Plain clothes police firing tear gas at Tibetan demonstrators from roof of Barkor Police Station overlooking the square, Lhasa, 1993

 

Name
Tibet Information Network (Collector)
Title
Plain clothes police firing tear gas at Tibetan demonstrators from roof of Barkor Police Station overlooking the square, Lhasa, 1993
Abstract
Photograph of plain clothes police firing tear gas at Tibetan demonstrators gathered in Lhasa's central square from the roof of Barkor Police Station..
Collection Name
Tibet Information Network (TIN) Archive
Subjects
Demonstrations; Police brutality; Tibetans; Lhasa (China)
Format
photographs
Genre
Documentary photographs
Date
May 24, 1993
Physical Description
23.8 x 30.2 cm
Note
Demonstrations in Lhasa, May 1993: Set 4, Photo 7. Photograph no. P307 Annotation on back: Plain-clothes police fire tear gas at demonstrators from roof of the Barkor police station overlooking the central square in Lhasa during protests against price increases and calling for Chinese to leave Tibet. Lhasa, 24th May 1993. Photo 7; Set 4
Language
English
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
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Also In
Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-knz4-1y92