As Lhasa city remains tightly under Chinese control for the fourth consecutive day, a series of new protests are occurring in the eastern part of Tibet.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Monday on China to open talks with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama following an eruption of violence in the region.
Tibetan students of the North-Western National Minority University (Xibei Minzu Daxue) in Lanzhou, Gansu province protesting on 16th March. Students held a 24 hour hungerstrike and candlelight vigil at the school's football ground. A source told phayul.com that students are under a strict curfew and a search is ongoing to find out the organisers.
As China’s “surrender deadline” ends Monday midnight, exile Tibetans are concerned over the fate of fellow Tibetans in Tibet fearing worst kinds of repression and crackdown on them
More reports of sporadic protests in other parts of Tibet are emerging, indicating protests have trickled into the neighboring counties as Lhasa city remains tightly under Chinese control
The crackdown by Chinese authorities against protesters in the Tibetan capital Lhasa echoed in both houses of parliament with the government being asked to put pressure for UN intervention in the matter.
A prayer service for a peaceful settlement of the situation in China's Tibet Autonomous Region was being conducted on Sunday at the Golden Shakyamuni Buddha Shrine temple in Elista, Kalmykia
China put more than a dozen Hong Kong journalists on a flight out of Tibet on Monday accusing them of "illegal reporting", the Hong Kong Journalists Association said, criticising the move.
