Greens Leader Bob Brown says the self-immolation of nine Tibetan monks and nuns this year, requires a response from Australia and other nations doing business with China.
“The silence of the world on the repression of Tibetan Buddhism and vilification of the Dalai Lama by Beijing are a daily reminder of the way corporate greed overrides human rights in global affairs.
This cruel repossession leading to a tragic string of self immolations, demands condemnation and action from democracies and those who believe China is obliged to uphold the International Covenant on Human Rights.
If these monks and nuns were throwing bombs, everyone would be condemning them, but, as it is, they are being largely ignored in their desperate call to the world for help.
“Both Australia’s major parties have leaders who want a free trade agreement with Beijing.
Both should say how they will tackle the Tibetan people’s agony. Greens spokesperson on Tibet, Sarah Hanson-Young, will move a motion calling on the Australian Government to tackle China over Tibet when the Senate sittings resume,” Senator Brown said in Hobart this morning.
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