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A Tibetan activist group has voiced concern over any government backlash against a group of Buddhist monks who disrupted a stage-managed tour for foreign journalists of Tibet's holiest temple by shouting there was no freedom in the riot-torn region.

The International Campaign for Tibet said in a statement Friday "there are serious fears for the welfare and whereabouts" of the monks.

The 30 monks had pushed into a briefing being given by officials at the Jokhang Temple in the only spontaneous moment Thursday in an otherwise tightly controlled government trip to the Tibetan capital for reporters following this month's deadly riots. Read full article »

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