Specific recommendations on Tibetan Buddhism and religious freedom in Tibet E-mail
30 April, 2007 International Campaign for Tibet

These recommendations deal with the trend towards a tightening of control over religious practice and scholarship in Tibet based on official documents obtained from Tibet and interviews with reincarnate lamas, monks and nuns from Tibet. These recommendations tackle issues related to patriotic education campaigns in religious institutions and a renewed determination by Chinese authorities to crack down on the influence of the Dalai Lama in Tibet. Taken from the ICT report 'The Communist Party as Living Buddha' (April 2007).


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