The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has reported that Chinese public security officials detained nine Tibetans in Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, between March and August, 2006, according to a series of reports between June and September by Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Phayul.com. Officials detained the Tibetans following incidents of distributing or displaying pro-independence leaflets and posters, and in at least one case, possessing printed matter that included photographs of the Dalai Lama. Three detainees are Buddhist nuns, one is a former nun, and one is a 16-year-old female student. Three of the four males are Buddhist monks. Eight of the nine detained Tibetans live in Ganzi county. According to the CECC's political prisoner database available at its website at www.cecc.gov this is the residence of more Tibetan political prisoners than anywhere outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).

The CECC reported that security officials detained six of the Tibetans for alleged roles in printing and distributing pro-independence leaflets in late May, during the Tibetan Buddhist lunar holy month. A Ganzi court issued a notice that the six detainees, including the minor Yiwang, would face trial, according to a Tibetan source cited in a report by RFA in August.