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Since its introduction five months ago, the Resolve Tibet Act has already received impressive support from Congressional leaders. It represents an important next step by making clear the US government has not forgotten Tibet, and it expects the Chinese to return to the negotiating table. It empowers the Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues to counter Beijing's disinformation campaigns head-on, especially important in the face of the Chinese Communist Party's increasing capacity and willingness to engage in transnational repression.

Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act or Resolve Tibet Act, the bill (H.R. 8365) will:

• Pressure China to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama’s envoys, which have not resumed since 2010;
• State that the China-Tibet conflict remains unresolved in violation of international law;
• Recognize the Tibetan people’s right to self-determination and fault the Chinese government for violating that right;
• Reject as “historically false” China’s claim that Tibet has been part of China since ancient times;
• Empower the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues to counter Communist Party propaganda about Tibet and Tibetans, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama;
• Make clear that Tibet includes not only the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” of China but also Tibetan areas of Gansu, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan provinces.

This legislation [introduced by Jim McGovern (D-Mass) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas)] will position the United States to more forcefully encourage China to address the unresolved issue of Tibet, which is only possible through genuine negotiations with the Dalai Lama and the elected Tibetan leaders in exile,” said Franz Matzner, Director of Government Relations of ICT.

• Almagro ha asegurado que ha sido objeto de "tortura y malos tratos". Ha pasado un mes desde su exhortación al régimen sin resultados.
• Participatory Democracy Cultural Initiative (PDCI) y su revista digital DemocraciaParticipativa.net se suman a la demanda universal en defensa de José Daniel Ferrer y en su inmediata liberación.

Madrid, Dec.27 (DP.net).– El Secretario General de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, exigió el pasado viernes 15 de noviembre la "inmediata liberación" del opositor cubano Coordinador de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), José Daniel Ferrer, y sus compañeros Roilán Zárraga, José Pupo y Fernando González, encarcelados desde el pasado mes de octubre.

El régimen cubano ha prestado oídos sordos a esta y múltiples peticiones de diversas personalidades, instituciones y organismos internacionales. En aquella oportunidad, Almagro hizo hincapié en que Ferrer es un "preso político y de conciencia" y posteriormente ha criticado que "aún no se ha informado de los cargos en su contra y no ha comparecido ante un juez".

En cuanto a Pupo y González, Almagro ha puntualizado que "se encuentran detenidos arbitrariamente por la dictadura cubana". Además, ha apostillado que "se les ha negado el derecho a recibir visitas y, según sus familiares, Zárraga ha sido extorsionado para testificar en falso".