Ektar Vihar, Uttar Pradesh 29 aprile 2008 (ore 22,00)
I marciatori hanno raggiunto il villaggio di Ektar Vihar dove trascorreranno la notte. Erano partiti molto presto da Pakwara e hanno percorso anche oggi una ventina di chilometri. Durante il percorso si sono fermati nella cittadina di Moradabad per recitare una preghiera in occasione del decimo anniversario della morte di Thupten Ngodup che si immolò, dandosi fuoco, per la causa tibetana nel 1998 quando la polizia indiana pose termine con la forza allo sciopero della fame organizzato in quell'anno a Delhi dal Tibetan Youth Congress.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday that she had no information about planned talks announced Friday between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. But she continued to make it clear that China blamed him for the violence in Tibet and ensuing unrest in adjacent areas with large Tibetan populations.

Mass detentions of monks have continued in the past week and more monasteries have been sealed off by armed troops as a rigorous patriotic education campaign across the Tibetan plateau leads to increasing unrest. As the crackdown deepens, reports have reached ICT of the suicide of monks in different areas in protest at hardline policies or in despair due to the climate of fear and uncertainty.

On 21 March 2008, the Tibetans in Ponkor Township staged a peaceful protest in Darlag County, Golog "TAP", Qinghai Province, according to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
According to sources, on 21 March 2008, the Tibetan people from Ponkor Toema and Mema Townships in Darlag County staged a peaceful protest by pulling down a Chinese national flag and replacing it with the banned Tibetan national flag.

Chinese state media say a court in Tibet has imprisoned 17 people for terms of three years to life for their roles in deadly riots and violence in the region last month.
The official Xinhua news agency did not give any other details on the Lhasa court ruling in a brief dispatch Tuesday.
Tibet's Indian-based government-in-exile says more than 150 people died in a crackdown by Chinese forces on anti-government protesters and rioters. China blames Tibetan rioters for the deaths of at least 20 people.

SEOUL, April 29 - Violence by Chinese students at the weekend Beijing Olympic torch relay injured South Korea's national pride and "legal and diplomatic measures are necessary," Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo said Tuesday.
"Legal and diplomatic measures are necessary as the incident hurt national pride considerably," Yonhap news agency quoted Han as telling a cabinet meeting. He did not elaborate.

Public anger is growing over Sunday's violence, recorded on widely circulated video clips, in which Chinese students attacked Koreans staging protests at Beijing's rights record.

In a rare challenge to China's massive security presence in Tibet, two Buddhist nuns have staged a public protest in Sichuan province before being taken into custody, several witnesses have told Radio Free Asia (RFA).
Ethnic Tibetan Buddhist nuns walk the religious circuit outside the Labrang Monastery, which is the second largest existing Tibetan monastery, in the town of Xiahe, Gansu Province on March 12, 2008. Photo: AFP

New York, April 27 - Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters gathered in New York for the next leg of the Tibetan Independence Torch relay today wearing 'Rangzen track suits' and carrying Tibetan National flags and banners. The torch lighting ceremony took place in Union Square with Venerable Palden Gyatso, Jamyang Norbu and 'goddesses'. The goddesses' roles were played by young Tibetan girls dressed in 'Lhamo Ringha' who sang the traditional Opera song. The goddesses then passed the torch on to the first runner Jamyang Norbu, a Tibetan Rangzen activist and a writer.

Oggi le masse coreane hanno tributato una calorosa accoglienza ai compagni cinesi .
Nella capitale il popolo si è raccolto entusiasta attorno al suo caro leader per partecipare allo storico evento.
Nelle scorse settimane gli imperialisti di ogni risma ,in combutta con la cricca del Dalai Lama, hanno ingiustamente criticato la Repubblica Popolare Cinese.
Il popolo tibetano dovrebbe invece essere fiero di appartenere alla grande repubblica socialista e gioire dello sviluppo economico e sociale frutto delle illuminate politiche del grande partito comunista cinese.

Kathmandu, April 27 - Snubbing the announcement made by China towards dialogue with envoys of the Dalai Lama, about 140 Tibetans in Nepal again protested near the Chinese Consulate in Kathmandu this afternoon. Police stopped them at Nagpokhari near the Consulate and arrested 130 Tibetans immediately including a minor. The tussle resulted in two demonstrators receiving injuries and a Tibetan man was allegedly charged with attacking an officer and taken separately to Kamal Pokhari Police Station.The remaining demonstrators were detained at Metropolitan Police Barrack No.2 in Maharajgunj.

Shanghai: Rivelazioni sulle brutali torture subite da praticanti presso l'ospedale della prigione Tilanqiao
Sono rimasto sconvolto dopo aver avuto la recente notizia che il praticante del Falun Gong Gu Jianmin è morto a causa dei gravi abusi subiti durante la persecuzione. Le prove svelano che il personale dell’ospedale del carcere Tilanqiao di Shanghai ignora deliberatamente la sacralità della vita umana.

Several thousand human rights activists gathered in Seoul in an attempt to block the torch relay for the Beijing Olympics yesterday.
About 5,000 people, including North Korean refugees, got together at the Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul, hours before the relay began there around 2 p.m. They were protesting China's crackdown in Tibet and the abuses of human rights of North Korean defectors.

The latest leg of the Olympic torch relay is well under way in South Korea with protesters vowing to disrupt its run through the capital Seoul.
The 24-km (15-mile) route from Olympic Park to City Hall is heavily guarded by 8,000 police officers.
Human rights groups have said thousands are preparing to protest over China's forced repatriation of North Korean refugees and its crackdown in Tibet.
Police have warned anyone trying to disrupt the relay would be severely punished.

Jhilapur, Uttar Pradesh, 26 aprile 2008 (ore 23,30)
Oggi i marciatori hanno percorso 23 chilometri e sono arrivati al villaggio di Jhilapur. Sono stati raggiunti da altri 24 e quindi adesso il totale è di 224 marciatori. La temperatura continua ad aumentare ed ormai è costantemente sopra i 42°. Cinque persone soffrono di problemi intestinali e due hanno problemi di eruzioni cutanee. Ieri era il compleanno del Panchen Lama e quindi in segno di rispetto la "Marcia Verso il Tibet" si è fermata per un giorno.

Karma C.