Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'd like to pledge before the subcommittee and request... The situation is desperate in Tibet. Tibet continues to suffer against the repressive Chinese policies and occupation. I'd like to pledge that if the Canadian Parliament and each country in the world could investigate what is happening within Tibet....

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'd like to respond to the first question. I'd like to speak to the hearts and minds of the monks and nuns inside the monasteries and the people living inside Tibet. I myself am the evidence. I'm a recent escapee from Tibet. It's unimaginable that basic human rights have been snatched away.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  His Holiness the Dalai Lama always preaches for world peace and always propagates peace among Tibetans inside Tibet. Tibetans do not wish to harm anyone; they take away only their own lives.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Is that a question?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The main reason for self-immolation is that there are no human rights in Tibet. We are not able to exercise our own right to live.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, I'd like to thank the foreign affairs subcommittee for the opportunity to speak in front of you. I'd like to say that there are no human rights in Tibet. I myself am evidence, and I'd like to express that as a witness. China accuses Tibetans of not following His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Is it possible that I could have a little time to speak and be interpreted?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I arrived in Dharamsala on May 25, 2009, as I wanted the world to know—