China/Vietnam: Suspicious Death of Tibetan High Lama

China/Vietnam: Suspicious Death of Tibetan High Lama

Click to expand Image Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, date unknown. © 2025 Tibet.net (Taipei) – The Vietnamese government should investigate the death under suspicious circumstances of a senior Tibetan lama, Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.Humkar Dorje, 56, died following months of concern by the Tibetan community about his whereabouts and well-being. His followers in India, where many Tibetans …

Vietnam receives Xi despite China’s alleged assassination of Tulku Hungkar in Vietnam – Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 14 April: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) Toronto and SFT-India staged protests outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto and the Vietnamese embassy in Delhi respectively today, demanding an investigation into the suspicious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorjee while in Chinese custody in Vietnam.

HRW calls for investigation into suspicious death of Humkar Dorje Rinpoche in Vietnam

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 11: International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Vietnamese government to launch an impartial and transparent investigation into the death of a prominent Tibetan religious leader, Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, under what the organisation described as “suspicious circumstances” in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on March 29, 2025. The 56-year-old lama, who headed the Lung Ngon Monastery in Ga…

Vietnam urged to account for Tibetan lama’s death in Chinese police custody on its soil - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Apr10’25) – Following reports that a prominent religious figure in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) prefecture of Qinghai province had died under explained circumstances in Vietnam under Chinese police custody late last month, the Dalai Lama has said prayers for him on Apr 9. On the same day, New York-based international rights group Human Rights Watch […]

Joint Statement on the Unexplained Death of Tibetan Abbot - International Tibet Network

Tibet Organisations Issue Joint Statement on the Unexplained Death of Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje in Detention and Demand Transparency   We, the undersigned Tibet organisations, express our profound concern regarding the sudden death of 56-year-old Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, the Abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golog, Amdo, Tibet [CH: Gande County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province] while in detention in Vietnam in late March 2025.…