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Tsering Dhundup
DHARAMSHALA, July 8: 38 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from 15 EU countries have called on China to refrain from interfering in the selection of the next Dalai Lama and issued a joint appeal published in EU observer on Friday.
The op-ed, signed by MEPs from across four major political groups of the European Union, S&D, EPP, Greens, and Renew Europe, urges the European Union to consider targeted sanctions against Chinese officials involved in undermining the religious rights of Tibetans.
The initiative comes just two days after His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama released a public statement affirming that the centuries-old institution of the Dalai Lama will continue and that any decision regarding his succession rests solely with him and the Gaden Phodrang Trust, based in Dharamshala, India. The spiritual leader st...
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