Re: TIBETANS SLAM DALAI LAMA PORTRAIT BAN AS PROVOCATIVE

But those liars had been saying that DL's protrait was banned
several years ago. Why it need to be banned again?

"Harbinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> There is every reason to ban the display of the portrait of DL
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> Would any government give prominent display to a collaborator of CIA  ?
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> Imagine a portrait of Quisling displayed at the British home  !!
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> "Thomas J Wheat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > TIBETANS SLAM DALAI LAMA PORTRAIT BAN AS PROVOCATIVE
> > 2003-11-23
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http://origin.rfaweb.org/front/article.html?service=eng&encoding=10&id=121479
> > Tibet's government-in-exile has described as provocative a ban by the
> > Chinese government on portraits of the Dalai Lama in two Tibetan areas
> > in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, RFA's Tibetan service
> > reports.
> >
> > Tibetans in Lithang and Karze have been warned they would lose their
> > land unless they surrendered portraits of their spiritual leader by a
> > mid-December deadline, according to the government-in-exile, based in
> > Dharamsala, India.
> >
> > "Since His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the political and religious
> > leader of six million Tibetans, it is very important to keep and
> > display photos of His Holiness to show respect and devotion,"
> > spokesman Sonam Norbu Dakpo told RFA in an interview.
> >
> > "We believe that such restrictions are aimed at provoking Tibetans to
> > violent acts for the Chinese to suppress."
> >
> > He said the ban aimed to deprive Tibetans of their right to practice
> > the religion of their choice, which is enshrined in the Chinese
> > constitution.
> >
> > "There were also reports of the confiscation of land if photos of
> > Dalai Lama are not surrendered by [the] deadline," he added.
> >
> > "This is a serious situation for local Tibetans whose livelihood and
> > survival is dependent on land and livestock. The exile government
> > would like to request that the Chinese government withdraw such
> > restrictions."
> >
> > A local government official in Ganzi was quoted by Agence
> > France-Presse as confirming the ban. "This order has been in existence
> > for years," the agency quoted an official surnamed Li at the Ganzi
> > Religious Affairs Administration as saying.
> >
> > The Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India in 1959 following a failed
> > uprising against Chinese rule in Lhasa.
> >
> > China regularly accuses the 68-year-old monk of being a "splittist"
> > and objects to his meetings with world leaders.
> >
> > The Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet this week in Rome with Pope John
> > Paul II and address a conference alongside fellow Nobel peace laureate
> > Mikhail Gorbachev.#####
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