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Dalai Lama calls for pressure on China over Tibet
July 16, 1996
Web posted at: 1:00 p.m. EDT (1500 GMt)LONDON (CNN) -- The Dalai Lama called Tuesday for a concerted international effort to pressure China to improve human rights in Tibet and to start negotiations with his government in exile.
Addressing members of the British parliament, the 60-year-old Tibetan spiritual and political leader reaffirmed his commitment to non-violent resistance to Chinese authorities in Tibet.
The Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, heads a government in exile based at the northern Indian town of Dharamsala, where more than 100,000 Tibetan refugees now live.
China predicted the Dalai Lama's visit would harm relations with Britain.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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