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Chinese authorities of three Tibetan monks, including a student was arrested in Beijing in Tibet self-immolation protest against the Chinese government after a 1911 revolution and inter-university debate about the ban. Iran, a human rights lawyer and law professor held in Tehran's Aflame University Tabatabaee been dismissed, and two student activists have been expelled from Baku State University, Azerbaijan. Student protests against the government in Damascus and Aleppo University in Syria will be held.

CHINA: Tibetan monk arrested, including a student

Chinese authorities of three Tibetan monks, including students, in Beijing to Tibet self-immolation protest against the Chinese government after they were arrested, the Radio Free Asia on April 3.

China's rule of Tibet, when a young monk Lob sang Phuntsog self-immolated and died on March 17 in the aftermath of protests against the Chinese authorities have intensified their repression of Tibetan monks spread. The demonstrator is free Tibet and the return of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama asking.

Lob sang TSEP, Beijing Nationality University, students, and two other monks, Lob sang Ngoro and Lob sang Chapel, were arrested. The reason for their arrest remain unknown location.

Gabi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, the Chinese authorities have increased control over their coverage of events is even more difficult than usual. Karta Monastery in Gabi Prefecture The new restrictions, which come in two Phuntsog and TSEP, the monks' to impose control over the movements of a wider range.

Dozens of Tibetans by the Chinese authorities, including members of the family also arrested Phuntsog, without having to give reasons for the arrests.

Steering, a monk affiliated with Karta Monastery in the Dharamsala in India, the monks of Tibet with the Chinese authorities are carrying out re-education programs. Karta Monastery in Gabi prefecture was the repression of the Chinese authorities have regular, especially since the 2008 unrest.

CHINA: Beijing authorities have banned the discussions between the university

Beijing between the Chinese authorities on April 9 at the college in 1911 as a result of the revolution in a debate about the ban, the Sunday Morning Post on April 10.

Beijing Communist Youth League Committee to the organizers of the debate between the University, Beijing Institute of Technology, to cancel the event due to start the day before. Zhang Ming, a political professor at Renaming University and planned by a judge in the competition, students angry and disappointed with the last-minute ban.

The competition has been held since 2002, and 16 universities, including Peking University, Renaming University and Tianjin University attracted. The debates of the revolution in 1911 and studied political philosophy developed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the "three principles - nationalism, democracy and livelihood" on. Students were encouraged to discuss the political heritage as reflected in modern China.