(29 Jan 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan Prime Minister in exile:
"Sadly, 99 Tibetans have committed self immolation, almost 100. Yet, both the coverage of the media as well as the concrete support from the international community is not yet forthcoming. We appreciate the statement of support from the various governments including and very importantly, after a long time, by the United Nations."
3. Mid of camera
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan Prime Minister in exile:
"We have made repeated appeals and continue to make appeals to Tibet, inside Tibet not to resort to drastic action like self immolation. Yet it persists which reflects the desperation as well as determination of the Tibetan people to protest with their lives."
5. Wide of news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan Prime Minister in exile:
"Let's hope new leaders will have new perspective and new policies towards world in general and Asia and India, and particularly for Tibet. And we are looking forward to indications if possible, policies and approaches towards us, to resolve the issue of Tibet peacefully through dialogue."
7. Mid of news conference
STORYLINE
The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile appealed for international support on Tuesday, for his people's struggle against Chinese rule that has led to dozens of self-immolations in Tibetan areas since 2009.
Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile, told reporters in New Delhi that "concrete support from the international community is not yet forthcoming" despite continuing self-immolations inside Tibet.
Nearly 100 Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people have set themselves on fire since 2009, calling for Beijing to allow greater religious freedom and the return from exile of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Beijing blames the Dalai Lama for inciting the self-immolations.
Sangay's remarks came days after China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that two Tibetan men were put on trial for intentional homicide for allegedly inciting self-immolations in southwestern China's Sichuan province.
For months, the Chinese authorities responded to the self-burning acts by sending in security forces to seal off areas and prevent information from getting out, but those efforts have not stopped or slowed the protests.
Sangay said the immolations were a reflection of "desperation as well as determination of the Tibetan people to protest with their lives."
"We have made repeated appeals and continue to make appeal to Tibet, inside Tibet not to resort to drastic action like self immolation," he said.
Sangay said his people remain committed to a non-violent approach in resolving their 60-year long struggle and he was looking forward to any "indications" from the new leadership in China in this regard.
"Let's hope new leaders will have new perspective and new policies towards world in general and Asia and India, and particularly for Tibet."
The Dalai Lama says he opposes all violence and seeks real autonomy for Tibetans and not independence for the region.
Beijing says it has boosted living standards in minority areas and treats minorities fairly.
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