Nepal police arrest Tibetans on anniversary of uprising
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A Tibetan Buddhist woman prays as she walks around the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A Buddhist monk prays as he walks around the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A Tibetan woman prays at the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A Buddhist woman prays at the Bouddhanath Stupa during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Nepalese police in riot gear keep watch at the Boudhanath Stupa during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A Tibetan Buddhist nun prays at the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Tibetan Buddhist woman prays as she walks around the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Buddhist monk prays as he walks around the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Tibetan woman prays at the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Buddhist woman prays at the Bouddhanath Stupa during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
Nepalese police in riot gear keep watch at the Boudhanath Stupa during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Tibetan Buddhist nun prays at the Bouddhanath Stupa as Nepalese security force personnel stand guard during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, on March 10, 2013. Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet. -- PHOTO: AFP
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet.
"Some of the people we arrested were Tibetan but we have not interrogated all of them yet," police spokesman Uttam Subedi told AFP.
Nepal, home to around 20,000 Tibetans, is under intense pressure from Beijing over the exiles, and has repeatedly said it will not tolerate what it calls "anti-China activities".
On Feb 13 a Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a Kathmandu restaurant and set himself on fire, becoming the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of protests against Chinese rule since 2009.
