Latest Update From “Free Tibet”. Disappeared For Writing A Song

On the heads of a sincere and truthful people,
A black hat has been forcefully put on”

……the opening words to the song “Black Hat”, released in March 2019 by Lhundrub Drakpa, a popular Tibetan musician who sang his truths through his music.

The lyrics are a condemnation of the Chinese government’s brutal occupation of Tibet, describing how Tibetans have “suffered as if hell is on earth”, how they are “gagged and their language is “hemmed in by a thousand insidious means”, and the “sorrow of the people of the Land of Snow”.

Two months later, a black hat was put on Lhundrub Drakpa when he was arrested without having committed any crime. It was an inevitable response from authorities desperate to silence both Lhundrub Drakpa and his music.

He was detained for over a year and beaten before being sentenced to six years in prison. He has not been heard from since, making him yet another one of Tibet’s disappeared political prisoners.

We will not let Lhundrub Drakpa’s story or his music go silent. In the run-up to 30 August, the Day of the Disappeared, we reaffirm our commitment to seeing Lhundrub Drakpa released and stand in solidarity with him and Tibet’s other political prisoners.

Please contact the local authorities in central Tibet using our quick and easy tool, demanding that he be released. And please keep a look out for our emails on Lhundrub Drakpa’s case, saying how you can be more involved.