P6_TA(2005)0533 Human rights situation in Tibet and Hong Kong European Parliament resolution on Tibet and Hong Kong The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Tibet and the human rights situation in China, – having regard to its resolutions of 18 November 20041, 13 January 20052 and 27 October 20053 on the case of the Lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, imprisoned and tortured and therefore in danger of his life, – having regard to its resolution of 19 December 2002 on Hong Kong4, – having regard to the Joint Statement of the Eighth EU-China Summit held in Beijing on 5 September 2005, – having regard to the lack of progress in the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, – having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure, Tibet A. whereas Chinese officials have been conducting a so-called 'patriotic education' campaign since October 2005, forcing Tibetans to sign declarations denouncing His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist and proclaiming Tibet to be 'part of China', B. whereas the young Tibetan Monk, Ngawang Jangchub, died in mysterious and unexplained circumstances in Drepung Monastery in Lhasa in October 2005 during a 'patriotic education' session, C. whereas five Tibetan monks belonging to Drepung Monastery in Lhasa who refused to sign the declarations were arrested on 23 October 2005 and imprisoned in Public Security Bureau (PSB) Detention Centres in their respective places of origin and have probably been tortured, D. whereas it is not yet clear whether more protesters have been arrested, E. whereas more than 400 Tibetan monks from Drepung Monastery in Lhasa protested peacefully against the imprisonment of their comrades and scores of them were forced back into their quarters violently by the Chinese People's Armed Police and Special Forces of the PSB, F. whereas Drepung Monastery in Lhasa with its thousands of inhabitants is hermetically 1 OJ C 201 E, 18.8.2005, p. 122. OJ C 247 E, 6.10.2005, p. 158. Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0416 OJ C 31 E, 5.2.2004, p. 261. 2 3 4