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\nFrom BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Tibetan monks have disrupted a tour by the first foreign journalists to visit Lhasa since protests erupted two weeks ago, witnesses at the scene said.<\/p>\n

About 30 monks shouted pro-Tibetan slogans and defended the Dalai Lama as journalists toured the Jokhang Temple, an Associated Press (AP) reporter said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reuters has video footage of the monks speaking to the press in tears:<\/p>\n

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And footage from a TVB news broadcast, in Cantonese, is here:<\/p>\n

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AlJazeeraEnglish’s report is here:<\/p>\n

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CNN’s footage can be seen here<\/strong><\/a> and includes an interview with a Financial Times reporter who was dragged away from the scene by security personnel.<\/p>\n

The full story is here<\/a> on International Herald Tribune: <\/p>\n

[EDITOR’S NOTE \u2014 Charles Hutzler, Beijing bureau chief for The Associated Press, was among a group of foreign journalists who were taken on a government-arranged trip to the Tibetan city of Lhasa.]<\/p>\n

A group of monks disrupted a government-managed tour by foreign reporters to Tibet’s capital on Thursday, screaming there was no religious freedom and that the Dalai Lama was not to blame for recent violence there.<\/p>\n

The outburst by about 30 monks came as the journalists, including an Associated Press reporter, were being shown around the sacred Jokhang Temple by government handlers in Lhasa.<\/p>\n

“Tibet is not free! Tibet is not free!” yelled one young Buddhist monk, who then started crying.<\/p>\n

They also said their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, had nothing to do with recent anti-government riots by Tibetans in Lhasa, where buildings were torched and looted, and ethnic Han Chinese were attacked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People’s Daily has also now issued a report<\/a> mentioning the incident, in vague terms:<\/p>\n

A tour by overseas reporters to cover the Lhasa riots was interrupted by a group of lamas at the Jokhang Temple on Thursday morning, but the media tour soon resumed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This news on the Web<\/a>, via Google News.<\/p>\n

[Image source: Reuters, via Duowei.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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More photos from the Chinese government organized media trip can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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