India arrests “Return March” Tibetan leaders

AsiaNews

Mumbai - The presidents of the five NGOs leading the Tibetan exiles’ “Return March to Tibet” were arrested yesterday morning in Berinath, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Tsewang Rigzin (Tibetan Youth Congress), B Tsering (Tibetan Women’s Association), Ngawang Woebar (GuChuSum or former Tibetan political prisoners’ movement), Chime Youngdrung (National Democratic Party of Tibet,) and Tenzin Choeying (Students for a Free Tibet) were still detained by Indian police as of yesterday afternoon.

The five leaders were supposed to meet the District Magistrate of Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) to appeal for a permit to continue the march. (more…)