Tibetan monk dies in prison in China

POLITICAL PRISONER:Supporters said that more than 30,000 Tibetans had signed a petition urging Beijing authorities to release the prominent human rights advocate

A Tibetan monk who was one of China’s most prominent political prisoners has died in prison, a relative and human rights activists said yesterday, raising the prospect of an increase in resentment of the government in Tibetan regions.

The US, EU and international rights groups had called for the release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, who died on Sunday in Chuandong Prison in Chengdu, his cousin, Geshe Nyima, told reporters by telephone from India.

Tenzin Delek was serving a 20-year sentence on charges of “crimes of terror and [the] incitement of separatism.”

The cause of death was not clear, Geshe Nyima said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/07/14/2003623016