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Solidarity rally to be held Dharamsala as China floods Tibet with troops

Source: Email,23 Feb,2009

 TIBET SEALED OFF AS NEW YEAR AND TIBETAN UPRISING ANNIVERSARY APPROACH

Dharamshala – Tibetans in Dharamshala will hold a protest this Tuesday in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet who are under attack from the Chinese government as Tibetan New Year and the upcoming 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising on March 10th approach. China has flooded Tibet with thousands of troops in recent days and towns and villages are under constant patrol, as the authorities attempt to intimidate Tibetans from carrying out protests or other acts of resistance. The recent clampdown follows ten months of the most repressive political conditions and tightest security in Tibet in three decades.

In a widespread campaign of civil disobedience, Tibetans plan to forgo traditional New Year festivities on February 25th in order to mourn those killed in protests against China's occupation and brutal policies in Tibet over the past year. On February 15th and 16th, hundreds of Tibetans protested in eastern Tibet, calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and for no New Year celebrations. The protesters were beaten and at least 24 were detained. China has barred foreigners and journalists from Tibet and vowed to "crush" supporters of the Dalai Lama, setting the stage for the bloody suppression of Tibet's to take place out of site of independent eyewitnesses.

Programme details below:

WHAT: PROTEST DEMONSTRATION

ORGANIZOR: TIBETAN WOMENS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TIBET
GU-CHU-SUM EX POLITICAL MOVEMENTS FOR TIBET
STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET - INDIA

WHERE: MCLEOD BUS STATION TO KACHERI PETROL PUMP

WHEN: 9:30 AM TUESDAY 24th FEBUARY 2009
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