The European parliament "firmly condemns the brutal repression of Tibetan demonstrators by the Chinese police as well as all the acts of violence taking place in the streets of Lhasa and in Tibet. The EU parliament also gives its condolences to the families of the victims": it was one of the crucial excerpts of the resolution about the situation in Tibet. The EU assembly, gathering in Brussels in plenary session, will be asked to express itself about that. An assembly debate took place in March, and in the meantime, the Dalai Lama accepted the invitation to speak in the hemicycle next December. The members of the European parliament are following the developments of the situation, which is linked with the situation of human rights and democracy in China, with the setting up of Olympic Games in Beijing and with the route which the Olympic torch is following all over the world in these days. The resolution was submitted by a vast political alignment of the European chamber: it "asks China to respect its commitments in relation to human rights, minority rights and legally constituted state"; the Beijing government is encouraged "not to make an instrument of 2008 Olympic Games to arrest dissidents, journalists and activists in the field of human rights". (To be continued)
