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Political Re-education

November 5, 2016;

Months of “political re-education” is being imposed on some monks and nuns who have been evicted from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Tibet. Radio Free Asia reports a local source as saying that one group of about 100 people been held for two months, others for up to six months. They are said to be required to study Chinese policies and regulations during their “rehabilitation”.

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