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Nepal Detains 560 Tibetan Women

Cracks down on 3 all-female protests against China

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted May 11, 2008 2:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – 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...   Read full story »

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