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Three Tibetan Buddhist statues have been desecrated by the Chinese authorities in the last three months.
The Tibetan Buddhist monument of Padmasambhava, created six years ago was smashed by the Chinese government to stamp out Tibetan religious traditions. The destruction of the Padmasambhava statue also known as Guru Rinpoche is considered the latest attack on Tibetan religious liberty. It once stood three stories high at the Chanang Monastery in Drago (in…
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Tiananmen Square statue in Hong Kong has been removed.
Late on Wednesday, a prominent statue commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre was taken from the University of Hong Kong. To remember the hundreds, if not thousands, of pro-democracy protestors killed by Chinese authorities in 1989, the statue depicted piled-up bodies. It was one of the few remaining public tributes to the incident in Hong Kong.…