Dalai Lama supports the Uighurs, risks Chinese anger

Yesterday - 14:52 Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, today expressed his support for a minority at risk in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, thus exposing them to risk of further worsening the difficult relations with Beijing. Continue reading this news in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of the escape from Tibet, dropped precipitously after attempting to challenge Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama refers to Xinjiang, calling him "Eastern Turkistan", the name given by exiles who want independence. The region populated by ethnic minorities of the Uighurs, a Muslim majority population. "Let me express my sympathy and express strongly with them," said the Dalai Lama about 3,000 Tibetans gathered in Dharamsala, a village in northern India where the spiritual leader has lived for five decades. The Chinese authorities have launched a violent campaign against the Uighurs, which China accuses of being dangerous separatists, killing at least 200 inhabitants of Xinjiang. - On Site www.reuters.it other Reuters news in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia