(28 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Mid of Tibetan Buddhist monks carrying a portrait of the Dalai Lama in a candlelit procession down street
2. Various of Tibetans in procession through the town
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3. Wide of Tibetan monks carrying candles and chanting prayers
4. Wide of Tibetans sitting during the vigil at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala
5. Close up of a Tibetan woman carrying candle surrounded by a plastic shield painted in the colours of Tibetan flag
6. Mid of Tibetans observing silence to pay respect to Tibetans killed in Tibet
7. Close up of an old Tibetan woman carrying a portrait of the Dalai Lama
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dawa Tsering, Press Co-ordinator for the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Dharmsala
"Our candlelit march over here is to give tribute to those Tibetan martyrs, brothers and sisters, who have died recently. And also from 1959 and 2009 thousands of Tibetans have died. Very recently the international community has seen that Tibetans have been treated brutally. Tortures and inhuman treatment have been happening inside Tibet. In order to give solidarity and to give tribute to Tibetan people inside Tibet, we five NGOs (Non Government Organisations) have organised this candle light vigil today."
9. Wide of Tibetans watching footage recently released by the Tibetan government in exile
10. Mid of Tibetans watching the footage
11. Close up of Tibetan women watching the footage
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Tibetans living in exile in India held a candle lit procession in the town of Dharmsala on Saturday to protest Chinese rule over their homeland.
Saturday's vigil marked the anniversary of the date Beijing crushed a 1959 Tibetan uprising, sending the Dalai Lama over the Himalayas into exile and placing Tibet under its direct rule for the first time.
The protesters carried candles, Tibetan flags and pictures of the Dalai Lama as they walked though the streets chanting prayers before assembling at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, the headquarters in northern India of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
They also observed a minute's silence in memory of Tibetans who have lost their lives in anti-China protests since March 2008.
One of the organisers, Dawa Tsering, said the vigil was organised to show "solidarity and to give tribute to Tibetan people inside Tibet".
Later, a group of Tibetans organised a screening of a video allegedly smuggled out of Tibet which apparently shows violence against Tibetans in the aftermath of the March 2008 protests.
The Dalai Lama recently compared life under Chinese rule in Tibet to "hell on earth." Beijing angrily dismissed his remarks.
Last year, peaceful protests marking the 1959 uprising spiralled out of control, resulting in rioting in Lhasa on March 14 and widespread demonstrations elsewhere in Tibet and three surrounding provinces.

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