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An unidentified monk has self-immolated in front of a portrait of HH the Dalai Lama reports the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, who say that he was in retreat at the time, at his residence in Khaygya in Amdo and that his family have been detained under the pretext of a possible Covid infection. TCHRD’s local source reports that he was protesting against the Chinese crackdown on religion.
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