Rights group condemns military-style training, political indoctrination of Tibetan kindergarten children

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, June 11: The Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has condemned what it describes as the militarization and political indoctrination of Tibetan kindergarten children after analyzing images released by Chinese authorities from Tsona (Ch: Cuona), a Tibetan border town near India.

The photographs, published on May 26 by the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department, show Tibetan kindergarten children dressed in camouflage uniforms marching under the Chinese national flag and taking part in simulated military exercises using imitation rifles.

The images accompanied a report titled “Nurturing a Love ...

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