Police in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu say they have detained more than 560 Tibetan protesters Sunday, all of them women.

Tibetan exile women and nuns participate in a silent peace march to protest against the Chinese government, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 11, 2008.

It was the all female demonstration against China's crackdown in Tibet since violence erupted in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa in March.

Since then, Tibetan exiles have taken part in anti-China protests nearly every day.  Nepal is home to about 20-thousand Tibetan refugees.

On Saturday, police in Nepal detained at least 120 Tibetan protesters who demonstrated in front of the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu.

The protesters chained themselves together in small groups, waved Tibetan flags and chanted slogans against China.

Most of those detained during the protests are freed the same day.

Nepal regards Tibet as part of China.