- Tenzin Choedrak
Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (
April 15 ,1922 -April 6 ,2001 ) was the Senior Personal Physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama ), [cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/photogallery/dalailama/medicine.htm |title=The Art of Tibetan Medicine |first=Susan |last=Okie |date=1998-10-27 |accessdate=2007-06-12 ] and was recognized as an esteemed master in the Tibetan medical tradition. [ [http://www.buddhapia.com/tibet/tibetcen/tmai/bio.html Biography of Dr. Choedrak] ] He was imprisoned by the Chinese without any formal charge and subject to torture for 17 years. [ [http://www.savetibet.org/advocacy/us/proceedings/househirctenzinchoedrak.php House International Relations Committee: Dr. Tenzin Choedrak] ] His total imprisonment lasted almost 22 years from 1959-1980.In April 1995 he testified before the
United States House International Relations Committee , Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights where he related some of his experiences. [cite web|url=http://www.savetibet.org/advocacy/us/proceedings/househirctenzinchoedrak.php |title=House International Relations Committee: Dr. Tenzin Choedrak |date=April 1995 |accessdate=2007-06-12 |publisher=International Campaign for Tibet ] [ [http://www.subliminal.org/tibet/testimony/Choedrak-Congress.html Victim of Chinese Torture in Tibet] ]Books
*"The Rainbow Palace" was published in 2000 by Bantam in the UK. - ISBN 055381303X / ISBN 978-0553813036
References
See also
Internal links
List of Tibetan political prisoners
External links
*Testimony before the US House International Relations Committee [http://www.savetibet.org/advocacy/us/proceedings/househirctenzinchoedrak.php]
*Brief Biography [http://www.buddhapia.com/tibet/tibetcen/tmai/bio.html]
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