Tibetans stage protest

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JAN. 13. About 100 Tibetan activists were detained by the Delhi police today while protesting against ``atrocities'' on Tibetans by the Chinese during the visit of the Chairman of the National People's Congress of China, Mr. Li Peng, to the India International Centre at Max Mueller Marg here.

The protestors, who had gathered under the banners of the Himalayan Committee for Action on Tibet, the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) and the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), held protests to assert the need for inclusion of Tibetans in the talks between India and China on the issue of Tibet.

The Tibetan Youth Congress claimed that two of its members were even able to block Mr. Li Peng's car, for some time. The TYC and the TWA also claimed to have succeeded in holding protests despite heavy security being thrown in for the Chinese leader.

About a hundred of the 200-odd protestors were rounded up by the police and taken to the Tughlaq Road police station where cases were registered against them.

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