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Lhamo, 36, died covered in bruises two days after being sent to a hospital by police, while a cousin remains in jail.

Sichuan's Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy meanwhile remains shut to public visits until after May 1, an official notice says.

A new report calls for China to be redesignated a country of particular concern for its policies on faith.

A source said the woman took her own life because she could not bear life in detention.

Followers believe an announcement citing 'illegal activities' was scripted by Chinese authorities wanting to reduce the centers' influence.

China's claims of religious freedom, economic progress, and historical control are unfounded, Tibet's exile government says.

Satellite images show the scope of demolition, while a local source tells of evicted monks and nuns.

A vast expanse of grass is all that remains of half the complex in Sichuan.

The destruction follows the forced removal of over 7,000 monks and nuns who had gone to the remote center from other areas of Tibet.

The removals continue a wave of expulsions ordered by China to reduce the size and influence of the meditation and study center.

Travel to and from the center from which thousands have been removed is now limited to those who still live there.

Their tears are seen as signs of disloyalty to China after their forced removal from the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist center.

They are forced to dress as laypeople and memorize propaganda in detention centers, sources say.

Those being removed had come from areas in the Tibet Autonomous Region far from Sichuan, a local source says.

Monks and nuns who came from other areas to join the center are being sent home, with no provision made for them to find housing or continue their studies.

Walls and checkpoints meanwhile block unauthorized entry as China restricts growth at the popular Tibetan Buddhist study center in Sichuan.

Visitors barred from entering Buddhist institute during during annual Dechen Shingdrup festival.

The move further tightens Chinese authorities' restrictions at the once-sprawling Tibetan Buddhist study center.

Officials reverse an earlier order allowing the gathering to go ahead, citing concerns over crowds.

Chinese authorities have destroyed more than 4,700 homes and forced about 4,800 residents to leave the complex.

Kardze prefecture authorities have appointed six ruling Chinese Communist Party members to supervise the study center's affairs.

Churches are raided, believers harassed and jailed, U.S. State Department says.

Around 2,000 monks and nuns are to be expelled from the complex by year’s end.

A senior abbot at the Buddhist study center says that 4,725 monastic dwellings were destroyed during the last year.

They are told they must leave the retreat center to which they relocated after being forced out of Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.

Authorities cite the need for 'orderly management' of the large complex, home to thousands of monks and nuns.

The last group of nuns is sent back to their native areas in Qinghai province, the source says.

Groups warn of a 'dangerous direction' if the leaders of two major countries fail to take human rights violations seriously.

Residents of the academy for Tibetan Buddhist studies should focus on their studies as more dwellings are torn down, he says.

About 5,000 monks and nuns have already left, while nearly 250 still wait to leave, the abbot says.