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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Well, this article certainly doesn’t prove anything. It’s 100% baseless speculation.
What “proof” would you believe?
it was either illegal or legal to teach those kids that ‘forbidden’ language. I don’t really care about what an unnamed source believes the law to be. It’s not like you can’t just look laws up or ask officials for comment.
No smoke, no fire.
Well, to start with, something more credible than “sources indicate” lmao. Y’all really just believe anything bad about China no matter how flimsy it is.
The man’s been missing for the last 5 years, after Chinese authorities arrested him. That’s confirmed by his family…not “unnamed sources”. So, either this report is true, and he’s been in prison the whole time…or those Chinese authorities killed him.
Which scenario do you consider more credible? Because those are the only ones that explain his absence. Up until recently, his family assumed the latter.
This source doesn’t even claim he’s been “missing.”
I swear, you don’t even need propaganda to make up lies to tell you, you’ll just invent the lies yourself based on nothing. Absolutely ridiculous.
Oh, ok. So, you’re just one of those lazy disbelievers, that doesn’t even bother to look into anything before dismissing it, out-of-hand? Cool. I guess it’s easier to have an uninformed opinion than it is to use Google?
I’ll do your homework for you this time, but after this, you’re going to have to start helping yourself. Or, you can just continue to make yourself look ignorant online. It’s really up to you.
“Lazy disbelievers” lmao what? That’s called reasonable skepticism. The burden of proof is on the person making the claim. If you understood and practiced that, maybe you wouldn’t be so gullible and succeptable to propaganda.
No, you’ll do your homework, since you’re the one making the claim. I don’t have to go out and find every claim that’s ever been made about Bigfoot before I’m allowed to disbelieve in him.
Note also that what I said was "this source doesn’t even claim he’s been ‘missing,’" which is true. I never said that was no source out there that claimed that.
“Reasonable skepticism” has to be accompanied by a little research. Without making any effort to investigate your opinion, then it is based entirely on your feelings, rather than facts. Even if what someone says sounds ridiculous and unbelievable…at least start from a position where you may be wrong. Test your opinion, before simply “deciding” that you know what you’re talking about.
It isn’t even hard. If you type in the guy’s name, there are dozens of different articles about him from a wide range of sources, going back years. Read several, and cross reference the claims, to see if they are even consistent. If your goal is to disprove what’s being said, it helps to know the facts. And you never know…you might find out that your initial reaction was wrong.
Or, you can just be the kind of person who doesn’t care about facts. If you’re happy having an uninformed opinion to hide behind…that’s cool too. Everyone has their limitations. Some people just don’t want to know the truth.
You ought to practice what you preach.
Again, that’s the job of the person making the claim. All I said was that this source doesn’t claim that he was missing, which is true. If you make the claim, then it is entirely your responsibility to find a source that backs it up.
I haven’t said anything incorrect this conversation, and in fact, I have pushed for a greater degree of scrutiny into the actual facts. So it’s strange that you would say this. On what basis did you arrive at this assessment of me? The fact that I didn’t believe a claim without a source?
It’s incredibly ironic because what you’re doing here is instantly deciding to believe propaganda, and then saying I “don’t care about the facts” when I refuse to do the same without evidence. Again, you should try practicing what you preach.
I believe anything bad about most countries because it’s a pretty safe default.
I don’t believe claims made without evidence because it’s an even safer default.