Today marks 50 years since the failed uprising in Tibet which led to the Dalai Lama fleeing to India, where he has lived ever since. AP reports on security measures that are assuring no protests will be tolerated in the region...
Read MoreIn the run-up to the anniversary of last year’s riots in Lhasa, and the 60th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising, tensions are rising in Tibetan areas. McClatchy Newspapers reports from eastern Qinghai: On the cusp...
Read MoreThe Associated Press reports on the latest crackdown in Tibet: At least 81 people in Tibet have been detained for suspected criminal activity amid a security sweep in the Himalayan region, including two who are being held for...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that 27 Tibetan demonstrators were arrested in Delhi today, a day before the Olympic torch is expected to arrive in India from Pakistan: … dozens of Tibetan protesters wearing yellow “Free Tibet”...
Read MoreWhile China limits access to journalists to Tibetan regions, Radio Free Asia shares communications from those inside. As communication becomes more difficult with people living inside Tibet, cell phone conversations with family...
Read MoreUpdate (March 22): The Los Angeles Times pieces together eyewitness accounts to create a timeline of the Tibet unrest: China has barred Western journalists from entering Tibet and ethnic Tibetan areas. But interviews with...
Read MoreThe Tibet provincial government just stopped issuing travel permits to individual international visitors. From Bloomberg. Chinese authorities discouraged tour groups from visiting Tibet, saying pro-independence activists damaged...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Dozens of students held a sit-down protest at a university for ethnic minorities in Beijing on Monday, bringing pro-Tibetan demonstrations to the sensitive capital for the first time. … The protest in the...
Read MoreUpdate, March 17, 2008: The deadline for Tibetan protesters to surrender to Chinese police has passed, reports the BBC. The Times (London) is reporting that the Chinese army paraded dozens of handcuffed prisoners, their heads...
Read MoreUPDATE (March 16): The Economist has an eyewitness account from their correspondent in Lhasa: After hours of rioting on March 14th, a ring of troops was deployed around the large Tibetan quarter during the night. The next day...
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