destruction of sacred mountain
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China Demolishes Hundreds of Buddhist Stupas and Sacred Statues in Drakgo, Tibet, Amid Tightened Repression
In a grave assault on Tibetan religious heritage, Chinese authorities have demolished more than 300 Buddhist stupas and two revered statues in Drakgo (Ch: Luhuo) County, Karze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham. The destruction, carried out in late May or June 2025 at Lungrab Zang-ri (ལུང་རབ་བཟང་རི།) near Janggang Monastery…
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China digs tunnels through sacred Tibetan mountain.
Chinese contractors working on a government-ordered railway line are burrowing under a Sichuan mountain sacred to Tibetans, using artillery fire to damage the rock face and speed up their job. For several months, the devastation of Asal Dzari mountain, which is located in Toe township of Nyakchu county in the Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan…