Tenzin Delek Rinpoche: A Strange Relation with Zhou Yongkang
The disgraced former Politburo member is now serving a life sentence for corruption. Was his fall connected with the death (or murder) of the famous monk?
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
The disgraced former Politburo member is now serving a life sentence for corruption. Was his fall connected with the death (or murder) of the famous monk?
New more restrictive regulations came into force this month.
Candidates will be examined for their “ideological and political morality.” “Separatists” and those involved in “illegal” religion will be excluded.
While we discuss whether these radical forms of protest are morally acceptable and effective, we should not forget that the CCP is responsible for this tragedy.
After pop singer Tsewang Norbu, 81-year-old Taphun self-immolated. Nozin Wangmo was jailed for discussing the issue.
Well-known as author and lecturer, Go Sherab Gyatso was sentenced to ten years in November 2021.
In December 2021, a megastatue of Buddha was destroyed in Luhuo (Drakgo). As protests continued, hundreds are being taken to re-education camps.
Extraordinary repression hit Tibet in connection with the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It is happening again.
Fifteen years after the suspicious death in jail of the charismatic Buddhist monk from Kham, the CCP is still afraid of him.
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