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US lawmakers call for Chen’s release

Two US lawmakers have submitted a medical report calling for immediate medical parole for former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

“Because it is not easily predictable how much Chen’s incarceration conditions need to improve to prevent further serious physical and mental damage, medical parole is the most appropriate effective treatment intervention,” the report said.

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Secretary Clinton urges Chinese FM to engage in dialogue with the Dalai Lama: Reports

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hand with Chinese
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before their talks in Phnom Penh on
Thursday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hand with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before their talks in Phnom Penh on Thursday.

DHARAMSHALA, July 13: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reportedly urged Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to engage in dialogue with exile Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

Clinton and Yang met Thursday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for an annual forum of regional foreign ministers on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.

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Seishu Makino, Japanese Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry signing a petition demanding the immediate withdraw of Chinese security forces from Ngaba and Tibet in Tokyo on December 6, 2011.

DHARAMSHALA, December 7: Following the recent spate of self-immolations in Tibet, senior Japanese leaders, including two vice ministers and two members of parliament, pledged their support for the Tibetan cause and signed a petition urging immediate global intervention in Tibet.

The Japanese leaders were the latest to join an impressive list of world leaders and Nobel Laureates, calling for a coordinated international response to condemn China’s repressive measures in Tibet and demanding an immediate withdraw of China’s security forces from Ngaba and across Tibet.