Tibet Network News Digest and Analysis: 29 January 2012- News:Security Clampdown Widens (RFA)
29 January |Authorities in Beijing have ramped up security across Tibetan areas—from Lhasa, capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, to the Amdo and Kham regions—following deadly protests last week, according to sources
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/clampdown-01292012165351.htmlChinese Crackdown Seals Off Ethnic Unrest (New York Time)
28 January |This regional metropolis is roughly 200 miles from the wave of protest by ethnic Tibetans that is sweeping the towering mountains of western Sichuan Province. But take a stroll through Chengdu’s Tibetan quarter, and the tensions generated by the distant unrest become palpable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/world/asia/chinese-crack-down-to-curb-spread-of-tibetan-unrest.html?_r=1&ref=asia

Town Besieged After Shooting (RFA)
28 January | Chinese security forces have encircled a town in a Tibetan part of the southwestern province of Sichuan after the latest in a string of killings of Tibetan protesters, as unrest continues to spread across the region, exile sources said.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/besieged-01272012132213.htmlDespair, crackdowns breed more violence in Tibet (AP)
28 January | A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two other Tibetan areas of western China to support the same cause.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146018139

Tibetan monasteries forced to display communist leaders' photos (Phayul)
29 January | Even as Chinese security personnel were shooting unarmed Tibetan protesters in eastern Tibet on January 23, Chinese authorities in central Tibet were distributing Chinese flags and photos of China’s leaders to local Tibetans.
http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30772&article=Tibetan+monasteries+forced+to+display+communist+leaders%27+photos

- Statements:China Must Address Root Causes of Growing Tibetan Protests (HRiC)
Human Rights in China (HRIC) is deeply concerned about the protests and violence in Luhuo County (Drango in Tibetan) and Sêrtar County (in Chinese, Seda County [色达县], also known as Sertha County) in western Sichuan Province on January 23 and 24, the first days of the Chinese New Year.
http://www.hrichina.org/content/5787- Analysis:Tighter Grip On Tibet Expected (RFA)
28 January | The Year of the Dragon has begun on a fiery note for Tibet with Chinese security troops using lethal force to suppress protests and Tibetans venting their anger at the authorities in the worst violence in the region in nearly four years.
http://www.rfa.org/english/east-asia-beat/harsh-01262012113203.htmlWho ordered another problem in Tibet? (Pravda.ru)
28 January | The beginning of 2012 was marked with aggravation in Tibet. Free Tibet human rights organization reported that during the police crackdown on demonstrations of ethnic Tibetans, two protesters died from gunshot wounds on January 24.
http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/27-01-2012/120345-tibet-0/