Losang Tsering staging a solo protest in the main streets of Ngaba town today, 7 June 2016.

DHARAMSHALA: Today at around 4 pm, a Kirti monk named Losang Tsering, aged in his 20s, staged a peaceful protest, marching along the main street of Ngaba town holding aloft a photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He was seen shouting, “May His Holiness the Dalai Lama live for 10,000 years!” and “Freedom for Tibet”. He was immediately arrested and taken away by Chinese police. His whereabouts remain unknown since the arrest.

He is the son of father Sherab (household name: Ngoray) and mother Yuko. He presently belongs to the Kalachakra college, one of the four main colleges of Ngaba Kirti monastery.

-Report filed by Losang Yeshe and Kanyag Tsering-

Losang Tsering