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Monastic schools in Ngaba targeted amid crackdown on Tibetan-language education

November 8, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Monastic schools in Ngaba targeted amid crackdown on Tibetan-language education

In yet another assault on Tibetan language in eastern Tibet, Chinese authorities have forcibly removed younger monks from the Taktsang Lhamo Monastic School and pressed them into state-run schools over recent months.

Surveillance in Tibet: ICT delivers remarks at 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin

October 16, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Surveillance in Tibet: ICT delivers remarks at 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin

Kai Mueller, Executive Director of ICT Germany, addressed the 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin last week, raising the dystopian proportions of surveillance in Tibet, particularly in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.

China Misuses Law to demolish historic Atsok Monastery for dam construction

August 16, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

China Misuses Law to demolish historic Atsok Monastery for dam construction

The Chinese government has demolished the 135-year-old Atsok Monastery in northern Tibet to make way for the construction of a hydroelectric dam. The monastery had previously enjoyed protected status as a cultural heritage site, but this status was unilaterally revoked by Chinese authorities in order to push the demolition forward.

Chinese authorities force closure of popular Tibetan school

July 18, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Chinese authorities force closure of popular Tibetan school

Amid an ongoing government campaign to close private Tibetan schools, the Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational School in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, was shut down on 12 July 2024.

China’s top leaders visit Tibet, seeking to assimilate Tibet’s religion and children

July 10, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

China’s top leaders visit Tibet, seeking to assimilate Tibet’s religion and children

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning, visited the Tibetan regions of Amdo and Kham last month, where they called for the full implementation of the Party’s policy to Sinify Tibetan Buddhism – essentially, converting it into a tool of the Chinese state.

Buddhist Association of China takes a leading role in China’s attempts to control and forcibly reshape Tibetan Buddhism

May 29, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetResearch

Buddhist Association of China takes a leading role in China’s attempts to control and forcibly reshape Tibetan Buddhism

Report Summary This report shows how the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), a supposedly non-political organization, is becoming a key instrument in the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism – particularly in relation to the search for and recognition of reincarnate lamas. The BAC has a special Tibetan Buddhism Working Committee […]

New report: Beijing uses Chinese Buddhist group to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism

May 29, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

New report: Beijing uses Chinese Buddhist group to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism

In a new report, the International Campaign for Tibet shows how the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), a supposedly non-political organization, is becoming a key instrument in the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism in spotlight at international religious freedom conference

November 29, 2023 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Tibetan Buddhism in spotlight at international religious freedom conference

Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Mongolia, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, delivered remarks here at the 5th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference.

Order from Chinese authorities: No more Tibetan in eastern Tibet schools

October 18, 2023 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Order from Chinese authorities: No more Tibetan in eastern Tibet schools

According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Chinese authorities have banned Tibetan as the language of instruction for all subjects in state schools in the so-called Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures of Kardze and Ngaba (Sichuan Province) since the start of the autumn semester in September.

European Buddhist Union urges China to stop interfering in Tibetan Buddhism

October 16, 2023 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

European Buddhist Union urges China to stop interfering in Tibetan Buddhism

In a statement adopted unanimously last month, the European Buddhist Union (EBU) has called on the Chinese government not to interfere in Tibetan Buddhist affairs – including in particular in the recognition of reincarnation of high lamas such as the Dalai Lama.

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