{"id":11840,"date":"2013-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/european-parliaments-conference-tears-of-tibet-april-10th\/"},"modified":"2013-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:00:00","slug":"european-parliaments-conference-tears-of-tibet-april-10th","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/european-parliaments-conference-tears-of-tibet-april-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament&#8217;s Conference &#8216;Tears of Tibet&#8217; &#8211; 10th April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In light of the ongoing self-immolations in Tibet, the number of which has now reached a tragic 111, we believe that the EU should have a stronger role in trying to solve the growing confrontation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tensions between the local Tibetans and the Chinese state have increased since the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese rule in 2008. Up to now we have unfortunately not seen any significant signs that the Chinese state is looking to achieve a genuine peace settlement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The conference, which will be held on 10th April from 3 &#8211; 5pm, aims to review the European Parliament`s action for a peaceful solution and to discuss how to change the approach\/strategy in order to help the Tibetan people. Many experts with different backgrounds will take part in the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The ALDE group has organised this event for the past two years and once again demonstrated its commitment to the Tibetan issue. Like in previous years, ICT has been actively involved in the organisation of this conference, hosted by MEPs Kristiina Ojuland (Estonia) and Leonidas Donskis (Lithuania).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the programme and to register to the event please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alde.eu\/event-seminar\/events-details\/article\/tears-of-tibet-40973\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 10th April the ALDE group is organising a conference on Tibet entitled &#8220;Tears of Tibet&#8221;. This is a joint initiative by MEPs Ojuland and Donskis. The discussion`s starting point will be the worrying number of self-immolations in Tibet since February 2009 (111 so far). The conference will then touch upon many different issues to highlight the impact of Chinese policies on human rights and the environment in Tibet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11841,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[664],"news_tag":[665],"class_list":["post-11840","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-newstibet-europe-news","news_tag-europe-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Parliament&#039;s Conference &#039;Tears of Tibet&#039; - 10th April - Campaign for Tibet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/european-parliaments-conference-tears-of-tibet-april-10th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Parliament&#039;s Conference &#039;Tears of Tibet&#039; - 10th April - Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 10th April the ALDE group is organising a conference on Tibet entitled &quot;Tears of Tibet&quot;. 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