(TibetanReview.net, Oct30’26) – The US State Department has on Oct 29 called on China to stop interfering with the religious freedom of the Tibetan people following reports that authorities had begun demolishing the residential quarters of some 200 monks at a monastery in Sershul (Chinese: Shiqu) County of Kardze (Ganzi) Prefecture, Sichuan Province. This preceded another large-scale demolition work carried out in another major Buddhist study centre in the same prefecture.
The demolitions were begun over Oct 25-26 in the county’s Dza Sershul Thekchen Dargyeling Monastery, reported rfa.org Oct 29, citing a local source who spoke on condition of anonymity for personal safety reasons.
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