Posted by: Sajha_Lawyer March 17, 2008
how can we help the tibetans?
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K ho Foru? Kura suru garya chha euta bisaya ma, tapai ta kura lai nai ghumayera aarkai banaunu hunuhudo raichha.

Thikai chha. But, About Tibet, Tibet is intregal part of China is the view of one prominent party in Nepal.

Read the news here:
http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/mar/mar17/news06.php

UML says it favors 'One China policy' as violent protest erupts in Tibet

Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) has expressed serious concern over what it called anti-China activities in Nepali soil in recent days.

Reiterating that it is in favor of 'One China policy', an official line of the Nepal government since long and which categorically defines Tibet as an integral part of China, CPN-UML has also reiterated that activities against any neighboring country should not be allowed from Nepali territory.

The capital city has been witnessing "Free Tibet" protests launched by Tibetan refugees against Chinese rule in recent days.

A press statement issued by the party's Foreign Bureau on Sunday said it was deeply shocked by the anti-China demonstrations in Nepal and called on the government to take appropriate steps

"Our party has always remained in favor of one-China policy and stresses that no anti-China activity should be held in Nepal. We should be very much aware of the adverse effects such activities can have on the relationship of the two countries and urge the government to take appropriate steps against it," the statement said.

The press release, however, is conspicuously silent over the death of at least 80 people in the crackdown by Chinese military and police in Lhasa.

Meanwhile, reports say that violence in Tibet has spilled over to neighboring provinces Sunday where Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown. The Dalai Lama warned Tibet faced 'cultural genocide' and appealed to the world for help.

The Associated Press reported that protests against Chinese rule of Tibet were reported in neighboring Sichuan and Qinghai provinces and also in western Gansu province. All are home to sizable Tibetan populations.

"Whether intentionally or unintentionally, some kind of cultural genocide is taking place," said the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. He was referring to China's policy of encouraging the ethnic Han majority to migrate to Tibet, restrictions on Buddhist temples and re-education programs for monks.

He told reporters in Dharmasala, the north Indian town where Tibet's self declared government-in-exile is based, that an international body should investigate the government's crackdown on the Lhasa protests.

Thubten Samphel, a spokesperson for the Dalai Lama's government in exile, said multiple sources inside Tibet had counted at least 80 corpses since the violence broke out Friday. He did not know how many of the bodies were protestors. On Friday, the exiled government said at least 30 protestors had been killed by Chinese authorities and the number could be as high as 100.

Meanwhile, the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency has said at least 10 civilians were burned to death Friday. The figures could not be independently verified because China restricts foreign media access to Tibet.
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