Website link to International Campaign for Tibet, copy and paste to
your browser to read the full account by independant witnesses:
http://www.savetibet.org/action/item.php?id=11&ms=email

Dangerous Crossing
On September 30, a group of over 70 Tibetans were attempting to
cross the Nangpa Pass into Nepal from Tibet when they were fired
upon by China's People's Armed Police. Eyewitness reports confirm
the death of Kelsang Namtso, a 17 year old Tibetan nun who was shot
in the back. Video footage of the shooting shows that at least two
other Tibetans were shot during the incident, but the injuries do
not appear to have been fatal.
See video of shooting at: http://www.protv.ro/filme/exclusive-
footage-of-chinese-soldiers-shooting-at-tibetan-pilgrims.html#4265

While 43 Tibetans from the group made it to Nepal, the whereabouts
of the others remains unknown, including at least 10 children aged 6
to 10 who were taken into custody at the site of the shooting by
Chinese police.

Teams of international climbers witnessed the incident, occurring
near Mount Cho Oyu on the Tibet-Nepal border. Photos and eyewitness
accounts confirm that at least three Tibetans were shot and an
unknown number taken into custody, including at least 10 children as
young as six.

One of the climbers, British police officer Steve Lawes, was among a
group of climbers and Sherpas at Cho Oyu's base camp who witnessed
both the shooting and the subsequent capture of the Tibetan children
who were marched into advance base camp by three soldiers with
assault rifles. Mr Lawes said: "The children were in single file,
about six feet away from me. They didn't see us - they weren't
looking around the way kids normally would, they were too
frightened. By that time, advance base camp was crawling with
soldiers. They had pretty much taken over, and the atmosphere was
very intimidating. We were doing our best not to do anything that
might spark off more violence."

China's False Claims

Last month, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported that a
group of Tibetan "stowaways" ignored requests to turn around
and "attacked the soldiers", who were then "forced to defend
themselves". The statement also claimed that only one Tibetan died,
resulting from "altitude sickness."

JUDE ASKS:Please check out the International Campaign for Tibet
website and sign the petition, this could save lives now and prevent
the routine punishment and torture of these Tibetan prisoners
(including many children)in Chinese prisons.