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News on Tibetan Protests

There is so much going on at the moment, it is quite a challenge to keep up-to-date. The best way to do so, aside from monitoring Google News, is probably to subscribe to the World Tibet Network email updates.

The largest protests since 1989 have been taking place in Lhasa, the March to Tibet set out from Dharamsala, Tibetan women have been protesting outside the Chinese embassy in Delhi, and scores of other protests have taken place around the world.

On March 11th, Chinese police used teargas and electric prods to disperse a crowd of 500 demonstrators, who were demanding the release of fellow monks held after the protests the previous day. The police response has been condemned by Amnesty International.

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has released photos of 15 monks who staged a peaceful protest in Lhasa on March 10th. It is thought that around 50 monks were detained around the capital on that day, many of them from the monasteries of Drepung and Sera, which were said to have been sealed off by authorities. There are fears that the detained monks will be tortured. The protests on March 10th were witnessed by tourists Steve Dubois and Ulrike Lakiere, who posted photos and video of what they saw on their own travel blog.

Early in the morning of March 13th, at Dehra bridge approximately 50km from Dharamsala, Indian police arrested all of around 100 Tibetan activists taking part in the March to Tibet.