Hungkar Dorjee
POLITICAL PRISONER- Prisoner image
- Does it have an image?
- Yes
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 56
- Detention Year
- 2020s: 2025
- Date of Detention
- August 2024
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Grounds for Detention
- Disrupting social order
- Inciting separatism
- Description of event
In August 2024, Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche was detained by members of the Qinghai Provincial Police Department and interrogated. The reasons for his detention are unclear.
Tulku Hungkar Dorje was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on 25 March 2025, then held incommunicado for four days before authorities announced he died of a “heart attack,” despite no known history of cardiovascular illness. His remains were cremated without family consent and without any transparent or independent public investigation.
- Violations Faced in Detention
- No Fair Trial: No family meet ups
- No Fair Trial: No legal representation
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Cultural Rights
- Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Educational Rights
- Legal and Procedural Rights Violations: Right to Fair Trial
- Consequences of Detention After Release
On 20 April 2025, at around 1 a.m., the body of Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche was reportedly cremated in the Sakya Vietnam temple, Ho Chi Minh City, reportedly in the presence of Chinese and Vietnamese individuals presumed to be security officials. His cremation was reportedly without consent from his family.
His ashes have been returned to his monastery.
- Type of Sources
- Secondary: Third Party Media
- Comments
The local Chinese authorities from the United Work Department have banned the dissemination of information about Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche or his teachings.
It is not clear whether a post-mortem has taken place, nor whether any investigations have been conducted.
- Published
- Published
- Is the Prisoner Deceased?
- Yes