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FROM THE NEWS DESK: CHINA'S WAR ON MONKS In July, reports began to surface
of an official document posted in Tibetan on a Chinese government website. It describes sweeping new measures against Tibetan
monks and nuns in Kardze, in Kham, Sichuan Province—an area that saw some of the most intense clashes between monks
and security forces earlier this year.
The order provides a uniquely detailed picture of what Tibet rights groups
have described as “the harshest crackdown on religion in Tibet in decades”. The language used in the document
has been compared to that of the Cultural Revolution. Translated by Free Tibet Campaign, it states that monks or nuns considered
subversive will undergo “serious re-education” and will be taken into custody until they have admitted their guilt.
At monasteries considered to have played a significant role in the Spring protests, the orders state that “all religious
activities will be halted.”
Richard Spencer's article on the new directive
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We hear from the Daily Telegraph's
China Correspondent, Richard Spencer about the story he broke on the new measures taken by China's authorities against
religious freedom; part of the Olympic crackdown in Tibet. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF NEW DIRECTIVE AGAINST TIBETAN MONASTERIES provided by Free Tibet Campaign UK
click here to download file
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the protests erupted, but not before they had managed to smuggle their tapes safely to Switzerland. Tibet Youth Radio’s
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