Tag: Tibetan monk

Authorities say they will arrest and punish those who defy the order

The move follows widespread condemnation of the demolitions in Drago county in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

China regularly tightens security in Tibet’s capital Lhasa and in other Tibetan areas of China during important political events in Beijing

The 11 were arrested on suspicion of sending news and photos of the statue’s destruction to contacts outside the region

The statue of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who died in 2015 in a Chinese prison, was commissioned by the late monk’s students

Tenzin Norbu and Wangchen Nyima, who are brothers, were arrested on Aug. 15, 2021, and are being held in a prison in Tawu

The monk was charged with keeping pictures of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and other politically sensitive material

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is widely reviled by Chinese leaders as a separatist intent on splitting Tibet

The writer has been described as an “open-minded individual who advocates the preservation of Tibetan language, religion and culture”

The move, announced on Oct. 1, has already seen monks aged 11 to 15 years expelled from Dhitsa monastery in Qinghai