Et tu, Bruxelles? Belgium disses Dalai Lama

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu May 10, 2007 3:07 AM EDT

Article Source: mediastandardstrust.blogspot.com

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The seat of the EU is acquiescing to this nonsense. Not a good sign.

The Belgian government has asked the Dalai Lama to cancel a long-planned visit to Brussels this week in response to pressure from Beijing, which opposes foreign trips by the exiled Tibetan leader. The Belgian request is linked to the upcoming visit of a Belgian trade delegation to China, led by the Crown Prince. The cancellation of the visit comes on the eve of the EU-China human rights dialogue on May 15-16 in Berlin. The Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was due to have visited Brussels on May 11-12 to meet with European Parliamentarians and attend a conference of NGOs supporting Tibet but has agreed to cancel the visit.

Tsering Jampa, Executive Director of the International Campaign for Tibet in Europe, said: 'We are hugely disappointed that Belgium, a founding member of the European Union has acquiesced to China's strong-arm tactics by silencing the Dalai Lama, one of the world's greatest advocates for peace.'

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Diabolical Things

Somebody needs to overthrow the government of China, and soon.

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#1 - Fri May 11, 2007 10:45 PM EDT

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External stuff doesn't work with China, never has. Their Great Walls (cultural, actual) are too Great.

Here's hoping it will be the Chinese people themselves who overthrow it from the inside. Free Tibet and Free China!

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#1.1 - Sat May 12, 2007 5:14 AM EDT

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