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29 April 2008
Contacts:
Thubten Samphel
Sonam N Dagpo
Ph: 01892-222510, 224957, 224662
Press Statement
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has compiled a confirmed list of total number of deaths, injuries and arrests or detentions of Tibetans, reported during the peaceful protests in the three traditional provinces of Tibet, from 10 March 2008 - 25 April 2008.
These figures are based on information and news reports collected from 6 different sources, namely, Chinadigitaltimes.net, Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), China's State Media and Lhasa Radio, Radio Free Asia (RFA)/Callers from Tibet and Department of Security (CTA).
Various facts and figures given by the different sources have been meticulously examined and tallied with each other. After having done this, we confirm that the actual figure for the number of dead is 203, the number of injured is more than 1,000 and the number of those still detained is more than 5,715. These are figures for Tibetans who died, are injured and still in detention throughout Tibet as of today.
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