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Article: DALAI LAMA URGES AUSTRALIANS TO PRESSURE CHINESE OFFICIAL.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- May 24, 2002
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CANBERRA, May 24 Asia Pulse - Exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama has called on Australians to use a visit by the Communist Party boss of Chinese-ruled Tibet next month to push for information on human rights in the territory.
The Tibetan spiritual leader said journalists should use the visit by Governor Guo Jinglang to question him on human rights and ask for an invitation to travel to Tibet for a first hand look.
"Talk and meet. That's important," the Dalai Lama told the National Press Club.
"Then ask `please send us an invitation'.
"(Say) you want to go to Tibet and see by yourself, so ask him for invitation," he said.
He ...