Email to the Committee from the Office
of Tibet
Please find below a report on the sad situation
of the six Tibetans who are on an indefinite fast (without food
and water), hoping that the sacrifice they are making with their
precious life will help to highlight the Tibet issue and end the
suffering the Tibetans inside Tibet under the repressive Chinese
rule. Five are monks and one is a young man with an 18-month old
child. Today is their ninth day without food or water and still
one of the hunger strikers has managed to tell the world and IOC,
although in a very feeble voice: "We are human beings; I
wish to ask the IOC if we are not entitled to basic human rights
like everyone else".
At the start of their voluntary hunger strike
protest that began in New Delhi on 28 July, Sonam Dakpa,
31, told the media, "We are protesting against the Olympics
in Beijing because China has failed to live up to its promise
of improving human rights in the region. They accuse His Holiness
of being a separatist and the Tibetan Youth Congress of being
a terrorist organization. I sincerely ask them to back their accusations
with material proof".
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives,
Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, earlier in March stated as a matter of fact:
"The issue of Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the
world".
Please do whatever you can to urge your Chinese
counterparts to treat the Tibetan people as members of the same
human family and also advise your ministers and government to
put effective pressure on the Chinese government to resolve the
issue of Tibet even if to improve their own international moral
standing and image. We are confident that if China is made to
strongly appreciate that human lives are more important than temporary
economic gains, then the world we will be leaving for our children
and grandchildren will be a much better place to live. Therefore
keeping in view the desperate measures that the Tibetans in and
outside are having to take to highlight the seriousness of the
situation inside Chinese-occupied Tibet, please continue to act
and do everything in your power to help save Tibet before it is
too late. Any feedback on the actions your government has taken
and word of encouragement and advice will be much appreciated.
And although you are also monitoring the Tibet situation, if you
require specific information or how the Tibetans actually feel,
please do contact or call us. Thank you for your kind support
and consideration.
Tsering Tashi
Office of Tibet
5 August 2008
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