Latest from CNN - Analysis from John Ackerly of International Campaign for Tibet

Reports from Inside Tibet, etc.

Away from the main headlines on the major news sites, Mikel Dunham is featuring some eye witness accounts from Lhasa over on his blog. Meanwhile, TibetNet is reporting a protest at Kirti monastery in Amdo, involving over a thousand monks and a thousand lay people on the 16th, and another protest in Amdo on the 15th in which 5000-6000 people took part. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is also reporting fresh protests in Amdo involving 300 monks in Rebkong.

A group of French lawmakers are urging China to grant them visas for an emergency fact-finding visit to Tibet, and Amnesty International are calling for an independent United Nations investigation.