People send images over mobile phones from Lhasa to outfox the current media blackout in the city. Image from Lhasa today courtesy of gangkyi.com.
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Himalaya is burning
Posted: Mar 14, 2008 06:59 pm EDT
(MountEverest.net) “We saw two dead at Ramoche temple, two in the garden, two at the Ganden printing house, and those Tibetans who went to take food to prisoners in Drapchi prison saw 26 Tibetans shot after they were brought in on a black vehicle,” a Tibetan witness told Radio Free Asia, one of the few news sources getting live reports from Lhasa right now.
“There could be about 80 dead, or more, but there is too much commotion here to give an exact number.” Chinese buildings have been set ablaze, Ramoche monastery has been badly damaged, and four monks from Ganden monastery set themselves on fire.
In Nepal meanwhile, bloody clashes between protesters and Nepalese police have been reported throughout the day.
Mass killings sparked by an Olympic flame
Alan Arnette finally spelled it out on his website, "While myself and other climbers are anxious about our opportunity to climb Mt. Everest, the Tibetans and Sherpas are fearful for their future. A sense of perspective is important at times like this."
Himalaya is on fire, with mass killings sparked by an Olympic flame. It goes beyond athletic performance; in the mountains or Beijing. How many more people will have to die, before we take in their desperation?
Dalai Lama: a manifestation of deep-rooted resentment
The demonstrations have spread to monasteries in rural Tibet and outside the province. An unknown number of people were killed and injured when Chinese forces fired on rioting crowds. The Chinese authorities deployed all military in the Lhasa area and sent tanks. "There could be several hundred tanks and they were shooting into the crowds,” one witness told RFA’s Tibetan service.
Tibetans are running around carrying photos of the Dalai Lama and shouting for Independence in Tibet. "I am deeply concerned over the situation in recent days," Dalai Lama responded in a statement today. "These protests are a manifestation of the deep-rooted resentment of the Tibetan people under the present governance."
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