Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Chinese Government is Torturing, Killing Tibetans: Richard Gere

Dharamshala: Hollywood star Richard Gere long time supporter of Tibetan and His Holiness the Dalai Lama,has expressed his deep concern over continue torturing and killing in Tibet, ‘I think it's impossible to look at these photographs and not realise the extraordinary suffering of the Tibetan people,' he said.

Gere is in the capital Seoul promoting an exhibition of photographs of Tibet and India taken by the Hollywood actor and other photographers including Annie Leibovitz, Steve Meisel and Jerry Uelsmann. He has been joined on the visit by his wife, Carey Lowell, and the couple's on Homer.

Gere's interest in Buddhism began during 1978 when he travelled to Nepal with Brazillian painter Sylvia Martins. He is a fierce supporter of Tibetan people and His Holiness the Dalai Lama and has been a persistent advocate of human rights in Tibet. In last week he called on the United States' Government to give more to support the right of people in Tibet

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