cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/52067784
Palden Yeshi, a Tibetan monk and teacher from eastern Tibet, has reportedly been sentenced to six years in prison by Chinese authorities for teaching the Tibetan language to local children during school holidays, according to a report by the Dharamshala-based independent radio station Voice of Tibet (VoT).
He was a teacher at Karze Monastery in Tehor, Karze County, and was arrested on May 17, 2021, while serving at the monastery. According to sources cited by VoT, Chinese police suddenly arrived at the monastery and detained him without prior notice, forcibly taking him away.
Following his detention, authorities did not provide his family with clear information regarding the reasons for his arrest or the legal basis for the charges against him.
Sources indicate that the primary reason for his detention was his efforts to teach the Tibetan language to more than 300 local children during school holidays. The classes were reportedly organized for young students from nearby communities who wished to learn Tibetan reading and writing. Chinese authorities are believed to have deemed these voluntary language lessons illegal.
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In related news, China bars Tibetan government employees from religious rites and family funerals.
Tibetans employed in government positions have been strictly forbidden from engaging in religious practices. While they are technically allowed to visit major religious sites such as the Jokhang Temple (Tsuglakhang) and the Potala Palace during Losar, their presence is limited to sightseeing purposes only.
They are expressly prohibited from offering prayers, making ritual offerings, performing prostrations, or displaying any other forms of religious devotion. Authorities reportedly warned that such acts would constitute violations of Communist Party discipline.
The restrictions extend into private family life. Government employees are said to be barred not only from participating in public religious ceremonies but also from attending last rites, weekly memorial prayer services, and cremation rituals for their own deceased relatives. A Lhasa resident told TT that even the traditional seventh-day prayers for the departed cannot be attended by those in state employment.
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Here before ML finds a way to justify this
I’ve had to just block the entire instance
Get ready for the tide of downvotes!
Not ML, but you mean like that? Glad I could help.
Very weird that the response to this news article - both here and in the cross-posts - appears to be getting extremely mad at western leftists.
We’re so far afield from “Free Tibet”. Or even “Fuck the CCP”. It appears the knee-jerk reaction to articles like this is to get angry at rival Fediverse instances.
It’s because our world is small. No one in any position of power gives a shit what any of us think.
It’s probably because arguments about China with “western leftists” are very fresh in the minds of “western libs.” https://reddthat.com/post/61547979/25242625
It would be like going into every post about bad things US Republicans are doing to make it about how bad the US Democrats are.
It’s probably because arguments about China with “western leftists” are very fresh in the minds of “western libs.”
China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’
I can see how this would rub certain folks raw, particularly when Iran has been an Enemy Nation for two full generations and change.
It would be like going into every post about bad things US Republicans are doing to make it about how bad the US Democrats are.
I might argue that the problem with the American two party system is that it represents two different faces of American capital. Republicans and Democrats have an annoying habit of agreeing on far more than they disagree.
I don’t think you can make the same argument about US and Chinese foreign policy, even if you can argue they’re both functionally authoritarian police states.
Q.E.D.
Good point. 👍
By western leftists, if you mean ML, are the dumbest kind of simps I’ve ever seen. They’re wearing horse blinders and riding high on propaganda—which they don’t actually care about because their entire existence is to hate the “west,” not love the “east.” Meanwhile most of them own property, support capitalism, and do not contribute to society.
Or, you know, you check the sourcing and realize:
according to a report by the Dharamshala-based independent radio station Voice of Tibet (VoT).
And so you check their about us page and find:
It was founded by three Norwegian NGOs; The Norwegian Human Rights House, The Norwegian Tibet Committee and Worldview Rights. The project has been funded through donations from supportive organizations and private individuals.
… and start to wonder, as this dosn‘t seem very homegrown, why‘s the west involved here? So you check Wikipedia and find:
It receives funds from the United States National Endowment for Democracy.
And you might wonder, oh what‘s that and you check them out and realize, that the NED is a known CIA operation being directly funded by the US government and exists:
with the stated aim of advancing democracy worldwide and countering communist influence abroad by promoting political and economic institutions, such as political groups, business groups, trade unions, and free markets.
🦅 Hurr Durr! Democracy! Freedom! 🦅
Extra source, but be careful, it‘s from the evil Chinese government: Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy
Ya, you just got rage baited by US propaganda to be more angry at China. GJ, be proud! Keep on hating on the evil leftists from ML, lol.
Maybe, also avoid @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca posts, because they keep posting exactly this kind of shit.
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