DHARMSHALA: The Chinese government has reinforced the existing complete ban on Tibetans from keeping pictures of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and tightened restrictions on the management of monasteries in north-eastern Tibet’s Rebgong county, where Tamdin Tso, a young Tibetan girl burnt herself to death after learning about this draconian measure being imposed in Dowa township last week.
 
A copy of the notice issued by the local government obtained by the Central Tibetan Administration says, “the government imposes complete ban on keeping photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the monasteries.”

It vows to “ensure that all the religious activities by Tibetans should strictly conform to government regulations.”

It pledges to “strengthen state management of the monasteries and proscribe under-aged Tibetans from joining monasteries and nunneries, and further vows to “maintain unity of the motherland and fight against the Dalai group’s separatist activities.”