Tibetans-in-exile after a meeting with United Nations Human Rights group, ahead of 50 years of Tibetan Uprising Day on 3/10/09 at community center in Katmandu, Nepal 3/6/09. The meeting was called by UNHR to brief Tibetans about rights limitations (AP/Manish Swarup).
BEIJING – Tensions are high in Tibet's capital and paramilitary police are out in force, Hong Kong tourists reported Friday, while Chinese authorities sought to portray a stable situation ahead of Tuesday's 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that forced the Dalai Lama into exile.
VIDEO: File footage of Dalai Lama's flight into exile (AFP)
VIDEO: Tibetans fear intimidation (Reuters)
Armed officers are positioned across Lhasa, creating a highly "tense" atmosphere, and police also are blocking roads leading to eastern parts of Tibet, a 33-year-old Hong Kong traveler told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Although they denied it, officials appeared to be on high alert for any trouble in Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited regions in western China to coincide with sensitive anniversaries coming up in the next week. More>>
Buddhist monks blow sea shells during prayers for peace, prosperity, and long life at the Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling monastery, in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 6, 2009 (AP/Manish Swarup).
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