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Angry Tibetans protest in Nepal

by Sanjay Jha | August 8, 2008 at 01:22 am

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Few hours before the starting of Olympics Games the Tibetans have continued their protest all over the world. There have been protests rally today in Nepalese capital Kathmandu. Tibetans have been on fast unto death in Indian capital and some of them are in critical condition. In the last few days, nearly 4,000 Tibetans have marched in the Indian capital Delhi in one of the biggest protests in recent months, saying China had no right to hold the Olympic Games. Today hundreds of Tibetans exiles held rally in their cpaitla in exile at Dharamsala

Hundreds of angry Tibetans have held protests in Nepal as China prepares to open the Olympics in a few hours.
Police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators - 900, say Tibetan sources - in the capital, Kathmandu. Arrests are still taking place.
The Tibetans - including nuns and monks - screamed and shouted and even wept while marching towards the Chinese consulate in the city.
More than 20,000 Tibetan refugees live in Nepal after fleeing China in 1959.
"China out of Tibet" and "Stop cultural genocide", the protesters chanted.
Many of the demonstrators wore red and blue ribbons emblazoned with "Free Tibet" around their heads.
One nun appeared to faint before being revived with water.
Putting pressure
Coming out onto the street in successive waves, the protesters fiercely resisted arrest.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says male and female police armed with batons manhandled some, dragging them through the dust.