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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

China accused of ‘indoctrinating’ Tibetan children from age of four with state-run boarding schools

Tibetan students at the closing ceremony for Jigme Gyaltsen’s renowned Gangjong Sherig Norbu Lobling School, located in Golok - (Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy)

Rights activists have accused Chinese authorities of indoctrinating Tibetan children and eroding their culture by forcing them to attend “colonial” boarding schools.

The Tibet Action Institute, a movement advocating for Tibetan independence founded by Tibetan-Canadian activist Lhadon Tethong, published a new report on Thursday warning that schools are teaching children as young as four to be loyal to the Chinese Communist Party.

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