China has expelled over 1,000 Tibetan clerics from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, citing residency issues. A continued effort to curb Tibetan Buddhism, this move follows past demolitions and forced ...

Chinese authorities have recently dealt a blow to the major hub of Tibetan Buddhist learning by expelling more than 1,000 Tibetan monks and nuns from the ...

Beijing’s evictions and restrictions aimed at suppressing Tibetan culture and religious freedom, say rights activists ...

Campaign groups say China has started demolishing buildings at Larung Gar, one of the largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet. The London-based Free Tibet group says demolitions at the site ...

In 2016 local authorities, claiming concerns over overcrowding, started to demolish buildings at Tibet’s largest Buddhist institute, Larung Gar. “They evicted resident monks, reducing their ...

Around 1,000 monks and nuns were expelled from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy late last year. Security forces have also been deployed.