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Tibetan Monk, Once Detained By China, Disappears Amid Crackdown Accusations
Jamyang was previously detained on allegations of maintaining contact with Tibetans living in exile.
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Bestselling Tibetan Monk Accused Of Sexual Abuse Dies In Thailand
A controversial Tibetan monk whose best-selling book on Buddhist wisdom was overshadowed by multiple allegations of sexual abuse has died in Thailand, his official social media account reported.
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Top Tibetan Lama Abandons Monkhood To Marry Old Friend In India
A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India, his office said Thursday.
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China Releases Tibetan Monk After 5 Years
China released a veteran Tibetan Buddhist monk after five years of imprisonment for separatism, the Free Tibet organisation confirmed on Friday.
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Jailed Tibetan Monk Died Of Heart Attack: Report
A prominent Tibetan monk whose death in jail in China last week raised new questions about the rights of the Tibet community, suffered a heart attack after often refusing to see doctors or take medicine, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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China Cremates Revered Tibetan Monk Against Family Wishes
Chinese authorities have cremated the body of a revered Tibetan monk against his family's wishes, rights groups said Thursday, after protests erupted following news of his death.
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Tibetans Protest to Demand Release of Monk's Body in China
Dozens of Tibetans shouting "return the body" protested outside a prison in China on Wednesday after a prominent Tibetan monk died in jail, reflecting anger amongst his supporters and family, who believe he was murdered.
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High-Profile Tibetan Monk Dies in Prison in China
A Tibetan monk who was one of China's most prominent political prisoners has died in prison, a relative and human rights activists said today, raising the prospect of an increase in resentment of the government in Tibetan regions.
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Tibetan monks tackle science in the Indian hills
The shouts of more than a dozen Tibetan monks echo through the small classroom. Fingers are pointed. Voices collide. When an important point is made, the men smack their hands together and stomp the floor, their robes billowing around them. It's the way Tibetan Buddhist scholars have traded ideas for centuries. Among them, the debate-as-shouting m...
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Tibetan monk who set himself on fire in China dies
A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds of monks and others to rally, an exiled Tibetan monk said. A state news agency said the monk died Thursday.The 21-year-old monk, Phuntsog, who like many Tibetans goes by only one name, set himself on fire Wedne...
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China quake zone: Tibetan monks ordered out
Earthquake survivors say it was the Tibetan monks who helped first, bringing food, pitching tents and digging through rubble after disaster hit far western China a week ago, killing thousands.Now the Buddhist monks who responded first are being pushed out of the disaster area and off of state media, apparently sidelined by Beijing's unease with the...
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Tibetan Monk, Once Detained By China, Disappears Amid Crackdown Accusations
Jamyang was previously detained on allegations of maintaining contact with Tibetans living in exile.
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Bestselling Tibetan Monk Accused Of Sexual Abuse Dies In Thailand
A controversial Tibetan monk whose best-selling book on Buddhist wisdom was overshadowed by multiple allegations of sexual abuse has died in Thailand, his official social media account reported.
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Top Tibetan Lama Abandons Monkhood To Marry Old Friend In India
A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India, his office said Thursday.
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China Releases Tibetan Monk After 5 Years
China released a veteran Tibetan Buddhist monk after five years of imprisonment for separatism, the Free Tibet organisation confirmed on Friday.
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Jailed Tibetan Monk Died Of Heart Attack: Report
A prominent Tibetan monk whose death in jail in China last week raised new questions about the rights of the Tibet community, suffered a heart attack after often refusing to see doctors or take medicine, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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China Cremates Revered Tibetan Monk Against Family Wishes
Chinese authorities have cremated the body of a revered Tibetan monk against his family's wishes, rights groups said Thursday, after protests erupted following news of his death.
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Tibetans Protest to Demand Release of Monk's Body in China
Dozens of Tibetans shouting "return the body" protested outside a prison in China on Wednesday after a prominent Tibetan monk died in jail, reflecting anger amongst his supporters and family, who believe he was murdered.
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High-Profile Tibetan Monk Dies in Prison in China
A Tibetan monk who was one of China's most prominent political prisoners has died in prison, a relative and human rights activists said today, raising the prospect of an increase in resentment of the government in Tibetan regions.
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Tibetan monks tackle science in the Indian hills
The shouts of more than a dozen Tibetan monks echo through the small classroom. Fingers are pointed. Voices collide. When an important point is made, the men smack their hands together and stomp the floor, their robes billowing around them. It's the way Tibetan Buddhist scholars have traded ideas for centuries. Among them, the debate-as-shouting m...
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Tibetan monk who set himself on fire in China dies
A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds of monks and others to rally, an exiled Tibetan monk said. A state news agency said the monk died Thursday.The 21-year-old monk, Phuntsog, who like many Tibetans goes by only one name, set himself on fire Wedne...
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China quake zone: Tibetan monks ordered out
Earthquake survivors say it was the Tibetan monks who helped first, bringing food, pitching tents and digging through rubble after disaster hit far western China a week ago, killing thousands.Now the Buddhist monks who responded first are being pushed out of the disaster area and off of state media, apparently sidelined by Beijing's unease with the...
