Tibetan groups are calling for urgent intervention in Tibet by U.N. human rights bodies. They appealed to the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.
Representatives of several Tibetan groups in exile say tensions remain high in Tibet. The groups say China has responded to the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the country with a military crackdown that has increased the climate of fear and intimidation faced by the Tibetan people.

China’s state-run media has said a Tibetan monk made up allegations that police shot another monk who set himself on fire to protest against Chinese rule in his homeland.
Activist groups reported police shot the monk when he protested in the flashpoint area of Aba in southwest China’s Sichuan province last week, and residents there contacted by AFP confirmed that they had heard guns fired.
But the Xinhua news agency issued a report on Thursday saying another monk had confessed to making up allegations about the police shooting, and cited residents saying …

BEIJING — China’s central government will arrange a third round of talks with representatives of the , Chinese officials said, despite recent comments that suggest the exiled Tibetan leader has given up on achieving a breakthrough.
The meeting would be arranged “in the near future,” China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported an official saying, though no details were given. The government hopes the Dalai Lama’s delegation would “treasure this opportunity and make a positive response to the requirements set forth by central authorities,” the official said, according to Xinhua.