China region 'under lockdown' after Tibetan protests
- Published: 26/01/2012 at 06:32 PM
- Online news: Asia
A Tibetan-inhabited region of China appeared to be under lockdown Thursday after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded.
An ethnic Tibetan begging in Chengdu, China. A Tibetan-inhabited region of China appears to be under lockdown after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded.
The west of Sichuan province, which has big populations of ethnic Tibetans, many of whom complain of repression, was earlier this week hit by some of the worst unrest since huge protests against Chinese rule in 2008.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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