Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tibetan independence leader Thubten Jigme Norbu, 86
Thubten Jigme Norbu, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a tenacious symbol of the Tibetan struggle for independence, died on September 12 in Bloomington, Ind., his home in exile for four decades.He was 86 by Western standards but 87 according to Tibetan tradition, which considers a person to be a year old at birth.
A major Buddhist figure in his own right -- he was believed to be the 23rd reincarnation of a famous high lama -- Norbu had been in declining health after a series of strokes. He died of natural causes, said his son, Jigme.
Norbu taught Tibetan studies for more than 20 years at Indiana University, Bloomington. Amid cornfields on the outskirts of town he created a Tibetan cultural center that has drawn thousands of visitors, including the Dalai Lama.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Resolution supporting Tibet introduced by Congressional delegation to India
In the midst of a diplomatic flurry about Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent meeting in India with Tibetan leader The Dalai Lama, the bipartisan Congressional delegation has gone a step further on April 3rd to introduce a resolution on the House Floor calling on the Chinese government to end its crackdown in Tibet and to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama.
House Resolution 1077 which will be on the floor the week starting 7, according to the Speakers Office, is urging a "negotiated solution that respects the distinctive language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms of all Tibetans, and for other purposes." It calls on Beijing to end its crackdown, begin a "results based dialogue, without preconditions, directly with His Holiness the Dalai Lama;" allow independent international monitors and journalists free and unfettered access to Tibet, immediately release all Tibetans who are imprisoned for nonviolently expressing opposition to Chinese Government policies in Tibet.
It also demands that the State Department put China among the countries listed as ''the world's most systematic human rights violators'' in the introduction of the 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and to implement fully the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, including the clause that Washington should ''seek to establish an office in Lhasa to monitor political, economic and cultural developments in Tibet."
It also says the U.S. should make opening of more Chinese consular offices in the U.S. contingent on having a U.S. office in Lhasa.
March 10th was the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule when the 14th Dalai Lama, escaped into exile in India.
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House Resolution 1077 which will be on the floor the week starting 7, according to the Speakers Office, is urging a "negotiated solution that respects the distinctive language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms of all Tibetans, and for other purposes." It calls on Beijing to end its crackdown, begin a "results based dialogue, without preconditions, directly with His Holiness the Dalai Lama;" allow independent international monitors and journalists free and unfettered access to Tibet, immediately release all Tibetans who are imprisoned for nonviolently expressing opposition to Chinese Government policies in Tibet.
It also demands that the State Department put China among the countries listed as ''the world's most systematic human rights violators'' in the introduction of the 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and to implement fully the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, including the clause that Washington should ''seek to establish an office in Lhasa to monitor political, economic and cultural developments in Tibet."
It also says the U.S. should make opening of more Chinese consular offices in the U.S. contingent on having a U.S. office in Lhasa.
March 10th was the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule when the 14th Dalai Lama, escaped into exile in India.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: 49th anniversary, Chinese rule, Congressional delegation, Dalai Lama, india, Lhasa, Resolution supporting, Tibet, United states
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