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07/02/2023 Freedom of Opinion and Expression / Freedom of religion and belief / News / religious-repression

China bans display of Buddhist flags at Tibetan New Year show, detains and fines organiser

Information received by TCHRD confirmed that Gephel, a Tibetan student from Muge Township in Zungchu (Ch: Songpan) County, Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo, was detained on the evening of 24 January from his home for displaying Buddhist flags instead of Chinese flag as the backdrop on the stage during ‘Losar’ New Year celebration show.

10/11/2022 abitrary-detention / Freedom of religion and belief / News / religious-repression

Prosecuting Tibetan Buddhists for making offerings to spiritual teachers is a violation of freedom of religion and belief

Information received by TCHRD confirms the detention of four known Tibetans, among them an elderly woman, for merely engaging in the Tibetan Buddhist practice of making financial offerings to Tibetan spiritual teachers or Lamas (‘The Superior One’ or ‘The Venerable One’).

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