27 April 2008
Further Tibetan protests in Nepal
(Phayul) Tibetans in Nepal again protested near the Chinese Consulate in Kathmandu. Police stopped them at Nagpokhari near the Consulate and arrested 130 of the 140 protestors. Two demonstrators received injuries and a Tibetan man was allegedly charged with attacking an officer and taken separately to Kamal Pokhari Police Station. Khumbu Tibetan Community in Namche Bazaar in the Everest region held a candlelight vigil on 25 April amidst heavy security in the region in connection with the planed Olympic torch relay on Mount Everest (Chin: Qomolangma).