Monks of Drepung resist ‘education’ to denounce His Holiness

Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 5:32 p.m.

Monks of Drepung monastery protesting in the streets of Lhasa on 10 March 2008

Dharamshala: A number of monks
were detained in Drepung Monastery in Tibet on 12 April after they
protested against Chinese efforts to denounce His Holiness the Dalai
Lama, says rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
(TCHRD).

“Security forces were called into the monastery by the “Work
Team” to control the monks who protested the arrival of a “Work Team”
on “Legal and Information Education,” reported TCHRD.

The centre’s report further said, “A number of Tibetan monks
were immediately detained and taken away to unknown location by the
security forces for interrupting and protesting the campaign. There is
no information on the condition and whereabouts of those detainees.”

Riot police sealing off the monks of Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet

A heavy security of Chinese armed police sealed off all roads leading
towards Drepung Monastery. The movements of the monks in the monastery
were severely restricted with security personnel curbing access to
outside visitors to the monastery including devotees, noted the report.