Email recibido de la Oficina de SS XIV Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

Thank you for your solidarity Recibidos "Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama" 2:54 (6 horas antes) Dear Friends, Thank you for your recent email expressing your concern and solidarity with the Tibetan people at this critical moment in our history. We greatly appreciate this. We do not necessarily consider our supporters as being pro-Tibet but rather as supporters of truth, justice and equality.As you may be aware, the recent protests in the "Tibet Autonomous Region" and other Tibetan areas in the neighboring Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan in which thousands of Tibetans took to the streets to hold peaceful demonstrations clearly reflects the deprivation of their basic fundamental rights and freedom. The fact is the Tibetans were treated as second-class citizens in their own land. Ever since the completion of the Golmud to Lhasa railway link in 2006, large number of Han Chinese have been migrating to Tibet. As a result, Han Chinese already outnumber Tibetans in bigger towns. For example, in Lhasa which is our capital, the Tibetans number approximately 100,000 compared to 200,000 Chinese. Tibetans are already a minority in their own homeland. This has led to the economic marginalization of the Tibetans. The Tibetans are forced to use Chinese in their daily lives. Therefore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, His Holiness states that some sort of cultural genocide is taking place inside Tibet. In recent years the Chinese authorities have been carrying out patriotic re-education classes in monasteries and nunneries during which monks are forced to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama. All these factors have led a feeling of deep-resentment by the Tibetan people which manifested in the recent popular protests.The subsequent brutal suppression and violent crackdown has resulted in the deaths and injuries of several hundred Tibetans. Thousands of Tibetans have been arrested. Presently the situation has become extremely critical that we do not know the whereabouts of many detained and arrested Tibetans. Many monasteries have been surrounded by Chinese paramilitary. The monks and residents of these monasteries have no access even to basic necessities such as food and water. The situation is direly and in need of immediate international attention. Now coming to a solution to this issue, His Holiness has proposed what is known as his Middle-Way Approach. His Holiness' primary concern is to ensure the survival of the Tibetan people's distinctive identity including its culture, spirituality and environment. He feels that Tibet will get greater benefit if it remains within the People's Republic of China so long as the Chinese government gives us genuine autonomy. With this approach in mind, His Holiness' envoys held six rounds of talks with their Chinese counterparts from 2002 up to 2007. However, in spite of His Holiness' consistent efforts in engaging in a dialogue, the Chinese government still accuses him of being a separatist. The whole world knows that His Holiness is not asking for independence, except China.The Chinese Government has also been portraying our struggle as anti-Chinese and have accused His Holiness of instigating the recent protests. These allegations are completely unfounded. His Holiness' commitment to the promotion of human values and religious harmony has remained consistent. He has no intention to create antagonism between the Chinese and Tibetans. In a recent appeal to the Chinese people, especially those inside the People's Republic of China, His Holiness stated that our struggle is against the Chinese Government and its policies and not against the Han Chinese. He emphasized that our struggle refers not only to the suppressed Tibetan people but also to the many Chinese who suffer in their own land.His Holiness also expressed his unchanged support for the Olympic Games being hosted by Beijing. He stated that China has the world's largest population, a long history and an extremely rich civilization and therefore deserved to host the Olympics. He stated that hosting the Olympics is a matter of great pride to the 1.2 billion Chinese people. Therefore, we urgently appeal to international organizations, governments, parliaments and individuals to condemn the brutal repression inside Tibet and to call for the following: 1. Immediately end the brutal killings in the whole of Tibet 2. Immediately release all arrested and imprisoned Tibetans 3. Immediately dispatch an independent fact finding delegation to the whole of Tibet 4. Immediately allow the international media to visit the whole of Tibet 5. Extend immediate medical assistance to the injured Tibetans 6. Allow free movement of people and provide access to daily needs With the very best of my personal regards,Tenzin GyalpoPS: For full text of the statements of His Holiness kindly visit our website at http://www.dalailama.com/ You can also support Tibet with your prayers for the suffering Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people inside Tibet. Or by creating awareness among your family members, friends and localities about the ongoing current crisis inside Tibet .Office of H.H. the Dalai LamaThekchen ChoelingMcLeod Ganj - 176 219Dharamsala, (H.P.)INDIA. Por el momento el mail recibido lo publico en inglès...luego incorporarè la traducciòn...porque si bien fue dirigido a mi es ùtil a todos los que de corazòn deseen ayudar en esta atroz situaciòn- ani Yeshe Lhamo