Report: 100 dead in Tibet violence updated 8 hours, 43 minutes ago
Violent protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa against Chinese rule have left at least 100 people dead, according to unconfirmed reports from exiles in India, while official media put the death toll at 10.
A timeline of Tibetan protests updated 1 day ago
This week's protests in Tibet began Monday, and turned violent Friday in the provincial capital, Lhasa. Unless otherwise noted, the information comes from the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, run by exiles in India, and the International Campaign for Tibet, which has offices in Washington, Amsterdam, Berlin and Brussels.
Tibet: A tinderbox of tensions updated 1 day ago
Tensions between Tibetans and Chinese authorities that exploded into violence in Lhasa this week are nothing new, with longstanding troubles turning the region into a tinderbox where anger regularly comes to the surface.
Clashes leave 10 dead in Tibet updated 1 day ago
Violent protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa have left at least 10 people dead as protesters calling for an end to Chinese rule in the region planned more demonstrations in India and Tibet.
Chinese troops 'surround Tibetan monasteries' updated 1 day ago
Buddhist monks in Tibet have begun a hunger strike and two others attempted suicide as troops surrounded monasteries in a government crackdown on widespread protests against Chinese rule, a U.S-funded radio service said Friday.
China closes its side of Everest to climbers updated 2 days ago
China is denying mountaineers permission to climb its side of Mount Everest this spring, a move that reflects concerns by the communist government that Tibet activists may try to disrupt its plans to carry the Olympic torch up the world's tallest peak.
'They would rather die than get help' updated 2 days ago
It wasn't Tibet's subzero temperatures that nurse practitioner Arlene Samen found so chilling on a 1997 medical trip, but the haunting stories she was told about mothers and newborns on the brink of death after childbirth.
Indian police stop Tibetan marchers updated Wed, March 12, 2008
Authorities broke up a march Thursday by 100 Tibetan exiles who had planned to trek from the northern Indian city of Dharamshala to Tibet's border in a protest at China's rule over their homeland.
China rejects U.S. attack on human rights updated Wed, March 12, 2008
China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of "clinging to a Cold War mentality" and "practicing double standards."
Tibetan protesters defy march ban updated Wed, March 12, 2008
Several hundred Tibetan exiles in India pressed ahead Wednesday with a march protesting Beijing's hosting of this summer's Olympic Games, in defiance of an Indian government ban.
