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"en.20110407.23.4-374-000"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, bullied by the Chinese authorities for too many years, today it is Nepal that is depriving the Tibetans of a fundamental political right: the right to vote. If one thing is certain, it is that Beijing has found a new ally in its harassment of the Tibetan people, and that new ally is Nepal. In reality, though, all this goes far beyond the elections because, for several years now, the Nepalese Government, under pressure from the Chinese authorities, has been placing ever more restrictions on the freedom of expression of Tibetans living in exile on its soil.
Last June, Kathmandu handed over Tibetan refugees to the Chinese authorities. Preventive arrests and the ban on demonstrations, assembly and even movement, have become a common occurrence for Tibetans living in Nepal.
Our Parliament must therefore stop being hypocritical and not just be indignant but also strongly condemn these acts of repression by Nepal and, more generally, the very many – too many – violations of human rights and of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Moreover, we call on Nepal to stop this harassment and ill-treatment of political refugees, and simply to respect their rights. When we consider Nepal’s history as a host country – something which it has always been for Tibetans until recently – it is ultimately very sad to see what that government is inflicting on political refugees."@en1
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