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Beijing has threatened to crack down on protesters as tensions continue to run high in remote Tibetan areas ahead of a global vigil in support of people recently killed by Chinese security forces.
Chinese security forces are believed to have shot dead a Tibetan woman in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday in a confrontation following another self-immolation to protest Beijing's rule, according to advocacy groups and exile sources.
Tibetans and their supporters are urging the Dutch government to take part in international efforts to free Tibet. They commemorated the Tibetan monks who recently set themselves on fire and held a hunger strike in front of the Parliament in The Hague on Wednesday.
A senior Chinese official blamed Tibetan separatists for encouraging young people to commit suicide, noting that monks and nuns who set themselves on fire were not acting voluntarily in the autonomous region.
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the imprisonment of two Tibetan writers, one of whom was sentenced after a year of detention without trial, according to reports.
Acknowledging China's "growing international influence", Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today pressed for "meaningful autonomy" for Tibet through bilateral resolution process to preserve its culture and religion.
Chinese security forces in large numbers have moved into Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa in an apparent bid to discourage local protests against rule by Beijing, according to sources in Tibet.
A teenage former monk in Tibet has reportedly set himself on fire, the eighth self-immolation this year in what has become an increasingly restive region.
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China has again accused the Dalai Lama of encouraging people in ethnically Tibetan parts of China to commit suicide.