This archive preserves the source record concerning Tenzin Delek Rinpoche (丹增德勒仁波切), including his 2002 arrest and trial, imprisonment, health concerns and death in detention on July 12, 2015.
Source chronology
- 2002: Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was arrested and later sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on terrorism and separatism-related charges.
- 2004: Human Rights Watch published a substantive report challenging the fairness and evidentiary basis of the case.
- 2005: The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
- 2014: His family sought medical parole amid reports of serious illness.
- July 12, 2015: Prison authorities informed his family of his death.
- July 2015: Human Rights Watch and other organizations called for the return of his body and an independent investigation.
Evidentiary limits
Sources report health problems and denied or inadequate medical care, but no independent medical finding establishes a definitive cause of death. Family allegations regarding responsibility for the death are attributed and not presented as independently proven.