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The imprisonment of a senior lama and the forced closure of schools serving some 1,100 Tibetan students mark a further tightening of China’s restrictions on Tibetan religion, language and identity.
Dharamshala, 19 October 2026: Chinese authorities have sentenced Khensur Lobsang Tenpa, former abbot of Ragya Monastery in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo), in Tibet’s traditional Amdo Province, to five years’ imprisonment, reportedly for performing long-life prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Two schools teaching in the Tibetan language have also been closed in the same area, affecting about 1,100 students and 120 teachers and staff. The news was relayed through a relia...
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