Tibetan demonstrators outside UN building in Nepal

25.02.2012

Nepal police on Friday detained more than a dozen Tibetan exiles who were attempting to storm the United Nations office in Kathmandu, media reports said.

Demonstrators tried to climb the gates of the UN office to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. Eleven male and two women from the Tibetan community were detained during the protest, according to police.

Tibetans, shouted, "Wake up UN, Tibet is Burning", "Restore Human Rights" and "Stop killing in Tibet". As soon as the UN guards stopped them, the riot police which were deployed at the gate.

Chinese authorities have stepped up security in Tibet amid a spate of suicides among Buddhist monks and nuns in protest against the Chinese rule. Since March last year, a total of 22 monks and nuns have self-immolated.

The Dalai Lama has resided in the Indian city of Dharamsala, which is now the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-exile, since 1960 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule of Tibet. Dharamsala is also referred to as 'Little Lhasa', referring to the capital of Tibet.