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Sisani Marina - 21 aprile 1998
Tibetan Hunger Striker Slams U.N. in "Last Words"

World Tibet Network News Wednesday, April 22, 1998

NEW DELHI, April 21, 1998 (Reuters) - Tibetan hunger striker Dawa Gyalpo, in what he said would be his last words before death, denounced the United Nations Tuesday for inaction on his homeland's plight under Chinese rule.

U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson ``seems only concerned for Chinese human rights,'' said Gyalpo, 50, who is one of six pro-independence Tibetans fasting for 42 days outside the United Nations office in New Delhi.

``With regard to Tibet there is no sign of our demands. So it is very sad that the United Nations is only watching when there is violence and killing,'' he said in a statement distributed by his group, the Tibetan Youth Congress.

``These are my last words.'' The fasters have been living since March 10 on water, lime juice and a little salt. They want the U.N. to investigate human rights and organize a plebiscite on their country's future.

``As the Tibetan hunger strikers approach Day 43, the six are now in critical condition,'' the Tibetan Youth Congress said in a note accompanying Gyalpo's statement.

 
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