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Excerpts from remarks by Palden Gyatso * at the Forum of Human Rights in Oslo on 19/5/2009 (Full Speech: www.oslofreedomforum.com / cgi-local / home. cgi .
"People often say that there would be no hope for Tibet, but I do not agree! I do believe there is hope. We are fighting for the past 50 years - and more than 50 years - and, before reaching our struggle may well take another 100 years or even 200 years.
"People often say that there would be no hope for Tibet, but I do not agree! I do believe there is hope. We are fighting for the past 50 years - and more than 50 years - and, before reaching our struggle may well take another 100 years or even 200 years.
... I remain convinced that we will be able to return our homeland. We can actually maintain our fight for many more years because we have truth and justice on our side.
We also benefit from the support of many friends around the world: NGOs, associations of Tibet support organizations of human rights, Amnesty International, etc..''
We also benefit from the support of many friends around the world: NGOs, associations of Tibet support organizations of human rights, Amnesty International, etc..''
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* Palden Gyatso is one of the most famous former Tibetan political prisoners.
Some of you know because in 2000 he had been involved in the March Transalpine Tibetan Nice to Geneva and at the stage at Thonon-les-Bains he testified about the torture in prison and on the plight Tibetan people. His
book''Fire Under the Snow''and''the documentary Fire Under the Snow''including retrace his experiences in Tibet under Chinese occupation during his 33 years in prisons and camps forced labor in Tibet, a victim of torture and inhuman treatment. Palden Gyatso is a model of wisdom and humanity despite the horrific ordeal inflicted by the Chinese Communist Regime.
At nearly 77 years he continues to work for the Tibetan people regain its freedom.
Some of you know because in 2000 he had been involved in the March Transalpine Tibetan Nice to Geneva and at the stage at Thonon-les-Bains he testified about the torture in prison and on the plight Tibetan people. His
book''Fire Under the Snow''and''the documentary Fire Under the Snow''including retrace his experiences in Tibet under Chinese occupation during his 33 years in prisons and camps forced labor in Tibet, a victim of torture and inhuman treatment. Palden Gyatso is a model of wisdom and humanity despite the horrific ordeal inflicted by the Chinese Communist Regime.
At nearly 77 years he continues to work for the Tibetan people regain its freedom.
Photo: Marie-Laure Pasquarelli. Dharamsala in September 2009
