Gyaltsen Kelsang was the tenth political prisoner after 1987 to have died shortly after being released on medical parole. Gyaltsen reportedly suffered severe beatings in Gutsa Detention Centre and then in Drapchi prison where she was transferred soon after her two year prison term was passed. She was consequently bed-ridden for more than 20 days in prison but received little…
Phuntsok Yangkyi, a 20-year-old nun of Michungri Nunnery, died on 4 June 1994. Choenyi reports that, while in hospital, Phuntsok Yangkyi was injected twice in her back and a Chinese doctor extracted a body fluid (Tibetan: Geychu). Chinese believe that this fluid is good for increasing vitality. Phuntsok Yangkyi went into a coma after the doctor extracted this fluid from…