Activities of Tunne KELAM related to 2015/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-China relations (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
– having regard to nine rounds of talks from 2002 to 2010 between high ranking representatives of the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
– having regard to ‘Tibet’s Path of Development Is Driven by an Irresistible Historical Tide’, China’s White Paper on Tibet, published by China’s State Council Information Office, 15 April 2015,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 b (new)
Citation 34 b (new)
– having regard to the 2008 Memorandum and the 2009 Note on Genuine Autonomy both presented by the Representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama,
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is concerned that China will extend government's control over civil society via upcoming NGO regulations by banning non-registered NGOs "from overseas" to fund Chinese individuals or organisations, and vice versa by prohibiting Chinese groups from conducting "activities" related to non- registered NGOs;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the urgency of environmental protection measures, bearing in mind, for example, that in 2014 only eight out of 74 major cities reached the national standard of PM 2.5 air pollution concentrations; warns that the double water crisis (massive pollution combined with increased water usage) could cause major political and social instability; welcomes the fact that under the new environmental protection law local cadres are accountable, also retroactively, for environmental damage caused during their tenure; is deeply concerned about the destruction of Tibet's environment as a result of China's policies of fast-track development in the region since 1999, underlines in this respect that the Tibetan plateau is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, which may cause the melting of Tibet's estimated 46,000 glaciers;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that in recent years China's anti-terrorism policy has evolved rapidly from a somewhat reactive ‘defence against terror' approach to a proactive ‘war on terror', along with permanent ‘crisis management' entailing action to an unprecedented extent in affected regions and in society; is concerned about the upcoming Chinese law on 'counter- terrorism', which may lead to further violations of human and freedom rights, especially in Tibet and Xinjiang as regions with minority populations;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that a strong contradiction exists between the official Chinese aspiration to the universality of human rights and the worsening human rights situation; notes that the recent worsening of the situation of human and freedom rights in China has started in 2013; is worried that the situation will become even worse with Chinese laws foreseen to be adopted in 2015 on 'counter-terrorism', 'national security' and NGOs;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Criticises the fact that in China freedom of religion is not a right, but a matter for the state, which sets the limits of what is permissible; supports the resistance of Chinese churches against the government's renewed strategy of ‘sinicisation' of Christianity; condemns, in particular, the ongoing anti-Christian campaign in the province of Zhejiang, during which dozens of churches were demolished and more than 400 crosses removed in 2014; shares the concerns of churches about other provinces where there is a strong Christian presence; condemns moreover anti-Buddhism campaigns via the "patriotic education" approach, including measures to state-manage Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries, condemns "legal education" programmes for Buddhist monks and nuns; cannot understand and accept a ban on images of the Dalai Lama in China; is concerned that China's Criminal Law is being abused to persecute Tibetans and Buddhists, sees its concerns confirmed as monks and nuns make over 40% of the political prisoners in Tibet;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. is deeply concerned that the Chinese government continues its hard-line policies against the Tibetan people, especially by rejecting the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way Approach" and to defame it as a separatist strategy as recently happened in the official Chinese 'White Paper on Tibet of April 2015'; strongly underlines and supports the Middle Way Approach which seeks neither independence nor separation from the People's Republic of China; emphasises that the Middle Way Approach calls for genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the framework of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Is deeply concerned that Lama Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, imprisoned since 2002 for 20 years, died on 13 July 2015 due to denial of access to medical care; is deeply concerned that 10 other prominent Tibetan prisoners also died due to such reasons and as a result of torture in 2014; demands a detailed investigation of all these death cases;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Is deeply concerned about the fact that over 142 Tibetans have resorted to self-immolations to protest against the suppression of the Tibetan people; rejects any linkage between self-immolations and terrorism, as no Chinese citizen has ever been injured by such dramatic and desperate acts;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Strongly condemns any kind of state measures which aim to collectively punish people associated with self-immolators - such as friends, colleagues, families or entire villages - as violations of international law, which clearly bans collective punishment;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Is deeply concerned about the forceful re-settlement of more than 2 million Tibetan nomads and herdsmen since 2006 to 'New Socialist Villages', as they are cut off from medicare, education and prosperity; is deeply concerned about the continued transfer of Han Chinese population into Tibet as well as the state goal to increase the population in Tibet by 30 percent till the end of 2020;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Highly recommends and urgently calls on China to resume the currently stalled Sino-Tibetan Dialogue as the best political instrument to achieve a mutual and realistic solution for the current instability in Tibet; is extremely worried that the current tensions may lead to an even worse situation in the near future;