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tibetoday.com - 25 September 2012, AFP - The speaker of Tibet's parliament-in-exile on Tuesday accused China of turning the Himalayan region into a giant prison camp as he opened the biggest meeting of the Tibetan leadership in four years. "A state of undeclared martial law continues to remain in force in Tibet," Penpa Tsering said in an opening address at the conclave held in Dharamshala... phayul.com - September 25, 2012 - Dharamshala, September 25: The Second Special General Meeting of the Tibetan People got underway today in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala. The four-day meeting, held in accordance with the provisions of Article 59 of the Charter of the Tibetans in exile is being attended by 432 delegates from 26 countries from around the world. rfa.org - Sept. 25, 2012. - “The main agenda of the meeting is to discuss how we can react to the urgent crisis inside Tibet—what can be done in India and other Asian countries and what we can do internationally,” Lobsang Sangay told the more than 400 delegates from 26 countries attending the assembly. “Instead of looking into the situation that led to the Tibetan self immolations… they tried to mislead the Chinese public as well the world community by not letting the public know the realities of the Tibetan situation.” “They attempted to turn Tibet into a large prison and drove the situation inside Tibet into crisis,” he said. “2013 should be Tibet’s lobbying year,” he said. He said that Tibetan representatives have lobbied governments around the world to pass statements and resolutions of support in Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, South Africa, Poland, Switzerland, the U.S., and other countries. But Sangay said Tibetans could also do more to campaign for support among Buddhists in China. “We should try to reach out to the Buddhist community. In China alone, there are about 300 million Chinese Buddhists and we should try to reach out to them,” he said. “In India and Asia, we should establish the importance of Tibet for India and Asia from the perspective of security and environment.”
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