Tibetan monks detained, deported from Russia after police raid on Moscow Buddhist festival

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, April 21: Russian authorities have deported a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks of Gyudmed Tantric Monastery, in Hunsur Tibetan Settlement, Karnataka, following a police raid on a Buddhist festival in Moscow. The move has drawn criticism from organisers and raised fresh concerns over increasing restrictions on religious activities in Russia.

According to reports, Moscow police carried out a raid on April 6 at the “Buddhist Festival of Good Fortune,” held at the Rassvet cultural hub in the city centre, detaining several monks who were scheduled to participate in the event. A morning livestream on VKontakte was abruptly cut off about an hour after it bega...

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