Instagram #14

This time last year, the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutten refused to meet with the Dalai Lama after being pressured by the Chinese government. Instead our Minister of Foreign Affairs Timmermans agreed to only meet with the Dalai Lama in his capacity as a spiritual leader, demanding the topic of conversation should have a spiritual and religious character only and should take place in a similar setting.

This photo shows a Tibetan man who was denied asylum in The Netherlands for not speaking Chinese but only Tibetan (Tibet being a ‘province’ of China). Because China refuses him travel documents, he is now stuck in limbo between the two countries and has quite literally been Hung out to Dry. @basniemans #photosarebullets

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