Tibet Exiles Arrested Protesting Beijing Olympics

by Rob Walker | March 10, 2008 at 03:11 pm | 360 views | 2 comments

At least 10 activists have been arrested and hundreds were barred from starting a march from India to Tibet on Monday. They were protesting this summer's olympic games in Beijing.
The protest began on the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet in 1959.

Other demonstrations were held in New Delhi and Katmandu, Nepal, where 10 activists were detained after hundreds clashed with police.
Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, speaking at a separate event, accused China of "unimaginable and gross violations of human rights" in the Himalayan region.
The planned six-month march from India to Tibet began Monday to coincide with the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet that forced the Dalai Lama into exile in 1959.
Local police chief Atul Fulzele said an order banning the marchers from leaving the area near the northern Indian city of Dharmsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, had been issued following a recommendation from the Indian government.

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Swan

at 15:24 on March 10th, 2008

good stuff:

Hi Rob,

Thanks for this story! Forbidden to talk, walk, demonstrate and blog about certain topics in China - together with abuse and torture of wrongly arrested individuals - my G-d it's worse there than Russia was during the Cold War!

I am so stunned that the IOC chose Beijing for the next Olympics! It's a travesty!
~ Swan

Mikasi

at 21:31 on March 10th, 2008

It would be a travesty if it weren't so predictable. China is an economic powerhouse, one that will arguably blow by the US economy in another 30 years. The Olympics - like anything else that hopes to have a grand television presence - is a money machine. It will feed where there is cash.

That said, it doesn't mean the whole thing isn't sad as hell... it is.