Tibetans continue protests against China in Nepal

Nepalese police detained dozens of Tibetan exiles protesting in front of the Chinese diplomatic mission in Katmandu on Thursday.

Police official Ramesh Thapa said more than 120 Tibetans were detained because they were demonstrating in an areas where protests are prohibited.

The Tibetans gathered outside the Chinese Embassy visa office in Katmandu shouting slogans against China.

"We want a free Tibet. Tibet belongs to Tibetans," they chanted before being taken away to detention centers.

Tibetan exiles in Nepal have been staging frequent protests to show their support for the unrest that erupted in Tibet's capital in March.

Arrested Tibetan protesters in Katmandu are generally freed the same day.

The March protests in Lhasa were among the biggest in almost 50 years of Chinese rule.

Many Tibetans insist they were an independent nation before communist troops invaded in 1950, while Beijing says the Himalayan region has been part of its territory for centuries.

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