From ICT

Advice from the International Campaign on Tibet

Lodi Gyari, Executive Chairman of the International Campaign on Tibet (ICT), stated on March 23, "The international community and particularly world leaders now understand that the Tibetans are rising up against oppression and mis-rule, and that, therefore, it is only the Chinese authorities who can bring this tragic situation to a close."

According to ICT, during a recent visit to Dharamsala, India, ICT President Mary Beth Markey met with several monks from Tibet's Kirti monastery. She asked the monks what would help stop the self-immolations, and they responded, "When China stops demeaning our culture, our identity, our language, and our leader, H.H. Dalai Lama."

In January, ICT Chairman Richard Gere delivered a speech about the world's choice in dealing with China, as either "money or truth." Gere had previously stated, "H.H. the Dalai Lama continues to focus on the six million Tibetans still living in Tibet. His return will depend entirely on the rights and well-being of Tibet and its people." Referring to the Tibetans in exile, he noted, "They have been dislocated from their homeland since 1959. Under the continuing brutal occupation of the Chinese, thousands of Tibetan refugees risk their lives every year escaping to freedom to India, Nepal, Mongolia, and elsewhere."

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