The New York Times has a brief report on a crackdown at a Tibetan monastery in Sichuan after a monk set himself on fire in protest:
Security officers have placed an important Tibetan monastery in Sichuan Province under lockdown after a young monk committed suicide by setting himself on fire on March 16 to protest Chinese policies in Tibetan areas, according to a report released late Monday by a Tibet advocacy group based outside China. The monastery, Kirti, is one of the most important centers of learning in the region. The report by the group, the International Campaign for Tibet, which has a network of contacts inside Tibetan areas, said that a barbed wire fence was being built behind the monastery, and that armed security officers inside the compound were preventing monks from leaving and food from being delivered.
