Tibet: Teenagers Held for Pro-Independence Slogans

By Keith Bradsher | The New York Times
26 September 2007

Eight boys ages 14 and 15 have been detained in the Tibetan town of Xiahe since Sept. 7 for writing graffiti and distributing pamphlets praising the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader, and for calling for independence from China, according to Human Rights in China, which called for their release. The state-controlled news media have been silent on the case, and a man answering the phone at the Xiahe public security office said he had no information.