EP adopts resolution calling for rights of the Tibetan community to be respected in Nepal

07 April 2011, Brussels :
The European Parliament on 07 April 2011 with the support of all the
major political parties of the house adopted a resolution calling on
the government of Nepal to respect the democratic and human rights of
the Tibetan community living in the country.The European
Parliament calls on High Representative of the EU Catherine Ashton
through its delegation in Kathmandu to closely monitor the treatment of
the Tibetan refugees and respect for their rights in Nepal and to urge
the Nepalese authorities to abide by its international human rights
obligation and refrain from preventive arrests, policing restrictions
on demonstrations and gatherings during festivals marked by the Tibetan
community. The resolution highlights the ban on the elections of the
Kalon Tripa (Chairman of the cabinet) and Members of the Parliament of
the Central Tibetan Administration on March 20, 2011, in Kathmandu, the
Nepali capital which is home to over 10,000 of the estimated 20,000
exiled Tibetans in Nepal owing to growing pressure from the government
of the Peoples’ Republic of China.Members of the Parliament
expressed their concern and condemned the growing influence of China in
the internal affairs of Nepal. They urged the Chinese Government and
its representatives in Nepal to refrain from exerting any further
pressure on the Nepalese authorities.Furthermore, the European
Parliament urges the government of Nepal to include universal human
rights such as freedom of speech, movement, vote and religion in the
country’s new constitution, due to be enacted by 28 May 2011.