Nepal Detains 560 Tibetan Women

Cracks down on 3 all-female protests against China
By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2008 2:12 PM CDT
Nepal Detains 560 Tibetan Women
An elderly Tibetan exile woman participates in a silent peace march to protest against Chinese government, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 11, 2008.    (Associated Press)

Nepalese authorities today arrested 560 Tibetan women, including Buddhist nuns, for protesting China's actions in three all-female rallies across Kathmandu. They marked the first protests of their kind, and the largest round-up since China's crackdown in the region in March; the prisoners will be freed later. Nepal, home to 20,000 Tibetan exiles since the crackdown, bars pro-Tibet agitation. (More Tibet stories.)

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