Hundreds of Tibetans trying to march to their homeland from Northern India continued their travel Tuesday, even though they were stopped by police on Monday.

The group of nearly 100 activists was marching towards the Chinese border in order to protest against the Beijing Olympics and to claim their independence. The march started on Monday and was part of the worldwide protests to mark the 49^th anniversary of the failed uprising of Dalai Lama against Chinese rule. The Tibetan exiles left from Dharamsala, home to Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

After walking 20 kilometers from Dharamshala, local police stopped them and ordered a ban that forbids the exiles to leave the area surrounding Dharamsala. Apparently, the ban was recommended by the Indian Government. Although India had been sympathetic to the Tibetans’ cause, it has recently forbidden public protests against the Chinese occupation in Tibet, fearing they could damage relations between the two giant Asian states.

Tenzin Tsundue, one of the march leaders and a veteran Tibetan activist, said the protesters were not intimidated by the police and they will continue marching, overcoming all obstacles in their way.

“This is the fun part now,” Tsundue said, according to The Associated Press. “We are ready for any kind of obstruction. We will be very peaceful but when so many people are determined to give their lives up, no police can stop us.”

“If stopped, we are going to practice non-violence,” one of the coordinators of the campaign, Lobsang Yeshi, told Reuters. “If arrested we will try to resist.”

“If they detain us, we will start again as soon as we are released,” added Tsundue.

Other Pro-Tibet demonstrations took place in San Francisco and Olympia, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were born.

In San Francisco, protesters unfurled a Tibetan flag over the steps of the City Hall and held up a portrait of Dalai Lama and banners that said “Olympics in China, Torture in Tibet,” and “Truth is our only weapon.”

In Olympia, Tibetans lit a Freedom Torch to begin a relay that would pass through 40 cities and eventually finish in Tibet the same day that Beijing will open the Olympic Games on the 8^th of August.

In Tibet, radio Free Asia informed about the five-mile march of 300 monks, who walked from a monastery outside the capital Lhasa to the city’s center, to celebrate the 49^th anniversary of the uprising.