Beijing - China has sentenced 12 more participants in unrest in Tibet to prison, bringing the number jailed so far to 42, the official Xinhua news agency reported Friday.
New Delhi, July 10 : Tibetan protesters today staged a rally here, carrying the Tibetan Freedom Torch that is traveling to all major cities of the globe.
Tibetans-in-exile have been holding rallies and demonstrations across the world to highlight their objections to China’s repressive policies in Tibet.
Wearing yellow headbands and shirts with the imprint of the slogan "Save Tibet", the protesters carried Tibetan flags to symbolize their struggle for Tibetan independence.
Beijing - China on Tuesday ordered tighter security checks at airports in its restive Xinjiang and Tibet regions, plus more than a dozen other cities, in the run-up to next month's Olympic Games.
Beijing - China on Thursday confirmed that officials held more talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, but again accused the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader of supporting recent anti-Chinese riots.
Du Qinglin, head of the Communist Party's United Front Work Department, met envoys Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen in Beijing, the department said in statement released via state media.
Du told the envoys that the Dalai Lama should "openly and explicitly promise and prove it in his action not to support activity to disturb the Beijing Olympic Games," the official Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.