Another Tibetan shot dead by China police
[Friday,27 January 2012, AFP]
Chinese police shot dead another Tibetan protester in the restive Sichuan province, rights groups said Friday, bringing to at least three the number killed in deadly clashes this week. Urgen, a 20-year-old Tibetan, died Thursday in Sichuan's Rangtang county when police fired into a crowd trying to stop them from detaining another man..

Tibetan Man Arrested at Barkhor Square in Lhasa
[Friday,27 January 2012, TCHRD]
A Tibetan man was arrested for distributing leaflets at Barkhor Square in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The arrest of Namkha Gyaltsen, aged 25, happened at around 5 pm (Tibet Local Time) on 25 January 2012. Sources informed TCHRD that police officers arrested Namkha Gyaltsen near the Nang-tse-shak building at Barkhor as he distributed leaflets...

China clamps down on budding Tibetan revolt
[Friday,27 January 2012, The Globe and Mail]
A string of mountain towns along the edge of the Tibetan Plateau that set out to mourn, rather than celebrate, the Chinese lunar new year are now under lockdown following days of clashes between Tibetan protesters and Chinese police that left several people dead...

US 'seriously concerned' about Tibetan violence
[Friday,27 January 2012, AFP]
The United States said Tuesday it was “seriously concerned” by reports of deadly clashes in Tibetan regions of China, where police are accused of opening fire on peaceful protesters. “We urge the Chinese government to engage in a constructive dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives as a means to address Tibetan concerns,”...

Tibet govt in exile condemns "gruesome" China clashes
[Thursday,26 January 2012, Reuters]
Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that Tibet's government in exile condemned as "gruesome". The flareups were perhaps the bloodiest spate of Tibetan-linked violence in China since early 2008...

Kalon Tripa calls for wordwide vigil on Feb. 8, Says entire Tibet under martial law
[Thursday,26 January 2012, Phayul]
In his first official statement on the recent killings of Tibetans in Tibet, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay urged Tibetans and Tibet supporters all over the world to take part in a global vigil on Wednesday, February 8.“To demonstrate our solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet, I urge Tibetans and our friends around the world, to participate in a worldwide vigil...

Amnesty International Urged China to Stop Using Excessive Force in Tibet in Official Statement
[Wednesday,25 January 2012, TibetNet]
Amnesty International issued a strong statement yesterday, urging China to stop using excessive force in response to protests and allow independent monitors into areas of protests in Tibetan regions.The statement comes after Chinese security forces in Sichuan Province reportedly fired on Tibetan protesters killing five...