New York March 17 – As this report is being filed (Tuesday March 18/ 1012hrs Beijing Time)there are protests going on in Ganja, a nomadic village 25 kilometres north of Labrang in Amdo. Our source says that around 2000 people are protesting at the government township office with Tibetan flags and portraits of the Dalai Lama.
The protesters are shouting slogans for free Tibet and Dalai Lama’s long life as they march towards the government office.
People of another nomadic village called Songkok located 15 kilometers west of Labrang are also demonstrating against the Chinese government, says our source. According to our source, the angry protesters barged into the government building and started shouting anti-China slogans. Meanwhile, protesters from Amchok nomadic village south of Labrang were trying to march towards Labrang but held by People’s Armed Police midway.
