Nepal which is home to 20,000 exiled Tibeta­ns has taken an increa­singly hardli­ne stance on their activi­tiesKATHMANDU: The Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrations in Nepal were cancelled after the government refused permission for the event to go ahead, officials said Sunday, in another sign of the growing influence of China over its Himalayan neighbour. Nepal is home to around 20,000 exiled Tibetans, but under pressure from Beijing the current communist government has taken an increasingly hardline stance on their activities. Dalai Lama ‘deeply sorry’ for comments on womenThere was a heavier presence of security personnel on Saturday in areas with Tibetan communities — including near a monastery where a celebration of the Dalai Lama’s 84th birthday had been planned. Thousands of Tibetan refugees fled over the border into Nepal after the March 10, 1959 uprising against Chinese rule, which forced the Dalai Lama into exile. Three journalists from Nepal’s national news agency were investigated in May for translating and circulating a wire report about the Dalai Lama’s discharge from a hospital.

Source: The Express Tribune July 07, 2019 13:41 UTC