Women Nobel Laureates urge China for restraint

Thursday, 27 March 2008, 5:12 p.m.

Dharamshala: Six women Nobel Peace Laureates on 20 March 2008 wrote an open letter to Hu Jintao, President of People's Republic of China,to exercise restraint in dealing with the protest in Tibet.

They called on the Chinese government to engage in a meaningful dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to resolve the issue of Tibet.

"The Chinese government should allow entry of fact-finding delegations to enable a thorough investigation and to allow the foreign journalist to China," they added.

They further said that the Chinese government should act responsibly, and show accountability and transparency in its treatment of the Tibetan people.

  (www.tibet.net is the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.)