{"id":12158,"date":"2018-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/european-parliaments-intergroup-on-religious-freedom-reports-severe-restrictions-against-tibetan-buddhists\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T22:00:00","slug":"european-parliaments-intergroup-on-religious-freedom-reports-severe-restrictions-against-tibetan-buddhists","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/european-parliaments-intergroup-on-religious-freedom-reports-severe-restrictions-against-tibetan-buddhists\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament\u2019s Intergroup on Religious Freedom reports \u201csevere restrictions\u201d against Tibetan Buddhists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-Report-cover-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7755\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its fourth annual report released today in Brussels, the European Parliament\u2019s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance has ranked China among the worst violators of freedom of religion worldwide, noting specific concerns regarding the oppression of Uyghur and Tibetan religious practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report assesses the state of religious freedom in 34 countries and suggests ways in which the EU could be more effective in promoting the protection of this right. The report labels the situation in China as \u201csevere violations\u201d\u2014the worst rank in the study\u2014and calls on the EU to push China \u201c<em>to ensure that policies used to oppress minorities are reversed and that international human rights law is respected.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a more detailed analysis submitted as an annex to the report, researchers note the \u201csevere restrictions\u201d for Tibetan Buddhists in China, including outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR): \u201c<em>They are not free to venerate the Dalai Lama openly, to proselytize in public or meet in unregistered places of worship.<\/em>\u201d The destruction of the Buddhist Institute of Larung Gar is rightly described as a sign of \u201c<em>Beijing\u2019s desire to eviscerate the teaching and study of Tibetan Buddhism.<\/em>\u201d The document also refers to the International Campaign for Tibet\u2019s 2016 report on China\u2019s counter-terrorism law, which warns that the law could be used to further restrict expressions of Tibetan identity and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>ICT welcomes this report, which is a confirmation of China\u2019s disrespect for the right of Tibetan Buddhists to practice their religion peacefully and highlights the urgent need for Chinese leadership to drastically change the way they handle Tibetan culture and religion,<\/em>\u201d said ICT\u2019s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-7756\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40774711_523163254800617_940139277050707968_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7756\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\"\/><figcaption><em>In a session at the European Parliament in Brussels on 4 September 2018, the co-chairs of the intergroup Dennis de Jong and Peter Van Dalen discuss the state of freedom of religion or belief around the world with experts, EU officials and representatives of the civil society.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report was presented during a conference in the European Parliament and discussed by a range of experts and religious community representatives. Among them was the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union J\u00e1n Figel, who mentioned the importance of interreligious dialogue and education, two notions dear to the Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religiousfreedom.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/RS_report_v6_digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download the intergroup\u2019s 2017 Annual Report (including it section on China, pages 21-22).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religiousfreedom.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/RS_Annex_v1_forprint_withbleed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read the detailed analysis in the annex.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its fourth annual report released today in Brussels, the European Parliament\u2019s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance has ranked China among the worst violators of freedom of religion worldwide, noting specific concerns regarding the oppression of Uyghur and Tibetan religious practitioners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12159,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[664],"news_tag":[670],"class_list":["post-12158","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-newstibet-europe-news","news_tag-culture-and-religion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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