Arrested for Keeping Photo of HH the Dalai Lama

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By Tenzin Samten / August 27, 2022;

Karma Samdup, a Tibetan man from Sernye Township of Nagchu County in Tibet Autonomous Region, was arrested on August 12 for wearing a photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama around his neck and hanging a photo in his car. He was accused of carrying out the “separatist act” of possessing pictures of His Holiness, reports Radio Free Asia, as informed by their source. The source confirmed that Samdup’s arrest is part of China’s Strike Hard Campaign which, according to New York based Human Rights Watch, is the Chinese government’s campaign which started in 1996 to crackdown on Tibetans participating in nonviolent political and religious activity. Such activity is seen to result in arbitrary detention, disappearances, torture and long prison sentences. Currently, there are no details about where Karma Samdup is being held.