P6_TA(2005)0010 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche - Tibet European Parliament resolution on Tibet The European Parliament, – recalling its earlier resolutions on Tibet and the human rights situation in China, – having regard to its resolution of 18 November 20041 on Tibet, the case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, – having regard to the human rights dialogue between the EU and China, – having regard to religious freedom in China and in particular the case of Julius Jia Zhiguo, bishop of the northern Chinese province of Hebei, – having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure, A. whereas on 2 December 2002 the Kardze Intermediate People's Court in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province sentenced Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, an influential and respected Buddhist lama, to death with a two-year suspension and his attendant, Lobsang Dhondup, to death without suspension, B. whereas the involvement of Tenzin Delek and Lobsang Dhondup in a series of bombings or in incitement to separatism has not been proven, C. whereas 26 January marks the date on which Lobsang Dhondup was executed in 2003, D. whereas the period of suspension of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's execution will expire on 26 January 2005, E. whereas under Chinese law the death sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment if the accused does not break the law again during the two-year suspension period, F. whereas, at the request of the then European Council, the Council is currently reexamining the embargo on arms sales to China which was decided and implemented in 1989, G. whereas the Chinese Government recently received representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 1. Reiterates its support for the rule of law and urges the Chinese government immediately to commute the death sentence handed down to Tenzin Delek Rinpoche; 1 Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2004)0067.