China detains hundreds of Tibetans for 're-education', says human rights group

Tibetans returning from India after attending teaching sessions with the Dalai Lama, says Human Rights Watch

The Chinese government has arrested hundreds of Tibetans returning from India after attending training sessions supervised by the Dalai Lama, and forced to undergo political re-education, of a human rights group says.

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New York-based Human Rights said he thought it was the first time since the end of 1970 the authorities had arrested Tibetan lay people in these large numbers, and just as frets Beijing on Tibetan riots in parts of the country.

• China allowed 7,000 Tibetans to attend meetings with the exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Bihar in India between December 31 and January 10, HRW in this it appeared to be a sign of a more flexible policy towards the Tibetans.
• "But that changed in a context of unrest in the eastern regions of Tibet and fears evident that applies to [the capital of Tibet] Lhasa," the group said in a statement .

At least 15 Tibetans are believed to have died since March, after embarking on a fire in protest against Chinese rule, including in Tibetan areas of Sichuan and China strongly Gansu.

defense of Tibetan groups say as many as seven Tibetans were killed and dozens injured during protests in Sichuan in January. Chinese state media reported that police fired in self-defense "monsters" who broke into police stations.

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