑扎，由于始终坚持自己无罪，阿亚桑扎的辩护律师蔺其磊继续前往西安，向驻西安的最高人民法院第六巡回法庭进行申诉。在蔺其磊的多次追问下，申诉案件并没有取得任何实质性的进展，只是被告知案件仍在审查。【10】
On January 8, 2024, Long-term imprisonment has not broken A-Nya Sengdra, as he has consistently maintained his innocence. A-Nya Sengdra defense lawyer, Lin Qilei, traveled to Xi’an to file an appeal with the Sixth Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s Court. Despite Lin’s repeated inquiries, the case made no substantive progress. He was only told that the case was still under review.【10】
辩护律师蔺其磊 Lin Qilei, A-Nya Sengdra’s lawyer
蔺其磊在西安向最高院第六巡回法庭申诉 与 阿亚桑扎的儿子合影 Lin Qilei traveled to Xi’an to file an appeal with the Sixth Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s Court and he with the son of A-Nya Sangdra
阿亚桑扎的前辩护律师 蔺其磊是中国知名的人权律师。他是来自河南的汉人，长期为维权人士、藏人和弱势群体辩护，曾代理“709案”“12港人案”等敏感案件。2009年创办北京市瑞凯律师事务所，聚焦公共利益和反腐案件。因坚持依法维权，屡遭打压，2021年律所被强制注销，执业证被注销。他是“中国人权律师团”成员，持续通过诉讼和公开发声抗争。
A-Nya Sengdra’s former lawyer, Lin Qilei, is a well-known Chinese human rights lawyer. He is a Han Chinese from Henan, who has long defended the rights of activists, religious believers, and other vulnerable groups. He has represented clients in sensitive cases such as the “709 Crackdown” and the “12 Hongkongers” case. In 2009, he founded the Beijing Ruikai Law Firm to focus on public interest and anti-corruption cases. For his persistence in defending rights through law, he has faced constant pressure. In 2021, his law firm was forcibly shut down, and his license to practice was revoked. He is a member of the “China Human Rights Lawyers Group” and continues to resist through litigation and public advocacy.
无端加刑与非释放式释放 Sentence extension and Non-release release
据悉，阿亚桑扎在羁押期间因长期腹泻、无法吃喝，致使其身体极度虚弱，请求救治却得不到及时治疗。[4] 根据最新信息，阿亚桑扎在狱中被以多年前所谓的“盗窃”罪名再次起诉，这一指控被认为完全是捏造之词，导致他刑期被额外延长半年。原本应于2025年9月3日获释的他，如今至少要等到2026年2月才可能出狱。[1]
It is reported that during his detention, A-Nya Sengdra suffered from prolonged diarrhea and was unable to eat or drink, leaving him extremely weak. Despite requesting medical care, he did not receive timely treatment. [4] According to the latest information, A-Nya Sengdra has been prosecuted in prison on a so-called “theft” charge from many years ago, an accusation widely regarded as fabricated, which resulted in his sentence being extended for another six months. Originally scheduled for release in September 2025, he will now have to remain in prison at least until February 2026. [1]
观察人士认为，这种突然的“加刑”是政治操作，目的在于维稳。阿亚桑扎出狱日期正值中共举办9.3大阅兵，当局对一切可能引发舆论关注的群体和个人都采取高压手段。阿亚桑扎被视为敏感人物，中共宁可以莫须有的罪名延长其刑期，也不愿在这一时间节点上放人，以避免他的出狱引发关注生乱。观察人士同时也担心，他未来或将面临“非释放式释放”（non-release release）的局面——从小监狱到大监狱，表面上获释，但实际上仍被限制自由。[5]
Observers believe that this sudden “sentence extension” is a political maneuver aimed at maintaining stability. A-Nya Sengdra’s scheduled release coincided with the CCP’s September 3rd military parade, during which the authorities would adopt heavy-handed measures against any groups or individuals who might draw public attention. Viewed as a sensitive figure, A-Nya Sengdra was kept in prison under fabricated charges, as the CCP preferred to prolong his sentence rather than risking attention and unrest with his release at such a politically sensitive moment. Observers also fear that he may face a “non-release release” [5], from small prison to big prison， which is a release in name only, where he would continue to be subjected to restrictions on his freedom.
