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JAWALAMUKHI: At least 30 Tibetan Marchers out of 50 Tuesday again released by the local authority from Yatri Niwas.
They sent back to Dharmshala in a police van. Tibetans was recently arrested by the police at dehra, as they tried to march to the Chinese border to press claims for independence and protest the Beijing Olympics. The marchers, mainly Tibetans but including a few foreigners, were arrested after they sat down on a road to protest police barring their march from continuing from Dehra. One hundred Tibetan marchers, was sentenced to 14 days in judicial custody after appearing before the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Dehra in Kangra District of Himachal Pardesh. The protesters refused to sign a bond at that time saying that they will not participate in any further protest activities for the next 6 months. They held under house arrest in Yatri Niwas, a government run guest house at Jwalamukhi. It may be recalled that as many as 50 Tibetans have already been released and sent back to Dharmshala. It is expected that last batch of 20 Tibetans will be released by Tuesday evening. The marchers set off as part of global protests to mark the 49th anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule, leaving Dharamsala, home to Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the refugees' "government-in-exile". The exiles plan a six-month march from India that would arrive in Tibet during the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Games, in a bid to turn the Olympic spotlight onto China's often-harsh 57-year rule over the Himalayan region. But India, fearing that the march could embarrass Beijing and jeopardize the increasingly close ties between the Asian giants, banned the exiles from leaving the Kangra district that surrounds Dharmsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile. The SDM Dehra in his order released all Tibetans without any condition, DSP Dehra Sita Rama told mediapersons.
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