What is Tenzin Delek Rinpoche?
[[File:Thupten with Tenzin Delek image.jpg|right|thumb|Tenzin Delek Rinpoche]] Lithang Tulku '''Tenzin Delek Rinpoche''' or '''Tenzing Deleg''' (1950 – 12 July 2015) was a Tibetan [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] leader from [[Garze]], [[Sichuan]]. He was born in [[Lithang]], [[Tibet]]. He was arrested on April 7, 2002 during a raid on [[Jamyang Choekhorling]] in Garze, [[Sichuan]], [[China]]. He was accused of being involved in a bomb attack on April 3, 2002 on the central square of Sichuan's provincial capital, [[Chengdu]].<ref>[http://www.ishr.org/Tenzin-Informations.787.0.html Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche ? Tibetan Monk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011035303/http://www.ishr.org/Tenzin-Informations.787.0.html |date=2014-10-11 }} IGFM</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/029/2003 |title=Amnesty International |access-date=2017-08-31 |archive-date=2014-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615014829/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/029/2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]]. He died in prison in Chengdu. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Delek Rinpoche, Tenzin}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Buddhists]] [[Category:People who died in prison custody]] [[Category:Tibetan people]] {{bio-stub}}