Agency, Beijing.
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Fri, 11 Mar 2022 01:56 AM IST
Summary
According to the Hong Kong Post, such threats and restrictions on celebrations are part of a broader strategy of the Chinese Communist Party to undermine Tibetan identity. The newspaper quoted Tibetan sources as saying that Chinese officials in the Tibet region have banned travel and holding ceremonies and warned of punishment for those who violate the restrictions.
According to media reports, China has banned all major religious activities to commemorate the Tibetan New Year ‘Losar’ in and around Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Due to this, the minority community had to face many obstacles and interference on the Tibetan New Year. Last month, Lhasa’s Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs banned it, citing COVID-19.
According to the Hong Kong Post, such threats and restrictions on celebrations are part of a broader strategy of the Chinese Communist Party to undermine Tibetan identity. The newspaper quoted Tibetan sources as saying that Chinese officials in the Tibet region have banned travel and holding ceremonies and warned of punishment for those who violate the restrictions. The report said Tibetans working in government jobs were made mandatory for the new year to attend duty for work. This is so that they cannot go to their hometowns to celebrate.
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According to media reports, China has banned all major religious activities to commemorate the Tibetan New Year ‘Losar’ in and around Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Due to this, the minority community had to face many obstacles and interference on the Tibetan New Year. Last month, Lhasa’s Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs banned it, citing COVID-19.
According to the Hong Kong Post, such threats and restrictions on celebrations are part of a broader strategy of the Chinese Communist Party to undermine Tibetan identity. The newspaper quoted Tibetan sources as saying that Chinese officials in the Tibet region have banned travel and holding ceremonies and warned of punishment for those who violate the restrictions. The report said Tibetans working in government jobs were made mandatory for the new year to attend duty for work. This is so that they cannot go to their hometowns to celebrate.
Uyghur scholar gets 10 years in prison
Nurmemet Omar Uchkun, a Uighur professor and translator in China’s Xinjiang province, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for promoting separatism and Western culture. Radio Free Asia quoted Hussenjan, a village officer and former classmate of Uchkun living in Norway, as saying that his friend was known for his outstanding works in literature, translation and computer science.