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Deeply concerned over the growing self-immolations in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet, the Tibetan leadership at Dharamshala has called a four-day "special general meeting of Tibetans" to discuss the issue.
Around 400 Tibetans from different parts of Asia, Europe, America and Australia are gathering here to attend the high-level conference which begins on Tuesday.
This is the second such conclave being held by the Tibetans in the last nearly 53 years here - ever since they took refuge in India. A similar assembly in November 2008 was held to discuss incidents of violence in Tibet from March to May 2008 in the wake of Beijing Olympics. "Tibetans from across the globe will attend the meeting. There would be brain-storming sessions on various subjects, especially self-immolation, and we would try to reach a global consensus on how to take ahead our cause," Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, told TOI. "We'll discuss issues like self-immolation, Chinese robbing natural resources of Tibet and depriving our men of their basic human rights in their own land. We'll also discuss how to draw more international attention and support for our development activities going on across the world," he added. The meeting would be jointly convened by the Kashag (cabinet) and the Tibetan parliament-in-exile. "There are reports of over 52 self-immolations in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet. It is really alarming, and obviously the highest number of self-immolations in any freedom struggle so far. The sad part is that all those who have died were born after 1959," Tibetan Youth Congress president Tsewang Rigzin said. Karma Yeshi, a member of Tibetan parliament, said, "This special meeting would be held after a gap of nearly four years. Many things have happened during this period. The conference is the best opportunity to bring out the truth before the international community." |
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