Tibetan Uprising

The Press Association
March 22, 2008

Hundreds of demonstrators carrying Tibetan and Indian flags marched through the streets of the northern Indian city of Dharmsala to pledge support for the Dalai Lama and voice their disapproval of China’s crackdown in the region.

Many of the roughly 500 protesters were local Indian businessmen who shouted slogans like “Keep fighting, Tibetans” and “Long Live the Dalai Lama”. (more…)

New York Times
March 21, 2008

DHARAMSALA, India — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, visiting the Dalai Lama’s headquarters here on Friday, described recent protests in Tibet as “a challenge to conscience of the world” and pressed for an investigation into whether the Dalai Lama masterminded that unrest as the Chinese government has alleged. (more…)

Associated Press

March 13, 2008

KATMANDU, Nepal - Police scuffled Friday with about 1,000 protesters, including dozens of Buddhist monks, during a rally in Katmandu in support of demonstrators in Tibet. About 12 monks were injured.

The protest began as a candlelight rally at a prominent Buddhist shrine. It quickly became an angry march, as protesters tried to make their way Friday evening to the Chinese embassy. Police scuffled with the protesters to stop them from marching. (more…)

“Protests which started on Monday 10 are still raging in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Today, events seem to have taken a turn for the worse, as demonstrated in this photo taken by a tourist and retrieved by France 24. This is one of the only photos to have made it through the Chinese censors. Beijing has effectively established a blackout on all information about the event. There are even fewer images available than when violence broke out at protests in Burma in September last year. Until today, the only shots published of the demonstrations in Lhasa are those from two Belgian tourists travelling in Tibet.”

Photo courtesy of The Observers France 24.

Times Online
March 14, 2008

One of the largest markets in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, is in flames and at least one police car has been burnt as angry monks and Tibetans clash with police today.

The surge of violence follows almost a week of demonstrations by lamas from monasteries around the Tibetan capital, who have been demanding greater freedom of religion before the Olympic Games as well as independence for the deeply Buddhist Himalayan region. (more…)

The Guardian
March 13, 2008

Tibetan monks have gone on hunger strike to demand the release of protesters detained during the region’s biggest demonstrations in almost 20 years, support groups said today.

The sit-down protest in Sera monastery, just outside Lhasa, comes amid reports that the protests against Chinese rule earlier this week have spread to a wider area than previously believed. (more…)

Rediff News
March 13, 2008

Raghavendra in Beijing

China on Thursday hoped that India will honour its commitment on Tibet issue while accusing the Dalai Lama group of attempting to sow unrest in the Himalayan region for the past few days but said the situation had ’stabilised’ now. (more…)