Tokyo [Japan], March 25 (ANI): Representative Tsewang Gyalpo Arya from the Liaison Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama met Japanese lawmakers Eriko Yamatani and Akimasa Ishikawa, who function Chairperson and former General Secretary of the Japan Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet, on the parliament constructing in Nagatacho, Tokyo, based on a report by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
During the assembly, Representative Arya briefed the lawmakers on China’s lately launched legislation on the ‘Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress,’ which is about to come back into impact on July 1. He offered a abstract of the laws and defined that, based on his evaluation, the Chinese Communist Party intends to make use of the legislation to legitimise insurance policies aimed toward eroding and assimilating the identification, language, and tradition of minority communities, whereas additionally criminalising resistance to such assimilation efforts, the CTA report acknowledged.
Arya additionally handed over a replica of the decision adopted by the Japan Tibet Support Group on February 28 and urged the lawmakers to pursue the three key factors outlined in it with each the federal government and parliament. These embody issuing a powerful assertion condemning human rights violations in Tibet, establishing a devoted human rights monitoring mechanism, and calling on the Chinese authorities to chorus from interfering in Tibetan spiritual issues, together with the method of choosing the reincarnation of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, as cited within the CTA report.
Additionally, Representative Arya knowledgeable the lawmakers concerning the International Tibet Support Group convention held in Dharamshala, which was attended by six delegates from Japan and two from South Korea. He additionally briefed them on the continuing observance of the Year of Compassion and exhibitions showcasing the life and 4 principal commitments of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Lawmakers Yamatani and Ishikawa welcomed the updates, expressing concern over what they described as continued repression in Tibet and voicing shock over the Ethnic Unity legislation and studies of colonial-style boarding faculties. They have been additionally offered with the Japanese translation of the newest report on these faculties and warranted that they’d share the data with fellow parliamentarians promptly.
Tashi Yangzom, Secretary of Tibet House Japan, was additionally current throughout the assembly alongside Representative Arya, the CTA report added. (ANI)