{"id":12100,"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/latvian-parliamentarians-call-for-fair-and-transparent-judgement-process-for-tibetan-language-advocate-tashi-wangchuk\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T23:00:00","slug":"latvian-parliamentarians-call-for-fair-and-transparent-judgement-process-for-tibetan-language-advocate-tashi-wangchuk","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/latvian-parliamentarians-call-for-fair-and-transparent-judgement-process-for-tibetan-language-advocate-tashi-wangchuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian Parliamentarians Call for Fair and Transparent Judgement Process for Tibetan Language Advocate Tashi Wangchuk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 25th, Members of the Latvian Parliaments, including members of the Latvian Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet, adopted a statement on the case of Tibetan langu<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7435 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/List-of-20-signatories-Latvia-Tashi-Wangchuk.jpg\" alt=\"List-of-20-signatories-Latvia-Tashi-Wangchuk\" width=\"367\" height=\"490\" \/>age advocate Tashi Wangchuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The signatories, twenty members of the Saeima (the Latvian Parliament) \u2013 out of a total of 100 parliamentarians \u2013 call for a \u201cfair and transparent trial of Tashi Wangchuk\u201d and \u201curges the People\u2019s Republic of China to implement a judgement process that is constant with international legal standards, with the presence of observers at his trial\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement follows a number of resolutions and statements calling for a fair trial for Tashi Wangchuk and\/or his release \u2013<br>including a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/european-parliament-adopts-an-urgency-resolution-calling-for-the-immediate-and-unconditional-release-of-tashi-wangchuk-and-tibetan-monk-choekyi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resolution<\/a>\u00a0of the European Parliament and statements by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/french-senators-call-for-fair-and-transparent-judgement-process-for-tibetan-language-advocate-tashi-wangchuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/german-mps-call-for-release-of-tibetan-language-advocate-tashi-wangchuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>parliamentarians, adding to the growing international pressure in the case of the young human rights defender, who has been detained by the Chinese authorities since January 2016 and is still waiting for the verdict of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/trial-of-tibetan-language-advocate-today-ends-without-known-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trial held on 4 January<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The 19 signatories of the statement are (pictured left to right): M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 \u0160ics, Inese Laiz\u0101ne, K\u0101rlis Kr\u0113sli\u0146\u0161, J\u0101nis Ruks, Inguna R\u012bbena, Edv\u012bns \u0160nore, Artuss Kaimi\u0146\u0161, Veiko Spol\u012btis, Hosams Abu Meri, Rihards Melgailis, Andris Bui\u0137is, Juris Vi\u013cums, Jan\u012bna Kurs\u012bte-Pakule, Imants Par\u0101dnieks, Aleksandrs Kir\u0161teins, J\u0101nis Dombrava, Ivars Br\u012bvers, Lolita \u010cig\u0101ne, Varis Kr\u016bmi\u0146\u0161 and Nelija Kleinberga.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7436\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saeimas-dep-1.jpg\" alt=\"Saeimas-dep-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"849\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7437\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saeimas-dep-2.jpg\" alt=\"Saeimas-dep-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"849\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 25 January, Members of the Latvian Parliaments, including members of the Latvian Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet, adopted a statement on the case of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[664],"news_tag":[665],"class_list":["post-12100","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","hentry","categorie-newstibet-europe-news","news_tag-europe-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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