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Alarmed at the outspoken dissent in Tibet over its repressive policies, the Communist regime in Beijing has tightened its grip over Tibet, using violent crackdown to quell the protests that are rapidly spreading.

Repression in Tibet

Clashes in Tibet May Aggravate Protests of Olympic Torch

Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:55:00 PM

SAN FRANCISCO—New clashes that broke out in Tibet threaten to increase the bitterness of protests during the San Francisco leg of the Olympic Torch Relay as it passes through the only North America st ...   Full Story

Canada Minister Calls for Restraint after Tibetan Protesters Fired upon

Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:17:00 PM

Maxime Bernier, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, released a statement on Saturday calling on the Chinese authorities to exercise restraint in Tibet after reports that Chinese soldiers fired on hu ...   Full Story

Interview: Tibetan Scholar Hopes for Peace

Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:38:00 PM

ATLANTA—The monks who shouted to foreign journalists at Jokhang Monastery on March 27 showed "extraordinary courage," said Tsepak Rigzin, scholar in residence, official translator and assistant direct ...   Full Story

Military Ransack Tibetan Temple in Sichuan Province, China

Saturday, April 05, 2008 7:15:00 PM

On 29 March 2008, the Chinese Communist Party's military police surrounded Kyidi Temple, the largest temple in the Aba autonomous region in Sichuan Province.   Full Story

Who is Engineering the Riots in Tibet?

Saturday, April 05, 2008 4:20:00 PM

In March 2008, the largest demonstration in the past 19 years erupted in Tibet to protest the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rule. It was peaceful from March 10th to 13th. On the 14th, it turned ...   Full Story

Fresh Unrest Erupts in Tibetan Area of China

Friday, April 04, 2008 10:00:00 PM

BEIJING—Fresh protests broke out in a Tibetan area of southwest China, defying a huge security crackdown there, even as officials in Tibet vowed swift, harsh punishment for those who sparked the initi ...   Full Story

A Record of the Tibetan Unrest: March 26—March 29

Friday, April 04, 2008 8:19:00 PM

It was reported that at the Panchen Lama's main temple, the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, monks staged a protest that lasted a few days.   Full Story

China Jails Rights Activist Outspoken on Tibet

Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:55:00 PM

BEIJING—A Buddhist Chinese dissident outspoken on Tibet and other sensitive topics was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Thursday, a conviction likely to become a focus of rights campaigns ahead of ...   Full Story

Tibetan Government Demands Evidence of China's 'Suicide Squad' Claim

Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:23:00 PM

NEW DELHI—The Beijing regime has claimed that Tibetans are plotting a mass suicide attack during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.On April 1, the Tibetan government-in-exile, headquat ...   Full Story

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