Tibetans in Norway were so excited and delighted to exercise this greatest of human rights. 76% of the Tibetans living in Norway cast their vote and the whole process was put into reality based on the poll system of Norway when we go to vote for the parliament and commune election.
While the Tibetans were practicing this most democratic action in Norway peacefully, our other Tibetan fellow people in Nepal were being violated by the Nepali Police. Nepalese police arrived in full riot gear at the three polling booths in Kathmandu, the region’s capital, and ransacked the polling booths. The police took away ballot boxes an hour before the voting was to complete .
This is an abuse of human rights and violation of the right to vote in the free world. The undersigned NGOs, therefore, urge the Norwegian Government to condemn the Government of Nepal who exercised such action, abuse and violation against the Tibetan people living in Nepal.
cc: c: Ambassador Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise Embassy of Nepal UK
Norwegian Tibet Committee
Amnesty International Norway
Norwegian Burma Committee
Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Health and Human Rights Info
FIAN Norge (Food First Information and Action Network)
Fokus ( Forum for Women and Depelopment)
Human Rights House Foundation
