Camberra, November 8. According BBC corrispondent, "The Foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans told the Senate that human rights had been one of the subjects discussed during a meeting in Canberra with the chairman of China's National People's Congress, Qiao Shi. Senator Evans said Australia wanted to continue a dialogue with China on human rights and would be willing to send more parliamentary delegations to China to examine the issue. He said he did not specifically raise the issue of Tibet in his talks with Qiao Shi. However, Senator Evans said Australia had long been concerned about the repression of religious freedom, cultural identity and freedom of expression in Tibet. Earlier, about 12 supporters of Tibetan independence were ordered out of the Senate after standing up in the Chamber and unfurling flags while Qiao Shi sat in the visitors' gallery. Members of a pro-independence group, the Australia-Tibet Council, claim that Qiao Shi, a former chief of China's security police, was the architect of repres

sion in the Himalayan region". (EuroTibet News nr.5)