(22 Feb 2012) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Tibetan protesters marching and shouting slogan (Hindi) "Tibet is ours; Leave Tibet"
2. Mid of protesters marching; shouting slogan (English) "Long Live Dalai Lama"
3. Close-up of protester marching and shouting slogan (English) "Red China �Go back"
4. Mid of a Tibetan monk shouting slogan (Hindi) "Stop Killing in Tibet"
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, Member of Tibetan Government in Exile:
"We are not celebrating the New Year because inside Tibet has become more crucial and too many self immolations, sacrificing their lives inside Tibet."
6. Mid of protesters shouting slogans
7. Close-up of protester shouting slogans
8. Mid of protester (on microphone) shouting slogan (Hindi) "This is our slogan�.Tibet is ours"
9. Pan of protesters shouting slogans
10. Tibetan monk at protest praying
11. Close-up of a placard reading (English) "If freedom is worth having, it's worth fighting. Free Tibet."
12. Mid of protester holding a placard reading (English) "UNO (United Nations) wake up" and shouting slogan "We want freedom"
13. Mid of security
14. Protesters praying
15. Close-up of hands holding beads
STORYLINE:
Exiled Tibetan leaders on Wednesday called on people not to celebrate the lunar new year, as a protest against Chinese repression in the region.
Hundreds of Tibetans demonstrated near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, carrying flags and chanting anti-China slogans.
Exiles claim that Beijing's crackdown on dissent has led to the self-immolations of nearly two dozen Tibetans and deadly clashes with Chinese authorities.
"We are not celebrating the New Year because inside Tibet has become more crucial and too many self immolations, sacrificing their lives inside Tibet," said a member of Tibet's government in exile, Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok.
Instead of celebrating the new year, Tibetans are being urged to pray for those living under Chinese rule.
An overseas Tibet lobbying group said on Wednesday that tensions have been building in Tibet's capital Lhasa, with increased security and officials even making calls at individual Tibetan homes.
The Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet also said hundreds of Tibetans had been detained after returning from India, where they attended teachings by the Dalai Lama last month.
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