A Tightrope Walk ; the Aftershocks of the Riots in Lhasa More Visible Than at Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh, the Seat of the Tibetan Government- in-Exile. Banners with Slogans Such As Free Tibet , Stop Genocide in Tibet , Wake Up, Un Have Sprung All Over the Town.

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THE DALAI LAMA

Nowhere are the aftershocks of the riots in Lhasa more visible than at Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Fresh graffiti on the walls and banners with slogans such as Free Tibet , Stop genocide in Tibet , Wake up, UN have sprung all over the town, with occasional sloganeering by defiant marchers. Such carefully-orchestrated protests now form the centrepiece of the plans of the Tibetan government-in-exile to keep the Lhasa unrest on the front burner of international concerns in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Also for the 50th anniversary next year of the failed Tibetan uprising that had forced the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, and his followers to flee Tibet and take shelter in India in 1959.

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A Tightrope Walk ; the Aftershocks of the Riots in Lhasa More Visible Than at Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh, the Seat of the Tibetan Government- in-Exile. Banners with Slogans Such As Free Tibet , Stop Genocide in Tibet , Wake Up, Un Have Sprung All Over the Town.

A war of words between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama has escalated with the Nobel laureate charging Beijing with cultural genocide ...

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