On Apr 11, 11:33=A0am, bluewave <bluew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Tibet groups plan large Canberra protest to push China for talks
>
> Apr 11, 2008, 12:20 GMT
>
> Beijing - A large protest planned by Tibetans and their sup****ters
> during the Olympic torch relay in Canberra is aimed at pu****ng China
> to talk to the exiled Dalai Lama and is not against China or the
> Olympics, the Australia Tibet Council said on Friday.
>
> Most of Australia's estimated 450 Tibetan citizens are expected to
> join a rally in the Australian city on April 24, joined by a 'large
> network of Tibet sup****ters,' Simon Bradshaw, the council's campaign
> coordinator, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in Beijing.
>
> 'It's im****tant to point out that this is not anti-Chinese, it's not
> anti-Olympics; it's really about Tibet, it's about recognizing the
> problems that are there,' Bradshaw said.
>
> 'We're very lucky in Australia in that we have the right to democratic
> protest in a way that Chinese, and certainly Tibetans, don't at the
> moment,' he said.
>
> 'So there is an intention to use the torch relay to really highlight
> what's going on in Tibet and build further pressure on China to sit
> down with the Dalai Lama before the Olympics,' he said.
>
> Bradshaw said he was 'disappointed' that Australian Prime Minister
> Kevin Rudd's talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Thursday
> apparently failed to soften China's position on dialogue with the
> Dalai Lama.
>
> He said there was 'every likelihood' that Australian sup****ters of
> Tibetans would also stage a protest during the Beijing Olympics in
> August.
>
> Rudd on Thursday reaffirmed that 'total security will be provided by
> the Australian authorities' during the Canberra torch relay, following
> complaints that China's military-trained torch guards were over-
> zealous in London last weekend.
>
> He said the Chinese guards would travel on a bus in Canberra and only
> get off if the Olympic torch needed to be relit.
>
> Rudd said he had urged Wen to hold a dialogue with the Dalai Lama and
> had 'considerable discussion' lasting some 30 minutes on the recent
> unrest in China's Tibetan areas.
>
> 'I think we have a different view, that's quite plain,' he said of the
> discussion on Tibet.
>
> 'When it comes to the particular events of recent times, the position
> of the Australian government is that there are significant human
> rights problems in Tibet,' Rudd said
Tibet is already belong to Tebetan. Why need Tibetan talk to Hindu
from India? Are you an idiot?
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