The UN human rights experts have demanded that China and Vietnam explain the arrest, disappearance, and disputed death of prominent Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who reportedly died under suspicious circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City earlier this year, as reported by Phayul.

According to Phayul, in two formal communications addressed to Vietnam and China issued on August 8, 2025, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, and the Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial Executions and Minority Issues expressed “serious alarm” over the case.

The experts warned that both governments might have breached international human rights law through their handling of the Tibetan lama’s detention and death.

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