MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
10/01/2005
by Catherine Stihler and Jan Marinus Wiersma
on behalf of the PSE Group
on Tibet (case of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche)
B6-0051/2005
European parliament resolution on Tibet (case of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche)
The European Parliament,
- recalling its earlier resolutions on Tibet and the human rights situation in China,
- having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas on 3 December 2002 the Kardze (Ganzi) Intermediate People's Court in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of the Sichuan Province sentenced Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, an influential Buddhist lama, to death, suspended for two years,
B. whereas Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche's guilt has not been proven,
C. whereas the Chinese Government recently received representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,
1. Reiterates its support for the rule of law and urges the Chinese government to commute immediately the death sentences handed down to Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche;
2. Urges the authorities to guarantee that Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche will not be ill-treated in detention, and reiterates the request for an immediate review of the case and calls on the Chinese authorities to do all in their power to ensure that international human rights and humanitarian law standards are being respected and, in particular, to guarantee internationally recognised legal proceedings for persons arrested;
3. Takes note of the written information of 7 January 2005 from the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities which states that, in accordance with Articles 50 and 51 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche's sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment upon the expiration of the two-year period;
4. Calls on the Government of China to continue to ensure dialogue between the government and the representatives of the Dalai Lama;
5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN Secretary-General and the Government of China.