Tibet’s government-in-exile urges Australia not to ‘compromise’ on China’s human rights record

Norzin Dolma said government should sanction Chinese officials for threatening the very existence ... of Tibetan identity'

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Australia must not compromise on human rights as it improves its relationship with China because the truth must be told", a minister from the Tibetan government in exile has said during a visit to Canberra.

Norzin Dolma, a minister of the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala in India, met Australian MPs from across the political spectrum on Thursday to warn against a quiet diplomacy" approach to gross human rights abuses" and brutal suppression" in Tibet.

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