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China detains feminists ahead of Women's Day
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Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2015


Nepal warns Tibetans against anniversary protests
Kathmandu (AFP) March 8, 2015 - Nepalese authorities have warned Tibetan groups against holding protests to mark this week's anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet, an official said Sunday.

Extra security will also be deployed on the capital's streets to shut down any protests on Tuesday for the 56th anniversary of the failed uprising, Kathmandu's chief district officer Ek Narayan Aryal said.

"We have told them (Tibetan groups) that such activities will not be allowed," Aryal told AFP. "It is against Nepal's commitment to (the) one-China policy."

Nepal, home to around 20,000 Tibetans, is under intense pressure from its giant neighbour China over the exiles, and has repeatedly said it will not tolerate what it calls "anti-China activities".

Karma Dawa, manager of Kathmandu's Tibetan Refugee Centre, said it was not planning any protests at this stage given the security crackdown in recent years.

"Security is tighter... right now we are only planning a prayer service for our martyrs in the morning," Dawa said.

Some nine Tibetans were arrested last year near the Chinese consular offices in Kathmandu during the run-up to the March 10 anniversary of the failed uprising that led Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to flee his homeland.

In 2013, a Buddhist monk in Kathmandu set himself on fire in the lead up to the anniversary over perceived persecution of ethnic Tibetans in China.

At least four Chinese feminists have been detained ahead of International Women's Day, a lawyer said Saturday, in what appears to be a move by Beijing to head off public protest linked to the holiday.

Li Tingting, a young activist best known for staging demonstrations in men's lavatories to call for an increase in the number of public toilets for women, was taken away from her home in Beijing around 11 pm Friday, her lawyer Yan Xin told AFP by phone.

Another three Beijing activists, all women, have also been detained, Yan said.

The four activists' whereabouts is unknown, Yan said, adding that while authorities have not communicated a reason, he believes the women's detention "may be related to tomorrow's holiday".

Li, who goes by the pseudonym Li Maizi, organised protests in Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou three years ago in which she and other women "occupied" men's toilets.

According to another Chinese activist, Li was planning to hold a demonstration on Sunday to protest sexual harassment of women aboard public transportation.

Another campaigner, Zheng Churan, has also been taken away from her home in Guangzhou, the activist said. AFP was not immediately able to confirm her detention.

China's ruling Communist Party has publicly highlighted International Women's Day, which falls on March 8, with officials hailing the advancement of women's rights and organising events for female journalists in Beijing.

"Tomorrow is International Women's Day, so everyone is paying attention to national policies related to gender equality, and respecting women is also a mark of a society's progress," Wu Hongqin, a representative to China's National People's Congress (NPC), said at a government news conference Saturday on the status of women.

Yet Chinese authorities regularly round up activists and force the cancellation of events ahead of key dates, wary of any public demonstrations that could spiral into dissent against the party's rule.

The move comes as the annual meeting of the NPC, China's rubber-stamp legislature, is underway in Beijing. The conclave is typically marked by heightened security throughout the city.


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