Nyhet fra Tibet

Self-immolated man asked to amputate his legs (TCHRD)
Tabey, the monk who self-immolated himself on 27 February, is currently said to be hospitalized in a secret government hospital located in Chengdu. Sources told TCHRD that Tabey's mother was permitted to meet him at the hospital by the Chinese authorities. However, they were not allowed to speak to each other. The Chinese officials explained to his mother about the need to amputate his legs, which however, was strenuously resisted by Tabey himself. (Includes photo of incident on 27 Feb.)
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2009/pr20090313.html
China curbing foreign media in Tibet: RSW (Phayul)
Reporters Without Borders expressed its outrage at China for its treatment of foreign journalists visiting Tibet. It said although the regulations inherited from the Olympic Games guarantee freedom of movement, at least 14 foreign reporters have been arrested and in many cases expelled from Tibetan regions in recent weeks. RWB said journalists have been prevented from working in the three nearby provinces of Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai. Beniamino Natale of the Italian news agency ANSA was briefly arrested in Qinghai province after visiting a monastery there.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30534

SINO – TIBET DIALOGUE
We are ready for talks: Tibetan PM (Phayul)
The exile Tibetan government said if the Beijing leadership took the initiative it is ready for resumption of talks with China. Prof Samdhong Rinpoche, the prime minister of exile government based here, said the "ball is in China's court".
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=24132
China says willing to meet Dalai Lama's envoys (Reuters)
Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday China was open to holding more talks with envoys for the Dalai Lama as long as the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader renounces what Beijing describes as separatism. Wen also defended China's policies in Tibet, ""The peacefulness of Tibet and its ongoing progress have proven that the policies we have adopted are correct."
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52C0R520090313

Den norske TIBET-komité

Den norske Tibet-komité er en partipolitisk uavhengig, landsomfattende organisasjon som er dannet for å arbeide for tibetanernes rettigheter. Tibet-komitéen ble stiftet våren 1989 og har ca 1500 medlemmer. Det finnes tilsvarende støtte-organisasjoner for Tibet over hele verden. Den norske Tibet-komité er en av de største og mest aktive. Våren 1994 arrangerte vi i Norge en konferanse for de europeiske støttegruppene.

Norge og nordmenn har fått en spesiell stilling blant tibetanere etter at deres religiøse og politiske leder, Dalai Lama, i 1989 mottok Nobels fredspris. Flere av de tibetanerne som kom til Norge på 60-tallet, bor her fortsatt, og de er aktive i komitéen. Våren 1996 begynte radiostasjonen Voice of Tibet med sendinger til Tibet, og Norge har igjen styrket sin posisjon i tibetanernes bevissthet.

Tibet ble okkupert av Kina i 1950, og tibetanernes situasjon blir stadig forverret. Fundamentale menneskerettigheter brytes, og den rike tibetanske kulturen står nå i fare for å bli utslettet.

Den norske Tibet-komité har som formål å:

• Få norske myndigheter til anerkjenne Tibet som et okkupert land
  
• Informere om brudd på menneskerettigheter, økonomisk utbytting og diskriminering av tibetanere
  
• Gjøre Tibets rike kultur kjent i Norge