China tightens campaign against Tibet.
The police have raided several homes to seize religious objects, and paintings, and schoolchildren have been warned not to attend temples, according to the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy. There has been no response from Beijing on the Center s allegations. Previously, the Chinese campaign concentrated on monasteries and other religious abodes. The human rights center said the Chinese government had issued an order in March prohibiting Buddhists from keeping religious objects such as altars and prayer flags at home. According to the group, the confiscated altars, statues, and thangka paintings used in Buddhist prayer have been thrown into a river.