Monks interrupt Gansu media tour

Xiahe, Gansu province: A tour by foreign and local journalists to an area of Gansu province where rioting broke out last month, was interrupted yesterday by a group of lamas protesting at the Labrang Lamasery.

About 15 young lamas, carrying banners written in Tibetan, rushed out of a building at the monastery in Xiahe at about 12:30 pm and gathered in front of the group of more than 20 Chinese and foreign media workers.

They called for "human rights", but didn't tell what kinds of human rights they wanted when asked by reporters.