India's News.Net Sunday 10th August, 2008 (ANI) Manali/Dharamsala, August 10 : Tibetan exiles in Manali and Dharamsala step up their protests against the alleged Chinese suppression in their homeland even as Beijing hosts Olympics 2008. While the people in Beijing are rejoicing the Olympic games, the Tibetan Women's Association in Manali organized mourning for the Tibetans killed in Lhasa. The Tibetan women exiles wore black clothes and tied black bands on their mouths to mourn what they said were brutal killings of protesters in Tibet in March. "We are totally against the China Olympics that are taking place in China. Lots of people were killed since March 10th. We are mourning here that's why we are wearing black clothes and black bands for all the Tibetans who died in Tibet," said Tenzin Sangmo, a Tibetan women. The...
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