Dharamshala, Nov. 15 -- Calling for global support to protect religious freedom in Tibet, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), said the Chinese government's interference in recognising reincarnated lamas is aimed at controlling the next Dalai Lama - and, through him, the Tibetan people.

Tsering said this while speaking during the fifth anniversary conference of International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), also known as The Article 18 Alliance, in Prague. "The Chinese government is interfering in the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of recognising reincarnated lamas, especially the 15th Dalai Lama. While they ignore the living 14th Dalai Lama, their main aim is to ...