Tibetan pilgrims

  • Three Tibetan pilgrims were apprehended by Chinese police for stealing state secrets.

    Three Tibetan pilgrims were apprehended by Chinese police for stealing state secrets.

    As they returned from a pilgrimage, Chinese officials in Sichuan province arrested three Tibetan Buddhists, alleging they were in possession of “politically sensitive material.” On Jan. 10, while returning home to Chamdo prefecture’s Dakyab township from the enormous Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy in Sichuan’s Serta (in Chinese, Seda) county, Asang, Dodra, and Nortso were…

  • China Orders Tibetan Pilgrims to Return Within 3 Days

    China Orders Tibetan Pilgrims to Return Within 3 Days

    Many Tibetans from inside China controlled Tibet are visiting Nepal on pilgrims during the coldest season. However, there is a report in the Tibet Times that China has ordered the Tibetan pilgrims to return within three days or face serious consequences such as total ban on their return!

  • China Orders Immediate Return of Tibetans Attending Dalai Lama Teachings in India

    China Orders Immediate Return of Tibetans Attending Dalai Lama Teachings in India

    According to latest news reports, China has yet again issued orders for immediate return of Tibetans on pilgrimage to India and Nepal, attending the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in India’s Bodh Gaya. According to the reports, the order for immediate return has been issued with a strict warning of serious consequences if…