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Live Footage from Tibet via Youtube of Tibetan horsemen riding to oppose Chinese rule.


Background:

In the face of ever-growing reports of uprisings all over Tibet, HH the Dalai Lama has appealed to Tibetans to refrain from violent protests.BBC News 24 carried footage of him this morning threatening to resign completely from all political roles if Tibetans get out of control and resort to violence.

Many young Tibetans are frustrated by the non-violent approach which has produced no change in the lives of Tibetans under Chinese rule.

The Chinese have imposed a complete media black-out in Tibet. Foreign journalists have been expelled from all parts of Tibet. News is coming from the cell phones of individual Tibetans.

This link carries footage of Tibetan "Freedom Riders" on horseback riding into the small border town of Bora, on the far north-east border of Qinghai (Amdo) and China.

The latest news this morning is that trucks full of Chinese armed troops, accompanied by tanks, have rolled into several Tibetan towns in the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan (formerly parts of the Tibetan provinces of Amdo and Kham)

An Australian tourist's independent film footage from Lhasa, as the Chinese were closing the city down.

http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=36434&category=World%20News

Latest Report/Summary from ICT of events in Tibet with photos.

This report and accompanying photos can be found online at http://savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1230

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