Press Release: March to Tibet Resumed

Posted by editor on Mar 14, 2008 in Global Contributors, Home, SFT Global | 0 comments

For Immediate Release
March 15, 2008

***Watch live streaming footage of March at: www.tibetanuprising.org/live

TIBETANS RESUME PEACEFUL MARCH TO TIBET
In wake of China’s brutal crackdown inside Tibet, 44 marchers defy Indian government protest ban on Tibetans

Dehra, India – A day after the Chinese government’s violent siege in Lhasa, a second wave of Tibetan exiles defied Indian government orders by resuming their March to Tibet this morning. While 102 Tibetan marchers remain under judicial detention, a second group of 44 Tibetans set out just before 10:00am from Dehra, the same location where the first group was arrested on Thursday. Sources from Tibet are reporting up to 100 and possibly more Tibetans killed in Lhasa yesterday, while in other parts of Tibet protest marches continued. (more…)