William Helms: “Ngawang Choephel is lonely, locked up in a Chinese prison in Tibet. I do hope, Mr. President, that somehow, through…”

“Ngawang Choephel is lonely, locked up in a Chinese prison in Tibet. I do hope, Mr. President, that somehow, through Radio Free Asia or other means, he will learn that the Senate of the United States is sincerely concerned about him and will continue to work for his freedom--as we will for all prisoners of conscience in China and Tibet. Senate Resolution 19 proposes to put the U.S. Senate on record in support of the release of Mr. Choephel, a strong resolution on China and Tibet at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva and access to Tibet for internationally recognized human rights group. This resolution assures Tibetans--those in Nepal and India where they wait for the day they can reclaim their homeland, and those inside Tibet where they resist the cultural, religious, and political oppression of the Chinese Central Government--we in the United States have not forgotten you. We are with you. We will always be with you. Yesterday, March 10, was Tibet National Uprising Day, the anniversary of Tibet's 1959 uprising against the Chinese occupation.”