Beijing, Feb. 6 -- The Chinese government has targeted private-owned educational institutes that support Tibetan language and culture as part of their repression of Tibetans' fundamental rights.

According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the Jigme Gyaltsen Vocational High School, which was connected to Ragya Monastery, in the Golok grasslands of Qinghai province in eastern Tibet was shut down by the government in July 2024.

The report by HRW highlighted that the school has a distinguished three-decade history of teaching Tibetan language and culture in addition to the Chinese national curriculum, giving children the skills they need for modern jobs as well as an understanding of their language and heritage.

Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, a s...