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The demonstrators say they want to highlight religious repression in Tibet Around 2,000 Tibetans have gathered in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, to protest against Chinese policy on the eve of the opening of the Olympics in Beijing. The demonstrators, who included Buddhist monks and nuns, said they wanted to highlight religious repression in Tibet. The large crowd, which gathered outside one of the world's biggest Buddhist shrines, prayed and chanted mantras. More than 20,000 Tibetan refugees live in Nepal after fleeing China in 1959. The Tibetan exiles wore yellow jackets with slogans including "Stop cultural genocide in Tibet" and "Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama" - referring to their spiritual leader. They said they wanted to tell the world that their religious rights were not being respected. "We timed our... [read full story]
