|
Home Tibetan Asylum and Immigration Project |
CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY TO MEET WITH TIBETAN PUPPET GOVERNMENT--TIBET GROUPS ISSUE WARNING
For Immediate Release
Contact: Minnie Cancellaro, 510-486-0588 or Dennis Cusack, 510-486-0588
Sacramento--A thirty-five member delegation from Chinese occupied Tibet will meet with California state officials this Wednesday to discuss business and cultural exchange opportunities and the potential of establishing a Sister State relationship between California and Tibet. The delegation is being headed by Legqog, Chairman of the Tibetan Autonomous Region’s regional government and a high-ranking Communist Party official.
"Tibet is an illegally occupied country. California representatives need to know that if they are considering doing business in Tibet, they are investing in the systematic and brutal repression of the Tibetan people," said Dennis Cusack, President of Tibet Justice Center. "Economic development in Tibet is little more than classic colonial exploitation of natural resources supported by grudging settlers and massive police power. The model is economically unsustainable and Tibet remains politically unstable."
Torture is standard practice in Chinese prisons and the Tibetan people continue to suffer rampant abuses of their human rights by the occupying Chinese government. Tibet Justice Center reports that 1 out of 7 Tibetan refugees has suffered torture at the hands of the Chinese government--including children as young as eight years old. Peaceful political protest in Tibet is brutally repressed under the leadership of the Communist Party. Adequate education and healthcare remain out of reach for most Tibetans.
"The Tibetan people’s way of life is being destroyed by the Chinese occupation. Development in Tibet can either help the Tibetan people to thrive, or contribute to their destruction," said Cusack. The Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE), led by the Dalai Lama and the newly elected Prime Minister, Samdong Rinpoche, has proposed a set of guidelines for suitable development in Tibet. Companies who wish to invest in Tibet are expected to consult these guidelines and the TGIE. Companies that engage in harmful development in Tibet, Cusack warned, can expect to feel a backlash from Tibetans backed by the global Tibet support movement.
Tibetan residents of California, and their supporters, plan to protest the visit of the Tibet delegation with a demonstration in Sacramento on Wednesday.
###
Click Here For the TGIE’s Development Guidelines
- top of page -
Home | Contact