China has always sworn that it committed no acts of brutality in repressing the March 2008 riots in Tibet. One of our Observers for the region has published images which had not been previously seen of the Chinese police's handling of the Tibetan demonstrators. See the video.

This picture was published on the blog of our Tibetan Observer, Lhadon Tethong. It shows a monk setting himself on fire on Feb. 27 near a monastery in Ngaba (or Aba), in Sichuan province. The incident occurred after Chinese authorities forbade his monastery to celebrate a traditional prayer ritual.  Read more…

Relations between China and France have reached a new low as Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama approaches. So outraged are Chinese web users that they can't wait for the meeting on Saturday to express their indignation. Read more...

Despite complaints from the Chinese authorities, Italian car manufacturer Fiat has refused to pull an advert which shows Buddhist actor Richard Gere gleefully playing with traditional Tibetan children. Read more and see the ad.

Thirty Tibetans accused of taking part in the riots last month have been convicted today with sentences ranging from three years in jail to life imprisonment. One of our Observers has sent us the first images of the trial, made public by the state press agency Xinhua, just as the sentences were handed out. See the pictures.

The Olympic flame had to be put out for half an hour during its tour around Paris because of havoc caused by mainly pro-Tibetan protesters. ChinaWolf, who set up a YouTube channel to "defend the Chinese reputation", explains to us why he thinks the protests were unacceptable. Read more...

The 'most wanted' on Yahoo's homepage this morning

Yahoo! China pasted a "most wanted" poster across its homepage today in aid of the police's witch-hunt for 24 Tibetans accused of taking part in the recent riots. MSN China made the same move, although it didn't go as far as publishing the list on its homepage. Read more...

Chinese authorities have so far reported 13 dead since the beginning of the incidents while Tibetan activists say that at least one hundred people have been killed. These amateur photos, which we’re the first to publish, contradict the official Chinese statement. Read more…

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This image is all over Chinese discussion boards. Web-users are saying that the photo, published by CNN, proves that the American channel is manipulating information about the Tibet crisis in order to cast China in a negative light. Read more

UPDATE (19 March 2.30pm): CNN has sent us a statement in response to the claims, saying that the image was cropped due to space constraints. Read the full statement.

Photos of the chaos in Lhasa are finding their way to us slowly. We asked a young Tibetan activist to explain how the Chinese government manages to restrict information from leaving the country. See the photos and read her account.

UPDATE (13 March 7.30pm): We published the first amateur images of events on the Observers site. Press agencies have now distributed new photos of the events, finally managing to get their documents out of the country.