2025年新年，海外藏人寄给阿亚桑扎的贺卡
2025 New Year's greeting card sent to Aya Sengdra by overseas Tibetans
地址：青海门源监狱 青海省海北州门源县青石嘴镇青浩路58号 P.R.China 810300
Address: Menyuan Prison, Qinghai Province, No. 58, Qinghao Road, Qingshizui Town, Menyuan County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai Province, P.R. China 810300
果洛州府的格萨尔王塑像 King Gesar statue in Golog Prefecture
阿亚桑扎不同于传统的藏族政治犯。他的行动和诉求集中在生态保护，反贪腐和提高村民生计，没有提出民族权益相关的诉求。他带领村民揭露地方政府官商勾结、贪污补贴、挪用公款的腐败行为，并要求上级追责。这些腐败事实甚至已被果洛州检察院确认。他的行动与汉地上访告状极为相似，上访对象也是地方政府，因此成为打压对象。由于触动了地方官员和既得利益者的神经，他被地方执法机关以“口袋罪”逮捕并最终判刑。在藏区高压环境下，即便是纯粹的环保倡议与反腐败调查，一旦结合民众动员，就会被视为威胁政权的“火种”，遭遇严酷迫害。
A-Nya Sengdra differs from most Tibetan political prisoners. His actions and demands focused on environmental protection, anti-corruption, and improving villagers’ livelihoods, without raising issues related to ethnic rights. He led villagers in exposing corruption such as collusion between local officials and businesses, embezzlement of subsidies, and misappropriation of public funds, and called for higher authorities to hold those responsible accountable. Many of such cases of corruption have already been confirmed by the Golog Prefecture Procuratorate. His activism closely resembled petitioning practices common in ethnically Han areas, where grievances are brought against local governments. For his petitions, he became a target for repression, because his efforts have struck nerve among local politicians and interest groups. He was arrested by local law enforcement in the name of vague, catch-all offenses, and ultimately sentenced. In the highly repressive climate of the Tibetan region, even environmental initiatives and anti-corruption investigations, once combined with grassroots mobilization, are seen as the spark that could start a fire to threatening state power, and are met with harsh persecution.
过去七余年里，他几乎被剥夺了与外界的联系。即使在监狱中，大部分时间中他也都是被单独监禁。直到去年夏天，家属才首次获准探视，但是探视时间只有几分钟。据家人透露，他在狱中身体虚弱，健康状况令人担忧，但精神依旧坚毅。[6]
阿亚·桑扎的遭遇引发了国际人权与环保组织的声援。2020年5月19日，联合国人权事务专家联署发表声明，对中共非法迫害阿亚桑扎表示关切。他们指出，中共当局对阿亚桑扎的指控证实了中共镇压所有藏人维权者的状况，并要求中共当局遵守国际法义务及履行尊重人权的承诺，撤销对阿亚桑扎的指控。[7]2023年，联合国专家要求中国政府必须提供有关阿亚桑扎等9名在监狱服刑的藏族环境人权维护者的信息。[8]2025年，阿亚桑扎被授予“拉噶”奖。颁奖仪式将于8月30日在美国纽约举行。“拉噶”奖旨在表彰那些对西藏运动做出贡献的个人或团体。[9]
Over the past seven years, A-Nya Sengdra has been almost completely cut off from the outside world, spending most of his time in solitary confinement. His family was only allowed a visit for the first time last summer, which only lasted for a few minutes. They disclosed his poor health and weakness, but said his spirit remained strong. [6]
His case has drawn support from international human rights and environmental groups. On May 19, 2020, UN human rights experts issued a joint statement expressing concern over his persecution, calling on China to drop the charges and respect its obligations under international law. [7] In 2023, UN experts demanded information on A-Nya Sengdra and eight other imprisoned Tibetan environmental defenders. [8] In 2025, he was awarded the “Lhakar Prize,” presented in New York on August 30, honoring his contributions to the Tibetan movement. [9]
阿亚桑扎的案件暴露了当下藏地基层治理的腐败与制度性权力寻租。国家的援藏资金未能真正惠及普通藏人，而是被层层截留。阿亚桑扎的遭遇说明，中共的官僚体系缺乏监督，甚至公检法配合地方政府打击揭弊者。相比汉地维权人士，他所受迫害更严重，却因涉及民族地区而被社会公众敏感化，鲜少获得关注。他的合理合法诉求最终被强行政治化，使他从环保行动者到上访群众，到“寻衅滋事者”，最后沦为“政治犯”。
A-Nya Sengdra’s case exposes the corruption and systemic rent-seeking within local level governance in Tibet. State funds allocated for aid in Tibet have failed to truly benefit ordinary Tibetans, and are instead being siphoned off at various levels. His ordeal demonstrates that the CCP’s bureaucratic system lacks oversight, with public security, procuratorates, and courts even colluding with local governments to suppress whistleblowers. Compared with rights defenders in Han areas, he has suffered harsher persecution. Yet because his case involves ethnic minority regions, it has been overly sensitized and has received little public attention. His reasonable and lawful demands were politicized, transforming him from an environmental activist and a lawful petitioner to an “offender disturbing public order,” and finally into a “political prisoner.”
