Li Ke (李柯), born January 14, 1980 in Wuhan, Hubei, was detained after displaying Tibetan-independence banners at Ta’er Temple in Qinghai in October 2018.
2018 detention and 2019 trial
Rights Defense Network reports that Li traveled from Wuhan to Xining on October 11, 2018 and the next day entered Ta’er Temple wearing a Tibetan robe. The report states that he displayed banners and a snow-lion flag carrying “FREE TIBET” slogans and asked tourists to photograph him.
He was detained by temple police and formally arrested on November 26, 2018. On March 8, 2019, the Xining Intermediate People’s Court tried him on a charge of inciting secession. Rights Defense Network reports that no verdict was announced at the trial.
Status and evidence limits
The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database, updated June 12, 2026, records “no further information.” Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 李柯 among reported current prisoners as of August 31, 2026. No later verdict, sentence, detention facility or release information was located, so none is inferred.
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