Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

To move:

That the Senate—   (a)   notes:      (i)   the tragic deaths of four monks from the Kirti Monastery in Ngawa county, eastern Sichuan province between 26 September and 11 October 2011, and      (ii)   the men set themselves on fire in order to highlight the continued human rights abuse and oppression of the Tibetan people;   (b)   recognises:      (i)   the people of Tibet continue to be subject to appalling human rights abuse, and      (ii)   the Chinese authorities have continued to take repressive measures against monks of the Kirti Monastery, since the self-immolation of a monk in March 2011; and   (c)   calls on the Government to urge the Chinese Government to cease repressive measures against the Tibetan people and respect human rights in Tibet.