New day of protest for Tibetans, new days of jails ...

New day of protest for Tibetans in Kathmandu, unrest of persecution and imprisonments in Tibet

Kathmandu, April 17. Because of the elections in Nepal Tibetans stopped protesting. As soon as the 11^th the hunger strike started in a monastery of Swoyombunath. Street protests resume the next day with no stop till today. The whole days of praying hasn't stopped either as scarce but dreadful news passes the border with Tibet. We know that some monasteries are under siege as Drepung Gompa where no one is allowed to go in or out and the supply of food and water is forbidden by the Chinese security forces.

The only news comes from Amdo, the only region where Internet is not cut off.

 After the sport tuitions it is miss Phela who told me there were a bus meant to go the Chinese embassy. I went in with Tinley who arrived in Nepal

two years ago. Once on site in a small road reaching the embassy's street cops seeing us started the chase. The alleys were so narrow that both groups were quite slow and the Tibetans manage to hide themselves in a house. Then, it was like the Nepalese forgot us but four police lorries were both side of the main road. Journalists and a representative of the UNHCR were also there. Everybody lets took rest for the lunch break.

Waiting in one of the narrow alley, we talked with Kalsiang, who was the leader of our group. He was dressed in white a chain around his neck. On his clothes it was written: "human rights first, Olympics games after." He was as middle way as the Dalai Lama. The Chinese people have got nothing to do with its authoritarian government, said he. The plan was simple. We run, and once the police is in front of us we sit closely tied.

 It is what happened. The police was taken by surprise and had to run behind, catch up in a sufficient number before being able to stop the protesters. The second important objective was to be in visual contact with the journalists. As though the police had stopped using its harmful bamboo sticks but it used to pinch, to touch at the girls' intimate parts as to take watches and mobile phones.

As the police was busy with this first group of 56, a second group arrived from behind with the same strategy. This people were dragged, pushed, carried by their four limbs. The police was discipline in the way they had to bear the journalists presence. Policewomen on site were also to show some care for human rights. In the whole it looked like a boring routine for the Nepalese troops while some police women looked disgusted by this work of putting meaningless the Tibetans in the trucks for the usual hours at the police stations. The previous day they had arrested 500 of them. Today they arrested everybody. They check the press card of only the Tibetans reporters, making difficulties with one of them who works for Radio Free Asia. Why not letting the Tibetans protesting in the streets? That's a Chinese order like in India

. Some kind of alliance which goes against Democracy, doesn't it?

All this took place at one minute from an official building called: The Commission against the Abuse of Authority...