Tibetian protesters marchers to Delhi

The Freedom March with 100 core marchers started from Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on March 10, 2008 will be reaching the capital in the afternoon of April 9, 2008. The March is currently 19 kilometers from Delhi and spending the night at Hargovind Gurudwara. They will be taking the National Highway Road, Haryana to reach Delhi

The March was temporarily curtailed when the marchers were detained in Jwalaji, Kangra District in Himachal Pradesh and kept under judicial custody for 14 days. Three main members of the March: Tenzin Choeying, National Director of Students for Free Tibet, India; Lobsang Yeshi, March coordinator; and Tenzin Tsundue, Core Marcher were released three days later only on March 27.

A second group of marchers continued from March 15 and on March 26, the first and second group of marchers reunited in Chandigarh. There are 200 marchers including 16 western supporters, 9 nuns and 147 monks.

The marchers will join the activities in Jantar Mantar under the umbrella of Tibetan Solidarity Committee- Delhi Chapter.

Tibetan students voicing their protest against Chinese crackdown in Tibet

95 students including 33 girls from Tibetan Children's Village, Upper Dharamsala and Bylakuppe, Karnataka will be marching from Ram Lila Grounds to Jantar Mantar starting at 11 am on April 9, 2008 to show their solidarity with the Tibetan movement. All of them are class 12 students who have just finished their board examinations.

We seek international support on the following concerns:

· Direct dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama without precondition.
· Release His Holiness the Panchen Lama immediately
· Independent and just investigation by UNICEF on the rights of Child in Tibet
· Stop racial discrimination of tibetan children by chinese government