Subject: [permaculture] BBtv: Tibetan Sovereignty Supporters Hold Historic Meeting in India to Plan Future. - Boing Boing
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:44:33 -0500
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BBtv: Tibetan Sovereignty Supporters Hold Historic Meeting in India to Plan
Future.
Posted by Xeni Jardin, November 20, 2008 2:32 PM | permalink
They're in Dharamsala, India, the home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan
Government In Exile, http://www.tibet.net/
and they're attending an historic week-long meeting taking place this week to determine the future of the Tibetan
independence movement.
The conclave is the first of its kind since 1991. The Dalai Lama has called for hundreds of Tibetans to gather in
the Himalayan town of Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, to help decide on a new strategy for Tibet.
In a statement released Monday, the government in exile sought to play down speculation that a significant shift in
its approach to the issue of Tibetan independence might be near.
“A change in policy need not come from this meeting,” the statement said, according to Reuters. “If a change in
basic policy is considered necessary, there is a way that is democratic and which has the mandate of the Tibetan people.”