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The following is a Press Release issued by the US Tibet Committee on
the occasion of the announcement that the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize would
be awarded to the Dalai Lama of Tibet.
For further information please contact Mr. Sonam Wangdu, President of
the U.S. Tibet Committee at (212) 213-5011 or (212) 605-2982.
TibetNet
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THE BIG QUESTION - WHITE HOUSE INVITATION FOR NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE?
Will President Bush invite the Dalai Lama of Tibet to the White House?
While the United States Congress has, in the past, warmly received the
Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet and lauded his efforts as a world leader
and the leader of the Tibetan people in their struggle against the
colonization, repression and gross human rights violations in their
homeland by the Chinese invaders, the Bush Administration has turned
its back.
Tenzing Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, was forced into exile in
India in 1959 following a Chinese military invasion of Tibet. Over the
past 30 years he has promoted a peaceful resolution to the Tibetan
crisis and has worked diligently to preserve the rich Tibetan culture.
China's brutal occupation of Tibet has resulted in the genocide of over
one million Tibetan nationals since 1959. The Chinese invaders have
also destroyed over 6,000 monasteries and cultural institutions in
their attempts to erase the Tibetan culture. Today, political
imprisonment and execution, torture, forced abortion and sterilization
are commonplace.
Few in the world realized that martial law had been imposed in Tibet in
March of this year, months before the Democracy Movement in China
gained world attention. Tibet was closed tightly in March so the world
could not watch the brutal Chinese repression against the Tibetan
people's demonstrations for self-determination.
Now that the Dalai Lama has received the Nobel Peace Prize will the
Bush Administration recognize him as a great world leader with an
invitation to the White House -- or will China succeed in getting
President Bush to play down the Nobel Peace Prize this year?
The U.S. Tibet Committee is a national non-profit human rights
organization active in creating awareness of the rich Tibetan culture
and the plight of the Tibetan people. For more information call Mr.
Sonam Wangdu at (212) 213-5011 or (212) 605-2982.
End of Press Release
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