A number of monks detained during fresh protects in Tibet
Dharamshala: A number of monks were detained in Drepung Monastery in Tibet, after they protested against Chinese efforts to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama, says Dharmshala based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
“Security forces were called into the monastery by the “Work Team” to control the monks who protested the arrival of a “Work Team” on “Legal and Information Education,” reported TCHRD.
The centre’s report further said, “A number of Tibetan monks were immediately detained and taken away to unknown location by the security forces for interrupting and protesting the campaign. There is no information on the condition and whereabouts of those detainees.” A heavy security of Chinese armed police sealed off all roads leading towards Drepung Monastery. The movements of the monks in the monastery were severely restricted with security personnel curbing access to outside visitors to the monastery including devotees, noted the report.
Meanwhile, all County officials and monastery heads from Karze “TAP” were called for a meeting held in Dartsedo in Tibet as per information of the Tibetan Government in -Exile.. The purpose of the meeting was mainly to enforce guidance for conducting “patriotic re-education” classes. In various Counties of Karze “TAP,” including Sershul, many monasteries had rejected the “patriotic-re-education” classes that were being conducted in March. In some monasteries, monks called for dialogue between the China and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At the meeting in Dartsedo, Chinese authorities demanded the heads of monasteries to acknowledge that such demands were a big mistake. Also during the meeting, announcements were made to each of the monastery heads demanding that they host the Chinese flag on the monastery rooftop. Announcements were also made such that the monks and laypeople of Sershul County will have to acknowledge that His Holiness the Dalai Lama was responsible for inciting the recent demonstrations, and were made to promise that they would protest against the “Dalai clique. “The implementation of the announcements made during the meeting was a failure since it was met with much resentment from the Tibetan people.
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