Religious Rights in Tibet
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Tibetan Official Expelled and Property Seized Under China’s Expanding Religious Crackdown
The Qinghai Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Commission announced that Tenzin, a senior Tibetan official and former deputy director of the Qinghai Provincial Forestry and Grassland Department, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and had his personal property confiscated. The Commission accused him of “losing faith,” “engaging in religious activities,” and “forgetting the…
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China Bans Tibetan Students from Religious Activities
China in its effort to tighten their grip upon restricting the religious observances in the traditionally and largely Buddhist country, Tibetan students from schools in Tibet have been banned from engaging in any form of religious activities during their summer holidays according to the Chinese state media report on Tuesday.
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Tibetans Should Choose Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation Says US
United State’s government led by President Donald Trump’s administration in a the report sent to the Congress expressed its concerns over the Chinese government’s interference in the selection, education and veneration of Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders and told that the Tibetan people should choose the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation.
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China Bans India-Trained Tibetan Monks from Teaching
In a first ever move outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in China occupied Tibet, officials of a county in the Sichuan province issued a letter banning the Tibetan monks who have been trained from the monasteries in India from teaching Buddhism there. It is reported as a move from the government to curb the…