Tibetan Prisoner serving life sentence dies in Prison

From China Information Center:

Rinzin Wangyal a.k.a Rinwang, 59, died in prison at the end of 2004, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD). There has been no official confirmation of Rinzin Wangyal’s death. It has been reported that his body was not handed over his family.

Rinzin was serving a life imprisonment term in Pawo Tramo Prison, 250 km east of Lhasa. According to the most recent information received by TCHRD on 31 May 2004, his health condition was known to have gravely deteriorated due to constant torture over the years in prison.

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