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| Subject: Evil Indian government stops Tibet protest march Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:33 am | |
| More than 100 Tibetan exiles in India have been barred by from marching to Tibet to protest against China holding the Olympics, Indian police say.
The marchers left Dharamsala on the 49th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape from Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
But police in Dharamsala say they have been prevented from leaving the area.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, has called for greater pressure on China over its human rights record.
In Nepal, some 1,000 Tibetan exiles have clashed with police in Kathmandu while trying to march to the Chinese embassy.
Escape
"We have issued a restraining order to the marchers not to leave the Kangra district and if they violate the order then all necessary actions will be taken," district police chief Atul Phuljile told the AFP news agency.
Mr Phuljile said the order had been issued at the behest of the central government in Delhi.
The planned six-month march from India to Tibet began on Monday to coincide with the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet that forced the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, into exile in 1959.
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