RISOLUZIONE DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO A FAVORE DI TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE
NEWS
RISOLUZIONE DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO A
FAVORE DI TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE
Strasburgo, 18 novembre 2004. (ITSN)
Il Parlamento Europeo ha approvato una risoluzione in cui si chiede l’immediata revisione del processo intentato contro Tenzin Delek Rinpoche e la commutazione della pena di morte. Oltre a manifestare la propria aperta condanna per la sentenza capitale eseguita nei confronti di Lobsang Dhondup, il 26 gennaio dello scorso anno, il Parlamento Europeo, nel documento, chiede al Procuratore capo e al Governatore della provincia del Sichuan di adoperarsi in tutti i modi per evitare l’esecuzione di Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. Esprime inoltre la propria preoccupazione per le sorti del religioso, tenuto in isolamento per alcuni mesi e torturato. Chiede inoltre alle autorità cinesi il rispetto dei diritti umani in sintonia con gli standard internazionali e, in particolare, che i procedimenti legali nei confronti delle persone arrestate rispettino le garanzie previste dal diritto internazionale.
La risoluzione invita l’Unione Europea e gli stati membri a chiedere al governo della Repubblica Popolare Cinese il rispetto dei diritti religiosi e della libertà del popolo tibetano e, in particolare, la non esecuzione della sentenza di morte di Tenzin Delek Rinpoche e un nuovo, equo processo.
Il Parlamento Europeo chiede inoltre alla Commissione e al Consiglio di rendere manifesta la propria preoccupazione per la sorte del religioso nel corso del prossimo summit UE – Cina.
Un’analoga
risoluzione era stata approvata il 19 dicembre 2002.
Testo completo della Risoluzione (in lingua inglese)
Resolution on Tibet, the case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
The European Parliament,
- recalling its earlier resolutions on Tibet and the human rights situation
in China, and its annual reports on human rights in the world
- recalling its resolution adopted on the 19th of December 2002 on the cases
of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and Lobsang Dhondup
A. whereas on 2 December 2002 the Kardze (Ganzi) Intermediate People's Court
in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province sentenced
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, an influential Buddhist lama, to death, suspended
for two years, and his attendant, Lobsang Dhondup, was executed on 26
January 2003, in both cases for alleged political offences,
B. whereas both had been arrested in early April 2002 following a bombing
incident in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, on 3 April 2002,
C. whereas Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was charged with 'causing explosions' and
'inciting separatism' and his guilt has not been proven
D. whereas Tenzin Delek is reportedly being held incommunicado from his
arrest until today, and has reportedly been tortured for several months
E. Seriously concerned by the fact that the period of suspension of Tenzin
Delek Rinpoche's execution will expire on 2 December 2004
F. whereas at the request of the European Council, the Council currently is
re-examining the embargo on arms sales to China, which was decided and
implemented in 1989,
G. whereas the Government of the PRC recently received representatives of
His Holiness the Dalai Lama,
1. Reiterates its call for the abolition of the death penalty, calls for an
immediate moratorium on capital punishment in China and urges the Chinese
authorities to immediately commute the death sentence handed down to Tenzin
Delek Rinpoche;
2. Strongly condemns the execution on 26 January 2003 of Lobsang Dhondup;
3. Calls on the Chief Prosecutor of the Sichuan Provincial People's
procuratorate and the Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's government
to do their utmost to prevent the execution of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche;
4. Urges the authorities to guarantee that Tenzin Delek Rinpoche will not be
ill-treated in detention, asks for an immediate review of the case and calls
on the Chinese authorities to do all in their power to establish that
international human rights and humanitarian law standards are being
respected and, in particular, to guarantee internationally recognised legal
proceedings for persons arrested;
5. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to urge the Government
of People’s Republic of China to respect the religious rights and freedom of
the Tibetan people in particular to prevent the execution of Tenzin Delek
Rinpoche and to call for a new and fair trial.
6. Calls on the Commission and the Council to express their concerns about
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's case during the forthcoming EU / China Summit;
7. Welcomes the release of Ngawang Sangdrol and Jigme Sangpo, Tibet's
longest-serving prisoners of conscience, and urges the Chinese authorities
to continue with prisoner releases;
8. Calls on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to step up the
ongoing dialogue with the Representatives of the Dalai Lama with the aim of
reaching a mutually acceptable solution to the issue of Tibet without
further delay;
9. Re-iterates, in this respect, its call to the Council to appoint an EU
Special Representative for Tibetan Affairs so as to contribute effectively
to the peaceful resolution of this issue
10. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the
Commission, the UN Secretary General, the Chinese Government , the Governor
of Sichuan Province and the Chief Prosecutor of the Sichuan Provincial
People's Procurator