对于家乡的牧民而言，阿亚桑扎不仅仅是一位环保人士——他更是勇敢的为普通牧民发声的社区领袖。 他的遭遇折射出藏人所面临的残酷现实：一方面是生态危机，另一方面是政治压制。 随着国际社会的持续关注，许多人希望这位草原之子能够早日重获自由，继续守护家乡的河流、山川与牧民。
For herding communities, A-Nya Sengdra is more than an environmentalist — he is a courageous community leader for ordinary herders. His ordeal reflects the harsh reality faced by Tibetan environmental defenders, caught between ecological crises and political repression. With continued international attention, many hope this son of the grasslands will soon regain his freedom and continue to protect the rivers, mountains, and herders of his homeland.
Author/作者：Wilson, 小翠，RC
Editor /编辑：GD
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阿亚桑扎之妻要吉的投诉举报信 The Petition Letter of A-Nya Sengdra’s Wife
Complaint Report(translation)
Complainant: Yao Ji, female, Tibetan, born on May 15, 1979. Address: No. 0, Qiaqünahe Livestock Committee, Jiangqian Township, Gadê County, Qinghai Province. ID Number: 63262319790515082X. Phone: 17697672067.
Respondent: Public Security Bureau of Gadê County, Qinghai Province.
Cause of Complaint:
The Public Security Bureau of Gadê County, together with the county government and various law enforcement departments, has acted unlawfully in collusion with criminal gangs. They disobey the Party’s leadership, ignore national policies and laws, deceive superiors and oppress the people, act recklessly, arbitrarily fabricate facts to create false cases, frame law-abiding citizens, stir up social conflicts, and undermine the authority and credibility of the Party and government in the hearts of Tibetan herders.
Requests:
Immediate release of the law-abiding herdsman A-Nya Sengdra, who was arrested on September 5, 2018.
The Public Security Bureau of Gadê County should actively compensate A-Nya Sengdra for the psychological harm and economic losses caused.
Higher authorities are requested to thoroughly investigate and eradicate the criminal gang forces within the Public Security Bureau of Gadê County and other law enforcement departments who frame the people, create social conflicts, and undermine the Party and the state’s noble position in the hearts of the people, thereby eliminating these parasites for the Party and the country.
Facts and Reasons:
The departments of Jiangqian Township,Gadê County, Qinghai Province, have long violated national policies and laws. For many years, the subsidies and relief funds allocated by the state to herders—including grassland subsidies, forestry subsidies, allowances for low-income households, five-guarantee households, extremely poor households, and orphans—have all been embezzled, amounting to tens of millions of yuan.
Because A-Nya Sengdra defended the rights of the herders and petitioned to relevant departments in Qinghai and even to Beijing, he was repeatedly persecuted by the Public Security Bureau, being arrested and beaten multiple times. During a local election for team leader, A-Nya Sengdra received over 300 votes while another candidate received just over 200. However, the authorities announced that the candidate with fewer votes was elected. When A-Nya Sengdra and the herders raised objections, he was arrested by the Public Security Bureau and charged with “splitting the nation and ethnicity,” and sentenced. He was imprisoned for 1 year and 10 months before being released.
