China-cautious Nepal bans public events marking Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday

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(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’26) – Although the Dalai Lama’s birthday is marked with prayers and charity works and nothing much else in the public domain, police in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu have banned public rallies, assemblies, and poster demonstrations under apparent pressure from China. Its ambassador had earlier issued Tibet-warnings in meetings with the country’s newly elected government’s Home and Foreign Minsters, as per Nepali media reports in Mar 2026.

The Kathmandu District Security Committee, chaired by Chief District Officer Ishwar Raj Paudel, has banned public rallies, assemblies, and poster demonstrations on Monday to prevent ‘Free Tibet...

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