Tibetan refugees shot by PRC forces, witnesses silenced

A group of eth­nic Tibetans try­ing to flee Tibet were shot dead by Chi­nese troops on sep­tem­ber 30, at a Himalayan pass near the bor­der of Chi­na and Nepal (Tibet is an “autonomous region” of Chi­na, hav­ing been tak­en over by the PRC in the 1950s). Reports are emerg­ing that Com­mu­nist par­ty offi­cials have attempt­ed to silence wit­ness­es, includ­ing West­ern trekkers who were in the area when the killing occurred.