Thirty six Tibetans in New Delhi were arrested today as they held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy against China’s execution of a Tibetan and the upholding of the suspended death sentence on another.
Sara Smith gave a "feather blessing" and called upon her Native American ancestors. Rabbi Laura Geller recited from the Jewish mourning prayer. Sana Afandi chanted the opening verse of Islam's holy book. And Mae Chee Sansanee, a Buddhist nun, led a group meditation.
The secretive leader of a minority separatist group said his East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) will “inevitably” form a military wing to target the Chinese government.
Tibetan nuns Ani Changchup Khando, front, and Ani Tsering Chodon are helped to the hotel ballroom stage to lead a Buddhist chant. (Photos Susan Biddle -- The Washington Post)
Tibetans, Tibet supporters and human rights activists gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., on January 28 to protest the secret trial and execution of Lobsang Dhondup and the death sentence imposed on a prominent Tibetan monk, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche on January 26.
Tibetans in Dharamsala protest the Chinese execution of Lobsang Dhondup. The protest march from Mcleod Ganj to Kacheri, Lower Dharamsala, was jointly organised by Ghu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress, and Tibetan Women's Association. Wednesday, January 29, 2003 (Photo: Tenam)
Lobsang Dhundup, aged 28, was executed Sunday (26 January, 2003) evening in Ganzi, a city near the Tibetan border in Sichuan province. The execution took place after a secret trial at the Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court.
Boulder sources yesterday confirmed that Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup was executed by Chinese authorities after a secret re-trail in China's Sichuan province Saturday.
Spokespersons for the United States Government, both at the State Department in Washington, D.C., and the American Embassy in Beijing, have expressed concern at the execution of Lobsang Dhondup
