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Tsering Dhundup
DHARAMSHALA, July 4: London-based rights group Amnesty International has called on Chinese authorities to immediately cease interference in Tibetan religious practices, criticising Beijing’s continued efforts to control the selection of the next Dalai Lama.
The statement came a day after His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama announced on Tuesday that the centuries-old institution of the Dalai Lama would continue after his death and that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust, his official office, held the sole authority to recognise his future reincarnation.
Responding to the announcement, Amnesty International’s China Director, Sarah Brooks, stated, “The Chinese authorities’ ongoing efforts to control...
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