Kathmandu - Nepalese police Sunday arrested more than 550
Tibetan demonstrators, most of them women, during anti-China protests
in the capital Kathmandu.
The demonstrators, including Tibetan nuns, were arrested as they
tried to assemble and march towards the Chinese visa office, which
has been the target of protests for the past four days.
Demonstrators wore black armbands in a mark of protest against
Chinese rule in Tibet and chanted 'We want a free Tibet.'
The demonstrators were dragged to waiting police vans and trucks
and driven off to detention centres.
The protestors were expected to be freed later Sunday.
It was the largest number of protesters detained on a single day
since Tibetan exiles began almost daily protests in March against
Chinese policies in Tibet. Sunday was the first time women only
demonstrated.
Nepal has come under increasing criticism from international human
rights groups for using force to break up demonstrations.
US-based Human Rights Watch has accused the Nepalese police of
arresting thousands of Tibetans during demonstrations and in pre-
emptive arrests. It has also accused the Nepalese authorities of
threatening Tibetan refugees involved in demonstrations with
deportation back to Tibet.
Nepal has nearly 20,000 Tibetan refugees and every year an
estimated 3,000 more try to cross into Nepal to flee Chinese rule in
Tibet.
GooseMay 12th, 2008 - 08:05:20
Piss on China, they are trying to ethniclly cleans Tibet. Thats why the Tibetans burned Chinese stores ect...China is a nation of good people lead by scum. They have for the past 400 yrs been lions led by sheep.
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