Tibetan Monk Kunchok Choedak Missing 8 Months After Arrest

Tibetan monk and scriptural teacher Geshe Kunchok Choedak has been missing for over eight months following his detention by Chinese authorities in December 2024 in Sangchu County, Gansu Province. Officials searched his home and seized materials linked to the Kirti Monasteries’ education group, but have provided no information on his condition or whereabouts. Rights groups say his incommunicado detention violates international law and poses a high risk of torture. Kunchok Choedak, former acting abbot of Hor Tsang Kirti Monastery, earned his Geshe Lharampa degree in 2019 and has long served in Tibetan Buddhist education.