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Australian
lawmakers visit Dharamsala to meet Dalai Lama by
Akhilesh Bharti Dharamsala:
A group of Australian lawmakers arrived here to meet the exiled Tibetan leader,
the Dalai Lama and representatives of Tibet's government-in-exile. The six-member
delegation comprises the Labour lawmakers Michael Danby and Melissa Parke, Liberal
lawmaker Peter Slipper, Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Greens Senators
Scott Ludlam and Sarah Hanson-Young. The delegation, due to stay in Dharamshala
till July 6, is accompanied by a handful of lawyers, journalists and activists.
"They are coming here to meet Dalai Lama and also to be introduced to the democratic
structure of the Tibetans-in-exile. We would also take this opportunity to brief
them more about the situation inside Tibet and they are expressing their support
on the Tibetan cause," said Dolma Garry, deputy speaker of Tibetan parliament-in-exile.
Meanwhile, the Australian lawmakers apologised for the alleged racial attacks
on Indian students in their country. "We are strongly in support of persons of
India and other international students in Australia and we feel disgusted. That's
why it is very important that we should have a response. The Prime Minister is
sitting with the state governments to make sure that our response is such that
Indian students continue to feel safe in our country," said Peter Slipper, a Liberal
Australian lawmaker. Australia has been under intense fire in the Indian media
after a series of brutal attacks on students in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
last month. -July
2, 2009 Go
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