Chinese cop reported killed as Tibet riots rage, Wikileaks releases photos

One Chinese policeman was killed and several more wounded in a riot in a Tibetan-populated area, state media said late Monday, as pro-independence protests raged on after two weeks of violence.
News of the death came as Tibet's "prime minister-in-exile", Samdhong Rinpoche, said that 130 people had been confirmed killed in the Chinese crackdown on the protests, up from a figure of 99 given last week.
And protesters disrupted the lighting ceremony of the Olympic torch in the Greek town of Olympia Monday, hoping to embarrass the Chinese government in the run-up to this summer's Games.

Her phone calls home no longer go through, and there's been no word for days from her family in their locked-down Tibetan area. But you can't tell by her smile.
Every day, Zuoni greets backpackers at her restaurant in the Tibetan quarter of this Chinese city known as the most popular gateway to Tibet. Even in the past week, as dozens of armed police took up posts in the neighborhood to prevent protests, Tibetans here tried to go about their normal lives.

While some Western media rashly accuse China of "violent crackdown" on the "peaceful protests" in Tibet, some foreigners there disagreed.
"Many reports were not accurate," said Tony Gleason, field director of Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund, an American organization which helps poor Tibetans through skill training and small sum of financing.
    Surfing the Internet in his hotel, Gleason saw the Western reports on the incidents in Tibet. In some reports, the riot was described as "peaceful" and "unarmed" demonstration cracked down by the Chinese government.    "The protests were by no means peaceful," Gleason said.

Police in Nepal's capital arrested about 475 Tibetan refugees, monks and their supporters Monday as they gathered to protest a crackdown on Tibetans in neighbouring China, the UN said.
Chanting "China, stop killings in Tibet. UN, we want justice," protesters were marching toward the UN offices in Katmandu when police stopped them about 100 metres away, beat them with bamboo sticks and snatched their banners.

Toting banners bearing images of atrocities allegedly committed by the Chinese against Tibetans and bellowing "stop the torture" and "free Tibet" through megaphones, more than 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Toronto on Sunday to denounce the Chinese occupation that has left as many as 100 people dead in recent weeks.
Organized by the Joint Action Committee, the demonstration was meant to show solidarity with Tibetans. Participants also took the opportunity to call on the Canadian government to do more to pressure the communist country on its human rights record.