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2012. április 3./Phayul.com/TibetPress

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By Tendar Tsering

DHARAMSHALA, April 3: After spending 13 hours in police custody in the Indian capital, the exile Tibetan family on a peace march to Tibet, on Monday, were again on the road, around 40 kms out of New Delhi.

“Upon reaching New Delhi last week, we were detained by Indian police for 13 hours,” Tsetan Dorjee, one of the three peace marchers told Phayul. “But now we are 40 kilometers out of New Delhi and on our way to Nepal.”

The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India to attend the fourth Brics summit last week was given as reason for their arrest by the police.

“We were told that the order to arrest us came from the top, following the exile Tibetan self-immolation early last week and Hu Jintao’s visit to the Indian capital,” Dorjee said.

Dorjee along with his mother Dhum Po Kyi and sister Lhamo Kyi began their march to Tibet from Dharamshala, the exile seat of Tibet, on March 10, coinciding with the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day.

The three, who have been living in Dharamshala, since their escape from Tibet, said the march was their expression of solidarity and unity with Tibetans inside Tibet and vowed to carry on even if they are stopped.

“We will never stop the march. If they police arrest us, we will begin the march from the same place till we reach Tibet,” Dorjee had told Phayul before setting on the long march back to Tibet.

“Even if we die on the way, our soul must reach Tibet.”

A number of Tibetans and Tibet supporters, including Aasha Reddy, a long-time friend and staunch supporter of the Tibetan cause visited the family and joined them briefly on their march.

Tracing back the most commonly used route by Tibetans escaping into exile, the family believes that their journey to Nepal could take up to two months.

“Before we used to cover 25-30 kms per day, but now we can cover not more than 20 kms due to hot climate,” Dorjee told Phayul.