Scores detained in pro-Tibet demonstration

Nepalese authorities detained about 185 Tibetan exiles protesting today against China’s crackdown in their homeland.

Nepalese authorities detained about 185 Tibetan exiles protesting today against China’s crackdown in their homeland.

Police official Hom Chauhan said the protesters were detained during a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy’s visa office in Kathmandu, the latest in almost daily demonstrations by the Tibetan exiles.

“Stop killing in Tibet,” the protesters chanted.

Chauhan said those detained would most likely be freed later today.

Nepalese officials say protests against friendly nations, including China, will not be allowed and Tibetan refugees are barred from all political activities.

Tibetans in Nepal began protests against China in March but temporarily halted their rallies last month after the Tibetan government-in-exile based in India asked them to stop because of the major earthquake in China. The protests resumed last week.

China says 22 people died in anti-government violence in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa in March, while foreign Tibet supporters say many times that number were killed in the protests and a subsequent crackdown.

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