Press Release: Marchers Arrested

For Immediate Release
March 13, 2008

INDIAN GOVERNMENT ORDERS ALL TIBETAN MARCHERS ARRESTED
Tibetans stage Gandhian style sit-in before being forcibly taken away by police

Dharamshala - On orders from the Central Government, at around 6:30am, Indian police blocked the March to Tibet and forcibly removed all Marchers from the road at Dehra bridge, 50 kilometers from Dharamshala. The police first detained Tenzin Tsundue, a high profile Tibetan activist, carrying him away as he shouted “Bhoe Gyalo, Victory to Tibet.” The 100 Tibetan marchers then sat down on the road, linking arms and chanting Tibetan Buddhist prayers. Indian police broke up the crowd, carrying each marcher away and loading them into 5 police buses. The marchers are now being held at Jawalaji police station and Tsundue is being kept separate from the rest of the group. (more…)