It would always help to make the challenges faced by Tibetans public because one of the challenges we deal with concerning Tibet is the lack of information coming out of Tibet. Tibet remains one of the most inaccessible regions in the entire world.
As I mentioned in my opening remarks, Tibetans risk their lives passing their information to their families in exile so that it will reach the outside world, so that we can talk about it in platforms like this. It would certainly help to talk about the issues publicly.
I also want to add that the Dharmshala-based think tank, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has a database of over 2,000 Tibetans being detained in Tibet. Many of them serve prison sentences from 10 to 15 years for charges as frivolous, I find, as passing information or talking to their family members in exile, or sending money, as in the case of a 36-year-old mother, to her family members who are in exile. There's nothing political about the activities, yet they are detained, tortured and, in some cases, killed in prison or after release from prison.