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> Lhasa, march 10
> Today we see how the real situation is in Tibet.
> The day seems to be silent and peacefull, even boring. Until 6 o
> īclock. then 100s of Tibetans gather together on the Bakhor Square.
> They form a strong, silent, peacefull circle around the police who
> keep the middle of the square open. Soon they call for backup.
> Undercoveragents, not so difficult to recognize film the whole
> happening. Especially the faces. This is one method to create fear.
> Suddenly there is panic. 6 or 7 monks are arrested and driven away.
> Tibetans are very scared because of the stories about the prisons and
> tortures. In the mean while big numbers of policemen arrive. They
> drive everybody apart. But until sunset small groups of people stay
> around. There are tourists, Tibetans and Tibetan resembling spies.
> Apparently we stick around to long because some Tibetans start to warn
> us to be careful about the undercoverpolice who are watching us
> closely. We even get a note that says we are being followed and have
> to be carefull about what we say. The whole evening misty figures keep
> following us, even to the restaurant and the bar.
>
> The Chinese police almost manages to give the impression that itīs
> just a small manifestation that they can easily control. From our
> ****tugees friends, Miguel and Clara, who visit one of the biggest
> monasteries (Drepung) nearby, we learn that the Chinese approach (away
> from touristic eyes) is much harder. When they walk together with lots
> of monks towards Lhasa to join the manifestation, they are brutely
> blocked by armed police and military. Miguel and Clara are picked out
> of the crowd (they were the only tourists at that time) and chased
> away. All the shop have to close and all the people around are obliged
> to leave the scene. They get no information and cannot ask or see
> anything. It is impossible to take pictures, unfortunately.
>
> Later that day, Miguel returns and tries to get in, being very
> concerned about the monks. He can get very close to the monastery and
> sees how army trucks and ambulances go and come back from the scene.
> Then he is caught, questionned and dropped back at his hotel. We are
> very concerned what happened or still happens there, behind the
> scenes. Nobody will know.
>
> Lhasa goes to sleep with a sad and uncomfortable feeling. Maybe it is
> hard to imagine how bad this feels. We can see now how fortunate we
> are, having freedom of speach, freedom of going where we like.
> Everybody is afraid to speak. Even us, free born people, not for our
> sake but for that of the Tibetans who can get in trouble just by
> speaking with us. Itīs also very spooky to notice that we are being
> followed and approached by men who really try their best to look like
> tibetans, being unhandy with their mala. They ask us what is
> happening, what we have seen and if we have taken pictures.
>
>
> Here a few pictures and a videoshot we dare to take, but itīs nothing
> like the reality weīve seen and felt:
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> 1. They was some kind of gathering, although the purpose was not
> clear. The number was
> also not clear. click the link above to see the picture.)
>
> 2. Did monks participate? Not according to the picture. Were they
> blocked as claimed by
> certain Miguel and Clara? Who knows?
By now, you should have known there were monks involved in the protest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23640421#23632331
And there is a riot, according to Xinhua News:
http://news.hexun.com/2008-03-15/104482807.html
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