17 April 2008
Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastic school closed down
(TCHRD) In the aftermath of a series of Tibetan protests across the Ngaba (Chin: Aba) region in eastern Tibet, the Chinese authorities of Ngaba TAP have indefinitely closed down the school run by Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery in Dzoege (Chin: Ruo’ergai) county, Sichuan province, on 08 April 2008. According to TCHRD sources, the primary reason for its closure was cited as the participation by a number of students of the monastery in protests on 15 March, along with other senior monks of the monastery at Dzoege county headquarters. Students, both novice monks and children from surrounding areas, were known to have been sent back to their respective homes after the closure.