oppression

SMH reports Anti-Terror  police counter-terrorism operations confronted Leichhardt municipal library staff shortly before 8pm on Thursday 8th May 2008 in relation to an exhibition of photos, poems and articles. The exhibition organised by Friends of Hebron entitled "Al-Nakba" (meaning "day of the catastrophe") was to open on Friday but the display was removed friday morning.

A police spokesman said the officers had come only to "say hi" to Friends of Hebron members.

After a third day of protests, there have been unconfirmed reports
of around 100 Tibetans killed and an escalation of the protests on
Lhasa. There have also been reports of tanks and troops patrolling
Lhasa as Chinese authorities attempt to maintain control in the Tibetan
capital.

Deaths In Chinese Crackdown
Tibet.net has published unconfirmed reports that Chinese armed police
have killed around 100 Tibetans and injured many others. Most
mainstream media sources are at this stage reporting “several deaths”.