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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 16 (ANI): The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile, has profiled Tibetan political prisoner Jamyang Lekshay, highlighting his imprisonment for opposing China’s dam construction in Tibet.
In a post on X, the CTA stated that Abbot Jamyang Lekshay, the head of Yena Monastery in Derge, was arrested in February 2024 after joining hundreds of Tibetans in a peaceful demonstration against the Chinese-built Kamtok Dam.
The CTA noted that Lekshay was secretly sentenced to four years in prison on charges linked to the protest. A video from the demonstration showed him raising both thumbs in the traditional Tibetan gesture of begging, as he and fellow monks openly wept and pleaded with visiting Chinese officials on February 20.
According to the post, the Kamtok Dam project has drawn widespread concern, as it is expected to submerge centuries-old Buddhist monasteries and displace thousands of Tibeta...
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