China Pressuring Nepal Says Jimmy Carter
China is pressuring Nepalese Government to act on Tibetans living there and the refugees fleeing from Tibet said former US President Jimmy Carter on Monday. “My hope is that the Nepali government will not accede,” he told reporters. Carter was in Nepal to encourage political parties to conduct delayed national elections and to push forward a peace process following the war.
Long-term Tibetan Prisoner Released
Chinese authorities released a Tibetan man after serving 17 years in jail for demanding independence for Tibet. The US-based Radio Free Asia said, “Jigme Gyatso, 52, a former monk, appeared ‘very weak’ when he returned Monday to his home in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) county in Gansu province’s Kanlho (Gannan)