Story Archive
2016-12-29
They had come to Larung Gar from other parts of China and from Europe and the U.S. to study Tibetan Buddhism.
2016-12-27
The group will be resettled in a temporary camp in Qinghai province's Golog prefecture, a local source says.
2016-12-22
Destruction at the once bustling Buddhist study center has turned it into a 'dusty valley,' one source says.
2016-12-22
Sonam Yarphel had staged a solo protest in Sershul calling for Tibetan freedom and the Dalai Lama's return.
2016-12-20
The former Kirti monk was carrying a photo of the Dalai Lama and shouting slogans when he was overpowered by police.
2016-12-14
Senior monks from the nuns' former Buddhist study center check on their condition, give religious teachings.
2016-12-13
Authorities had demanded they say that Tashi Rabten had died not in a protest but because of a family dispute.
2016-12-09
Removed from the Buddhist study center that was their home, they now live crowded into metal huts.
2016-12-09
Chinese police questioned and detained family members following the protest, local sources say.
2016-12-09
Anyone wanting to study Tibetan Buddhism there must first pass a political examination, and must be a monk or nun.
2016-12-08
The protest brings to 146 the number of self-immolations by Tibetans calling for freedom in China.
2016-12-07
Some had helped organize celebrations of last year's birthday of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, sources say.
2016-12-06
He was one of a group of 20 that had tried to stop Chinese police from taking a burned protester into custody.
2016-12-05
She was convicted of 'homicide' after trying to prevent a self-immolation protester from being seized by police.
2016-12-02
The pilgrims, most of them elderly, had hoped to attend the Kalachakra teachings scheduled for January in India.
2016-11-21
Those who remain stay secluded in their rooms as authorities paste posters on dwellings around the complex.
2016-11-18
The Tibetan spiritual leader's visit is religious and not political in nature, government officials say.
2016-11-16
The unidentified protesters call out in support of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
2016-11-14
The move appears aimed at preventing attendance at the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra teachings next year.
2016-11-14
Detained in 2012 for opposing Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, Lobsang Sangye was tortured in custody, a source says.
2016-11-07
Authorities ban the prayer and teaching event as they work to reduce the Tibetan Buddhist study center's size, sources say.
2016-11-04
Some will be held for up to six months until the classes end, sources say.
2016-11-03
Many are forced to leave without being allowed to gather their belongings, a local source says.
2016-10-31
They also promise not to interfere with government policy in the area and to uphold 'national unity.'
2016-10-26
He is freed a month after his sentence ends on his family's assurance they will not publicize the release.
2016-10-19
He is hospitalized in critical condition after being assaulted by police while in detention.
2016-10-18
Accused of 'illegal activities,' he was given 15 months at hard labor.
2016-10-17
The opening of a residence for the abbot, who lives in India, draws hundreds, sources say.
2016-10-14
Many had received advanced degrees in India, and returned to Tibetan areas to teach in local monasteries.
2016-10-11
Monks and nuns coming from Larung Gar's Serthar county may now also be forced to leave, sources say.
