19. Jan 2010
Nepal hands over detained Tibetans to UN; two more arrested
(AFP) Nepalese police arrested two Tibetans in Dolakha, on the TAR-Nepal border for crossing without visas. According to a district police office, the two men entered Nepal from the TAR. Ten Tibetans arrested in similar circumstances earlier in January 2010 have been handed over to the UN. Nepali authorities initially saying that they could be handed over to the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu for deportation. The eight men and two women were also arrested in Dolakha district. Nepalese immigration authorities said they were questioned about possible involvement in "anti-China activities" before being handed over to the UN's refugee agency in Kathmandu. The Tibetans were reportedly on their way to India.