By Tsering Dhundup
DHARAMSHALA, June 13: A global coalition of over 147 Tibet-related rights groups has issued an urgent joint appeal to G7 leaders to take urgent, coordinated action to defend Tibetan religious freedoms, particularly in light of China’s growing interference in Tibetan Buddhism and the succession of the 14th Dalai Lama.
Addressed to the heads of government of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well as the presidents of the European Commission and European Council the letter comes ahead of the 51st G7 Leaders’ Summit, which will be held in Canada from June 15 to 17 this year.
“We welcome the growing attention G7 governments have given to human rights violations in Tibet and urge you to take further joint action to condemn China’s escalating efforts to erase Tibetans’ distinct identity and religion,” the letter reads.
One of the coalition’s central concerns is the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing attempts to assert control over the Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation system, most notably the succession of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
The letter highlights Beijing’s use of domestic laws to govern reincarnations, its aggressive promotion of the state-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, and the continued disappearance of the Dalai Lama recognised Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who has not been seen since 1995.
“His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has consistently and unequivocally asserted that the sole authority regarding his reincarnation rests with him and the Tibetan people, explicitly excluding any role for the Chinese government,” the letter notes. “He has made it clear that, should the institution of the Dalai Lama continue, his successor will be born outside the People’s Republic of China and in a free country, and that Tibetans and the international community should reject any candidate selected by Beijing for political ends.”
With the Dalai Lama set to turn 90 in July, the letter stresses the urgency of the situation. “As he ages, it becomes increasingly crucial for world governments to develop much stronger preparedness and multilateral coordination to anticipate what is to come.”
The letter also accompanies a detailed report titled “Protecting Tibetan Religious Rights: Addressing China’s Reincarnation Policies”, which outlines China’s violations through the lens of international human rights law and presents a set of urgent recommendations for world governments.
It further denounced China’s widespread repression of Tibetan Buddhism, including policies targeting monks, nuns, and firmly opposes China’s interference in Tibetan religious matters especially the future reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.
The groups draw particular attention to the “colonial-style residential boarding schools” in Tibet, where an estimated one million Tibetan children are forcibly separated from their families and denied the opportunity to learn and practice their faith.
“Occupied for over seven decades, China’s rule in Tibet is one of the last remnants of 20th-century colonialism. G7 countries must take a stand to defend fundamental freedom and rights,” the letter stated.
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The Chinese are not the only ones who are trying to “lay its hand on a purely religious tradition that is totally alien to them”. There are plenty of “educated” people in non-communist places and part of the G7 community who “reject religious beliefs”.
Make no mistakes, the satanic CCP will do everything to decapitated the Tibetan leadership! In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Dalai Lama is divine being and the onus is therefore on him alone where he would choose to be born. We have the great song written by the six Dalai Lama Tsanyang Gyatso, who was a great poet wrote: བྱ་དེ་འཁྲུང་འཁྲུང་དཀར་པོ་ གཤོག་རྩལ་ང་ལ་གཡོར་དང་ ཐག་རིང་རྒྱང་ལ་མི་འགྲོ་ ལི་ཐང་བསྐོར་ནས་སླེབས་ཡོང་ (Oh, White crane, lend me your wings, I will not go afar but will return from Lithang). The seventh Dalai Lama Kalsang Gyatso was born in Lithang! This is how the divine beings like the Dalai Lama choose their place of birth according to the needs of the people for which they purposely take rebirth to serve them. Nobody questioned it and since they are divine beings, nobody interferes in their reincarnation status. It is because these are beyond the reach and comprehension of mere mortals. The Dalai Lama’s purposely return to the earth for the service of the devout followers! However, ever since Tibet has been illegally occupied by the evil CCP, the satanic communist cult is attempting to lay its hand on a purely religious tradition that is totally alien to them because they are communists who reject religious beliefs! They dehumanised the Dalai Lama by accusing him of fabricated allegations such being a “theocratic” leader, a “slave owner”, “terrorist” a “demon with human head” etc. YET, AFTER SEVEN DECADES SINCE THEY VILIFIED THE DALAI LAMA AND VANDALISED EVERY TIBETAN MONASTERY, THEY ARE SCRAMBLING TO GET THEIR BLOOD-SOAKED HAND ON THE FUTURE REINCARNATION OF THE PRESENT DALAI LAMA! This utterly discredits all the propaganda they spewed about the Dalai Lama and independent Tibet! TIBET HAS BEEN ENSLAVED BY COMMUNIST CHINA and NOT “liberated” as the evil cult claims! THE CHINESE COLONISERS INVADED TIBET TO PLUNDER THE WEALTH OF TIBET LIKE ALL IMPERIALIST COLONISERS OF YORE. The Dalai Lama has clearly stated that He will be born outside China and Chinese occupied Tibet in order to continue the good work of his predecessor! Therefore, countries who respect religion and belief systems should support the Tibetan people’s choice SINCE THE DALAI LAMA IS A POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE AND NOT THE CHINESE PEOPLE LEAST OF ALL THE CCP CULT! The Dalai Lama has nothing to do with the satanic cult known as CCP which regards him as the enemy of communist China! His photos, teachings and lectures are banned in occupied Tibet and anybody found to have anything to do with the Dalai Lama is disappeared! Therefore, the CCP has NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to put its bloody hand in the Dalai Lama reincarnation process! Besides, if they have any shame, it is totally unbecoming of communists to dabble with religious beliefs! After all, they regard religion as a poison of the people! The CCP’s attempt to get its dirty hand in the Dalai Lama reincarnation is not because of devotion but rather, it’s their attempt to decapitated the Tibetan leadership. They see that as long as the Dalai Lama is present, he unifies the Tibetan people and makes it difficult for the evil cult to break the grip of Tibetan unity and resilience in their resistance to Chinese communist occupation of Tibet. It also affects their assimilation policies since Tibetans cling to the values and beliefs that are held by the Dalai Lama as their own core value and not the Chinese communist ideology of hatred and violence! The Tibetan people will never accept a dummy “Dalai Lama” that is put up purely for political purposes and is nothing but a political pawn at the hands of the CCP to be used as a proxy to hoodwink the Tibetan people!