Scholar monk commits suicide after oppression in Tibet during Dalai Lama’s birthday

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China’s oppression in monasteries in Tibet at the time of the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday last month was so severe that a respected scholar monk in Tsolho, Amdo, committed suicide at the monastery on August 18.

Fifty-two year old Shersang Gyatso (ཤེར་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ།) died at his monastery in Ba (Chinese: Tongde) county, following an intensive crackdown at his monastery involving raids, searches for Dalai Lama images and a ban on traditional religious ceremonies in the weeks before the exiled religious leader’s 90th birthday.

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