Monasteries, churches are not spared from Myanmar’s conflict — Radio Free Asia

Dawuku Catholic Church in Loikaw township, eastern Myanmar's Kayah state, seen in January 2022, was damaged by artillery fire from a military junta aircraft. Credit: Citizen journalist

Nearly 100 religious buildings have been destroyed in two regions and two states in Myanmar more than a year after the military seized control from the elected government and plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos and violence, according to data compiled by RFA. The 97 religious buildings that have been demolished since the Feb.

Chinese surveillance unit operating inside Tibetan Buddhist monastery — Radio Free Asia

Chinese surveillance unit operating inside Tibetan Buddhist monastery — Radio Free Asia

A Chinese police surveillance unit is running, apparently for the very first time, inside a Buddhist monastery as part of a restored crackdown on Tibetan Buddhist spiritual organizations, a Tibetan with knowledge of the situation said. Officers were installed this year at the Palyul Thartang Gonchen Monastery in Qinghai provinces Golog (in Chinese, Guoluo) Tibetan

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