The petition materials submitted by A-Nya Sengdra on behalf of four brigades of Jiangqian Township were transferred to the Procuratorate of Golog Prefecture, Qinghai Province. On July 9, 2018, A-Nya Sengdra received the procuratorate’s written investigation reply, which was only in Chinese and not Tibetan. Since the herders do not understand Chinese, he hired a lawyer. On September 4, 2018, the lawyer came to review the materials and discuss the situation. On the afternoon of September 5, the Public Security Bureau of Gadê County arrested A-Nya Sengdra again. On September 6, a criminal detention notice was issued, stating the reason as “suspected of provoking trouble.” This was clearly a fabricated charge used by the Public Security Bureau to persecute A-Nya Sengdra for defending the rights of the herders.
Conclusion:
In light of the above facts, it is hereby requested that higher authorities thoroughly investigate and eradicate the criminal gang forces in Gadê County that undermine the Party and the state’s authority and credibility, destroy stability and unity, and act against the Party, the country, and the people. It is also requested that the law-abiding herdsman A-Nya Sengdra, who has been persecuted by these criminal gangs, be released immediately, and that the dignity of the Party’s and the state’s policies and laws be safeguarded.
Complainant: Yao Ji, wife of A-Nya Sengdra A-Nya Sengdra
Date: September 8, 2018
投诉举报信
投诉举报人:要吉,女,藏族,1979年5月15日生
住址,青海省甘德县江千乡恰曲纳合牧委会0号,
身份证,63262319790515082X,电话:17697672067。
被投诉举报人:青海省甘德县公安局。
投诉举报案由:青海省甘德县公安局与甘德县政府及各执法部门内, 执法犯法违法黑恶势力团伙, 不听党的领导, 不执行国家政策法律, 欺下瞒上, 胡做非为, 随便捏造事实制造假案, 陷害守法公民, 制造社会矛盾, 破坏党和政府在藏族牧民心中的地位和公信力。
投诉举报请求:
1、请求立即释放2018年9月5日被抓的守法牧民阿亚桑扎。
2、请求甘德县公安局对守法牧民阿亚桑扎造成的精神损害和经济损失给予积极赔偿。
3、请求上级主管部门彻查铲除青海省甘德县公安局,及各执政执法部门内陷害百姓制造社会矛盾,破坏党和国家在人民心中的崇高地位的黑恶势力团伙, 为党和国家铲除蛀虫垃圾。
事实与理由:
青海省甘德县江千乡各部门违反国家政策法律,多年以来将国家给予牧民的各项惠民补助款、草原补助款、林业补助款及低保户、保五保户、特困户、孤儿等的救济款统统贪占,数额高达上千万。因阿亚桑扎为牧民维权,去青海省各部门和北京上访,所以多次遭受公安局的迫害,被抓被打。还因选举队长, 阿亚桑扎300多票, 另一候选人200多票,在会场却宣布选票少的人当选,阿亚桑扎和牧民提出反对意见,被甘德县公安局抓捕后, 以分裂国家民族罪被判刑, 在监狱住了1年10个月被释放。阿亚桑扎代表江千乡4个大队提出的信访材料被转
交青海省果洛州检察院,2018年7月9日阿亚桑扎拿到检察院发的调查回复材料。没有藏文是汉字,因牧民不懂汉语不认识汉字,请了律师,2018年9月4日律师来看材料谈情况,9月5日下午甘德县公安局又 抓了阿亚桑扎,6日给了刑事拘留通知书,拘留原因写的是涉嫌寻衅滋事罪,很明显这是甘德县公安局,以莫须有的罪名迫害为牧民维权的阿亚桑扎。
综上所述事实,特请求上级主管部门立即彻查铲除青海省甘德县,破坏党和国家地位和公信力,破坏安定团结制造社会矛盾、反党、反国家、反人民的黑恶势力团伙。请求立即释放遭受黑恶势力团伙迫害的守法牧民阿亚桑扎,维护党和国家政策法律的威严。
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