Senator Eustache-Brinio and members of the Tibet Support Group with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (file photo)

Brussels: President Eustache-Brinio on behalf of the Tibet Support Group in the French Senate expressed alarm over the brutal crackdown of peaceful protesters, including monks, against a dam project in Derge in eastern Tibet and calls for the immediate release of those arrested.

In a press statement issued ahead of the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day, President Eustache-Brinio urged the Chinese authorities to take into account the consequences the construction of dams which, in addition to the negative impact on the environment will lead to massive and forced relocation of local population as well as the destruction of ancient Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, an integral part of the cultural and religious heritage of the Tibetans.

-Report filed by OoT Brussels