His Holiness Joins
Nobel Laureates’ Call to Free Liu Xiaobo[Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 4:58 p.m.]
Dharamshala:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is among the 15 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
who signed a letter urging G-20 to ask China to release human rights
advocate and Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo from imprisonment.“The
Chinese government’s release of Dr. Liu would be an extraordinary
recognition of the remarkable transformation China has undergone in
recent decades,” said a letter initiated by Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop
Emeritus of Cape Town, signed by 15 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, and
sent to the leaders of the G-20 on 25 October.We strongly and
respectfully urge that your respective governments request the Chinese
government immediately release Liu Xiaobo’s wife Liu Xia from house
arrest and enable her to communicate freely with whomever she wishes,
the letter noted.“In addition, as part of the upcoming G-20
Summit, each of you will see Chinese President Hu Jintao in Seoul, South
Korea on November 10-11. The Summit provides time and opportunity to
address Dr. Liu’s imprisonment. We strongly urge you to personally
impress upon Chinese President Hu Jintao that the release of Dr. Liu
would not only be welcome, but is necessary,” it said.Other
signatories were Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Jimmy Carter, F.W. de
Klerk, Shirin Ebadi, John Hume, Mairead Maguire, Wangari Maathai, David
Trimble, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Lech Walesa, Elie Wiesel, Betty Williams
and Jody Williams.
