Head Lama of Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo Tulku Palden Wangyal Dies in Custody After Enduring Prolonged Torture

Tibetan lama reported dead after China ill-treated, moved him around to four prisons - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’25) – A locally prominent religious figure in Chamdo (Chinese: Changdu or Qamdo) City of Tibet Autonomous Region, jailed for his advocacy for the preservation of Tibetan culture and identity, has died recently after being moved around four prisons and subjected to ill-treatment in each of them, said the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on […]

Tulku Palden Wangyal, Head Lama of Choegyal Monasteries in Kham Gonjo dies in Chinese custody  – Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA,  4 Sept: Tulku Palden Wangyal, the Head Lama of Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, has died in Chinese custody after prolonged torture.

Head Lama of Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo Tulku Palden Wangyal Dies in Custody After Enduring Prolonged Torture

Head Lama of Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo Tulku Palden Wangyal Dies in Custody After Enduring Prolonged Torture Dharamshala: Tulku Palden Wangyal, the Head Lama of the Choegyal Monasteries in Botoed (འབོ་སྟོད་གྲོང་), Gardhab (སྒར་འདབ་གྲོང་), Ngyagle (ཉག་ལེ་གྲོང་), and Shungkor (གཞུང་སྐོར་གྲོང་) villages of Gonjo (Ch: Gongjiue) County, passed away in prison at the age of 53 after prolonged detention, according to reliable sources. Tulku Palden W…