[Buddha-l] Chinese detaining Tibetans

[Richard Basham]

Oz also had coverage which is re-printed at the BuddhistChannel.tv
(appended link & lead-in). Several other pieces there (second appended
link & lead-in) are likely of interest to a few. 

Richard Basham

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http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=46,10828,0,0,1,0

Beijing orders Tibetan detentions after India pilgrimage
by Edward Wong, Sydney Morning Herald, April 9, 2012

Beijing, China -- HUNDREDS of Tibetans who attended an important
Buddhist ceremony earlier this year in India have been detained without
charge by Chinese security officers on their return to Tibet.

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Calls to Chinese authorities in Beijing went unanswered.

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http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=39,10831,0,0,1,0

The monks in yellow robes
by KAMAL RATNA TULADHAR, Ekantipur.com, Apr 7, 2012

Kathmandu, Nepal -- Once upon a time in Nepal, it was illegal to become
a Buddhist monk. You could get put in prison or sent out of the country.
Bhikshu Kumar Kashyap was among a group of monks who were banished in
1944.

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