Abasekeli be-Dalai Lama bajabule ngokuthi omunye wabaklami abaphezulu baseBrithani, u-Vivienne Westwood, ubonise isikhwama esikhuthaza injongo yaseTibet endleleni yokuhamba. Isikhwama esinesiqubulo esithi “Keep Tibet Alive” sasetshenziswa njengesisetshenziswa e-Westwood's Spring 2009 esilungele ukugqokwa embukisweni wakamuva we-Paris Fashion.

Isikhwama siklanywe yi-Tibet Society futhi senziwe ngabaseTibet eNdiya. U-Philippa Carrick, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Tibet Society, uthe “Kuyakhuthaza kakhulu futhi kuyajabulisa ukubona umsiki wengqephu owaziwayo njengoVivienne Westwood ekhombisa ukweseka kwakhe i-Tibet ngokusebenzisa isikhwama sethu njengesisekeli eqoqweni lakhe. Kulo nyaka kubonakale ukuhlupheka okukhulu ngaphakathi eTibet kulandela imibhikisho ngoMashi kanti izwe lisavaliwe.

Abantu baseTibet manje baphila ngaphansi kwezokuphepha eziqine kakhulu, kunemithetho yokufika ekhaya esabalele kanye nohlelo oluqinisayo “lokufundisa kabusha” ezindlini zezindela. Sikhathazeke kakhulu ngezinkulungwane zabantu baseTibet abalahlekile kusukela kwaqala imibhikisho kanye nalabo abasaboshiwe. Nginxusa abantu ukuthi bangayikhohlwa iTibet futhi balandele isibonelo sikaVivienne ngokuphakamisa ifulegi laseTibet noma kuphi lapho bengakwazi khona futhi babonise iChina indaba yeTibet ngeke ilibaleke.”

Amaqembu asekela iTibet e-UK anxusa uhulumeni ukuthi athathe isinyathelo sokusekela abantu baseTibet kanye namalungelo abo ayisisekelo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukufaka ingcindezi kuhulumeni waseShayina ukuba anikeze ukufinyelela ngokushesha kuzo zonke izindawo zaseTibet yi-UN, Isiphambano Esibomvu noma esinye isigungu esizimele esiqashelwayo ukuze kube nenhloso kanye ne-akhawunti yangempela yalesi simo; ukubika mayelana nabalimele kanye nokuba khona kosizo lwezokwelapha; qinisekisa inani lokufa; vakashela labo ababoshiwe futhi uqinisekise ukufinyelela ekumeleleni okusemthethweni.

Izishoshovu zaseTibet nazo zifuna kuvulwe kabusha zonke izindawo zaseTibet ezintathelini zakwamanye amazwe. Bafuna uhulumeni waseBrithani ucindezele iChina nabamele iDalai Lama ukuthi babeke usuku lomhlangano. Zombili izinhlangothi zibe nezingxoxo ezingahlelekile kodwa izinhlangano ezisekela iTibet zicindezela ukuba umhlangano uvuleke futhi ube sobala futhi ubanjwe ezweni elingathathi hlangothi ngaphansi komxazululi wenhloso okuvunyelwene ngayo. Inhloso yokuhlangana kufanele kube ukuqala inkhulumomphendvulwano eqinile, ngaphandle kwemibandela, ukuze kutholwe isixazululo esisemthethweni nesixoxiwe kubantu baseTibet naseShayina.

UNdunankulu waseChina, uWen Jiabao, unikeze isiqinisekiso kuNdunankulu waseBrithani uGordon Brown ukuthi uzokhuluma neDalai Lama uma elahla udlame futhi engafuni ukuzimela. I-Dalai Lama isho kaningi futhi yaphumela obala ukuthi imelene nodlame futhi ayiphusheli ukuzimela kweTibet.

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Philippa Carrick, chief executive of the Tibet Society, said “It is very encouraging and heartening to see such a well known fashion designer and icon such as Vivienne Westwood showing her support for Tibet by using our bag as an accessory in her collection.
Both sides have had informal talks but Tibet support groups are pressing for a meeting to be open and transparent and held in a neutral country under the auspices of an agreed objective mediator.
These include putting pressure on the Chinese government to grant immediate access to all areas of Tibet by the UN, Red Cross or another recognized independent body for an objective and true account of the situation.