Tbetan Monastery Leader Takes Own Life After China Intensifies Religious Crackdown in Tibet

8 months ago

By Tenzin Chokyi

An undated picture of Geshe Shersang Gyatso. Image: Tibet Times.

DHARAMSALA 25 Aug: In a land where all avenues of dissent are sealed off, Geshe Shersang Gyatso, a 52-year-old leader of Tsang Monastery in the Amdo region of occupied Tibet, took his own life on 18 August as a final act of resistance against China’s escalating repression at the monastery.

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