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India Crushes Tibetan March

Police bust exiles trying to march back home

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2008 6:25 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Indian police stopped a group of Tibetan exiles marching back to their homeland after just 30 miles, reports the BBC. The activists set off Monday from Dharamsala, the seat of the exiled Tibetan government, heading for the Chinese border on the 49th anniversary of a failed Tibetan coup to throw off Chinese rule. "Indian police blocked the march and forcibly removed all marchers from the road," said one protester. More than 100 arrests were made.

The exiles say they have the right to return to Tibet and they want to expose human rights violations by the Chinese, but the Indian government is said to be worried about offending Beijing. "Our cause is just and our actions are non-violent," said one of the march leaders moments before police carried him away. The arrested exiles have now gone on a hunger strike, AP reports.

The marchers sat down on the road and chanted Buddhist prayers when the police moved in.
The marchers sat down on the road and chanted Buddhist prayers when the police moved in.   (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tibetan exiles sing and shout slogans before a march in Takipur, about 25 miles from Dharamshala, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2008.
Tibetan exiles sing and shout slogans before a march in Takipur, about 25 miles from Dharamshala, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Indian police detain a marching Tibetan protester. The arrested exiles are reported to have gone on hunger strike.
Indian police detain a marching Tibetan protester. The arrested exiles are reported to have gone on hunger strike.   (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Indian police detain marching Tibetan protestors at Dehra, about 12 miles from the Kangra district boundary that surrounds Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Indian police detain marching Tibetan protestors at Dehra, about 12 miles from the Kangra district boundary that surrounds Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile.   (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles marching in northern India to Tibet in protest of China's Olympic Games early Thursday morning, organizers and officials said.
Police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles marching in northern India to Tibet in protest of China's Olympic Games early Thursday morning, organizers and officials said.   (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
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