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>> The Chinese Shame of Olympic Saga Continues -- Indian Police is Turning
>> Delhi into a Prison Camp Ahead of Torch's Arrival
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>> International Herald Tribune
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>> Tibetans in India mobilize for torch
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>> By Amelia Gentleman and Hari Kumar
>> Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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>> NEW DELHI: Dozens of Tibetan protesters wearing yellow "Free Tibet"
>> headbands were arrested in Delhi on Wednesday after they stormed through
>> barricades and ran with banners toward the Chinese Embassy, taking heavy
>> security in the diplomatic heart of the city by surprise.
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>> The police intervened swiftly, arresting 47 of the protesters against
>> Chinese rule in Tibet. But it was the second embarrassing breach in two
>> days of the tight security measures imposed by the police in Delhi as
>> the Indian capital prepared to play host to the Olympic torch relay on
>> Thursday, one day after the start of the Asian leg of its international
>> journey in Pakistan on Wednesday.
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>> On Tuesday, another 27 demonstrators were arrested in Delhi after
>> breaking through police ranks to mount an alternative "protest torch
>> relay" along the central avenue along which the official torch will be
>> carried.
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>> The Delhi portion of the relay is widely expected to be one of the more
>> sensitive, potentially volatile chapters in the Olympic torch's troubled
>> worldwide tour. India has a large population of exiled Tibetans, and
>> many of them have traveled to Delhi in recent weeks to join the
>> protests. Volunteers from a number of Tibetan organizations were
>> preparing to mount large-scale protests in the city throughout Thursday.
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>> Officially, the Indian police have refused to reveal details of the
>> security arrangements in place for the relay Thursday afternoon along
>> Rajpath, Delhi's widest, most central artery, which runs between the
>> presidential palace, Rashtrapati Bhavan, and the pink sandstone memorial
>> arch, India Gate. But officials confirmed that between 10,000 and 13,000
>> police officers and members of India's security forces would be guarding
>> the route, which was shortened after the protests surrounding the torch
>> in London and Paris.
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>> There was a nervous atmosphere in central Delhi as the police shut the
>> torch route to cars and pedestrians at midday Wednesday and began
>> installing barricades and metal detectors. The number of police officers
>> outside the Chinese Embassy, which has been high ever since protests
>> began in March, was increased after activists successfully broke through
>> security cordons Wednesday morning. Thick rolls of razor wire were in
>> place around the entrance to the building, and police vans and fire
>> trucks were on standby.
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>> Subway stations around the torch route would be shut from Thursday
>> afternoon, a spokesman for the system said, adding: "This is done on the
>> advice of Delhi police for security reasons of the Olympic torch."
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>> It was not clear whether Delhi residents would be permitted to stand
>> along the route to watch the torch relay or whether officials would only
>> permit selected schoolchildren to line the avenue.
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>> Amid growing anxiety about the event, a number of sports stars and
>> celebrities have announced that they will not be participating in the
>> relay. Indian news channels reported that Sachin Tendulkar, the
>> country's most popular cricket player, would be unable to take part
>> because of "a groin strain." Kiran Bedi, India's first senior female
>> police officer, withdrew last week, saying that she did not want to "run
>> in a cage." The Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan also said that she would
>> not be carrying the torch "due to very strong personal reasons," while
>> the Indian soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia explained his decision to
>> withdraw, saying: "This is my way of standing by the people of Tibet and
>> their struggle. I abhor violence in any form."
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>> About a mile from the torch route, hundreds of Tibetan protesters were
>> preparing themselves for Thursday's action.
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>> Beneath a large banyan tree, on Jantar Mantar, the central Delhi spot
>> where the authorities permit demonstrations, volunteers with the Tibetan
>> Solidarity Committee were making banners to carry in a "peace run" that
>> they hope to hold a few hours before the Olympic torch run. Activists
>> armed with cellphones and laptops connected to the Internet were sitting
>> on the pavement, where they had created a makeshift office and were
>> discussing their protest plans with reporters and supporters.
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>> "We are doing a parallel peace run to celebrate the peaceful struggle,"
>> said Youdon Aukatsang, spokeswoman for the organization. "We have been
>> given permission for that to go ahead. We don't know if that will change."
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>> Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress, which led the protests at the
>> embassy on Wednesday and along the torch route Tuesday, said they were
>> planning demonstrations for Thursday.
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>> "We are against the Olympics in China and we have been protesting from
>> the very beginning," the group's president, Tsewang Rigzin, said by
>> telephone Wednesday. "I am not sure what we will do tomorrow, but it
>> will be a big day for us, and we are preparing for that. We will
>> continue to protest till the Olympics. This is the world's uprising
>> against China."
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>> The Olympic torch was due to reach India late Wednesday, from Pakistan.
>> Pakistani officials said the ceremony in Islamabad would be confined to
>> a sports stadium, rather than proceeding down the capital's main street.
>> Paramilitary troops and police officers were on standby around the stadium.
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>> The Pakistan Olympic Association president, Arif Hassan, said he hoped
>> the event would be peaceful and enhance the country's image.
>> Canberra prepares for torch
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>> Australian police officers received tough powers on Wednesday to stop
>> and search Olympic torch relay protesters for weapons, fire
>> extinguishers and other items as Chinese students called for strong men
>> to guard the flame against pro-Tibet activists, stoking fears of violent
>> clashes in Canberra next week, Reuters reported.
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>> Zhang Rongan, of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, said he
>> hoped 10,000 students and Chinese Australians would travel to Canberra
>> for the April 24 torch relay to guard against pro-Tibet or Falun Gong
>> demonstrators.
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>> "Overseas students in Australia, we have a responsibility to go defend
>> our sacred torch," Zhang said on the association's Web site.
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>> Lawmakers have already cut back the relay route. Pro-Tibet demonstrators
>> expect at least 1,000 people to travel to the capital in a bid to
>> interrupt the event.
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