Photo shows a camp for nuns expelled from Larung Gar
Photo : RFA
Hundreds of nuns evicted from Larung Gar Buddhist academy, which is under partial demolition, have been housed in camps built at a remote location in Kardze prefecture.
According to sources, the Chinese authorities have built the camp, which is currently holding more than 800 nuns, near Ahkyab village in Kardze. “The nuns began moving into this new facility on December 1 and have been put into 700 metal-roofed houses, with one to two nuns living in each two-storey house,” said Radio Free Asia’s (RFA) source, speaking on condition of anonymity. The camp, with its concrete houses, is for the nuns expelled from Larung Gar who are originally from Kardze region.
On December 2, three senior teachers Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe, Khenpo Rigdar, and Khenpo Tsultrim from Larung Gar visited the camp where nuns were housed to examine their facilities. They interacted with the nuns and asked about their conditions. Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe gave a teaching to the nuns.
Following the mass expulsion and demolition, authorities have tightened the restrictions on new students planning to study at Larung Gar.
Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe visits the temporary home of a nun expelled from Larung Gar
Photo: RFA
According to RFA, over 9,000 people, including both Tibetans and Han Chinese, have been expelled to date from their dwellings in Larung Gar.
The Tibetan Government-in-exile condemns the ongoing demolition and forced eviction of monks and nuns from their residencies and has called for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right to visit Tibet and examine the human right situation there.
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