While Lhasa was relatively quiet today after Chinese troops locked down the capital, fresh protests have erupted in Labrang in the Amdo region of Tibet (present-day Gansu Province).

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For the second straight day, Radio Free Asia (RFA) has reported large protests in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa. In the latest protest, armed Chinese police fired tear-gas to disperse a crowd of several hundred protesting Tibetan Buddhist monks.

The Statement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
on the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of the
Tibetan National Uprising Day

On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s peaceful uprising in Lhasa on 10 March 1959, I offer my prayers and pay tribute to those brave men and women of Tibet who have endured untold hardships and sacrificed their lives for the cause of the Tibetan people and express my solidarity with those Tibetans presently undergoing repression and ill- treatment. I also extend my-greetings to Tibetans in and outside Tibet, supporters of the Tibetan cause and-all who cherish justice.

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