His Holiness to speak on human rights in British Parliament

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 , 5:00 p.m.

Dharamshala: The cross-party foreign affairs committee has invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to give evidence as part of an ongoing inquiry into human rights during his visit to United Kingdom next month, Guardian reported.

"Given the particular interest in China's human rights record in 2008, the committee has requested to take oral evidence from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on a range of human rights issues," a committee spokesman said.

His Holiness is likely to be asked in detail about the violent suppression this year of protests in Tibet against Chinese rule.

Separate evidence will be heard from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as well as Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, the Foreign Office minister responsible for human rights.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit.