REUTERS/EUROPA PRESS: China accuses Dalai Lama of inciting Tibetans to burn themselves

BEIJING, 8 Mar. (Reuters/EP) –

   The governor of Tibet, Padma Choling, This Friday he accused the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of offering money to protesters in exchange for burning bonzo, And he has assured that he has sufficient evidence to demonstrate the participation of the Nobel Peace in these provocations.

   Since the year 2009, about one hundred Tibetans, Between monks and students, Fire have been turned on to protest for Beijing's attitude in the Autonomous Region of Tibet and in the Tibetan majority areas, mainly in the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu y Qinghai. Many of them have lost their lives.

   "Las autoinmolaciones reflejan un comportamiento inmoral e inhumano", He has declared Padma Choling journalists during the Annual Chinese Meeting. "En lugar de luchar contra las autoinmolaciones, ending the same, They are promoting them through various stratagems, como otorgar recompensas económicas", has pointed out. "Personalmente, creo que esta actuación es incluso más inhumana que las propias autoinmolaciones", He added, pointing directly to Dalai Lama and other Tibetans in exile.

   In the same line, Choling has assured that he has sufficient evidence to demonstrate the participation of Dalai Lama in these provocations, although he has preferred not to provide them. "Hay evidencias que es mejor no revelar todavía", has justified.

   In recent years, Beijing has repeatedly accused Dalai Lama to support violence and separatism, something that he has denied, explaining that only the real autonomy of the region pursues. The spiritual leader fled the Tibet in 1959 And he went to India after a failed survey against Chinese sovereignty.

Diplomatic tensions

   For your part, The recently appointed governor for Tibet, Losang Gyaltsen, ha asegurado que luchará "firmemente" contra las ideas del Dalai Lama y protegerá "la armonía étnica" para "mantener la estabilidad en Tíbet", thus guaranteeing the development and prosperity of the region.

    Tibetan activists accuse China of suppressing freedoms of expression and worship in Tibet. Instead, Beijing argues that since he assumed control of the territory, in 1950, This has experienced great development.

    This situation has caused diplomatic tensions with various countries, especially with the United States. in 2011, The US president, Barack Obama, He received Dalai Lama in the White House despite China's warning that an appointment with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could harm more the already deteriorated ties between the two nations.

   She further , last week, The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, galardonó a la escritora y bloguera tibetana Tsering Woeser con el Premio Internacional "Mujeres de Valor" 2013, What has angered Chinese authorities.

 

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