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D es graffiti were discovered, Sunday, April 20, on one of the walls of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, in central Japan. Ces d・radations interviennent alors que le temple bouddhiste a refus衫 vendredi, de servir de point de d・art ・l'・ape nippone du relais de la flamme olympique, pr・ue pour le 26 avril. "En tant que bouddhistes, nous sommes gravement inquiets de voir les autorit・ chinoises priver les Tib・ains des droits humains" , avait expliqu蠡Shinsho Wakaomi, du secr・ariat du temple, pour justifier ce choix. These deteriorations intervene while the Buddhist temple refused Friday to serve as a starting point for the Japanese stage of the Olympic torch relay, scheduled for April 26. "As Buddhists, we are gravely concerned at seeing the Chinese authorities deny Tibetans' human rights, "explained Shinsho Wakaomi, the secretariat of the temple, to justify that choice. Les responsables s'inqui・aient ・alement pour la s・urit蠡du site, vieux de pr舍 de mille quatre cents ans et class蠡"tr・or national" depuis 1953. Officials also were concerned for the safety of the site, which dates back nearly one thousand four hundred years and ranked as "national treasure" since 1953.

Le lien entre les graffitis - six ellipses et une ligne trac・s en blanc ・la bombe - et la d・ision du temple Zenkoji n'est pas ・abli, m虧e si la police privil・ie cette th舍e. The link between graffiti - six ellipses and a line drawn in white-bombing - and the decision of Zenkoji temple is not established, even though the police favors this thesis. Dimanche, le temple a annonc蠡avoir re・ pr舍 de 200 appels t・・honiques depuis vendredi. Sunday, the church announced that it had received about 200 calls since Friday. Si certains t・oignaient d'une opposition ・sa d・ision, aucune menace n'avait ・蠡prof・・. While some showed opposition to its decision, no threat had been made.