China restrict Tibetan volunteers, relief efforts in flood-hit Kyirong

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: Chinese authorities have imposed stringent restrictions on movement into flood-hit Kyirong region in occupied Tibet, preventing Tibetans from other parts of the region from travelling to the disaster zone to provide relief and express solidarity with affected communities, according to an exile-based source who spoke to Phayul on condition of anonymity for safety reasons.

The source said the Chinese government has adopted an unusually restrictive approach to relief efforts in Kyirong, where severe flooding has affected areas along the Tibet-Nepal border. “Many Tibetans want to travel to Kyirong to help the affected people, but they are not being allowed to ente...

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