29 June 2008
March to Tibet brought to an end
(Phayul) After 110 days, the March to Tibet organised by five exile NGOs was officially brought to an end at the Tibetan refugee camp in Paonta Sahib. The presidents of the five participating NGOs told the marchers to return to their settlements to prepare for larger initiatives in August, during the Beijing Olympics. "Although the March to Tibet has come to an end, the Tibetan People's Uprising Movement is not over. We will reunite in even larger numbers to protest against China hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics", said Ngawang Woebar, President of GuChuSum, Ex-Political Prisoner's Movement of Tibet. The 41 marchers who were arrested the week before in separate incidents along the Indo-Tibet border district of Kinnaur, were all released.