{"id":7730,"date":"2025-09-09T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:05:43","slug":"compassion-rising-tour-2025-interessante-gesprekken-over-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/tibet\/compassion-rising-tour-2025-interessante-gesprekken-over-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Interesting talks on Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7730\" class=\"elementor elementor-7730\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>J\u0101nis M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Skuja en \u0122irts Lapi\u0146\u0161<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e89e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e89e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3 augustus: gesprekken over Tibet met parlements- en gemeenteraadsleden in Riga<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fe5efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fe5efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/janis.m.skuja?__cft__[0]=AZXSgr0V7NrGryPY03qGMJCi_hZKHBg8ghXXqxtm2RJH78wTBsigFzfjObt1Au44s6oUEjeWw_Rw1CDobUs8SuuVmDsqRQnNz6AESIkRIaVFv4XrzwO3kEoYZ56VaSBZyfaBbLAppH2hxsk93RMl_4UFuRWBf4_3j6mu4ZAdCl2hI3_N-S9CRUS09JTEzVho-Js&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">J\u0101nis M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Skuja<\/span><\/a><\/span> van de &#8216;Latvia for Tibet&#8217; vereniging regelde in Riga twee belangrijke afspraken voor mij. In de voormiddag zaten we samen met parlementslid <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jureits?__cft__[0]=AZXSgr0V7NrGryPY03qGMJCi_hZKHBg8ghXXqxtm2RJH78wTBsigFzfjObt1Au44s6oUEjeWw_Rw1CDobUs8SuuVmDsqRQnNz6AESIkRIaVFv4XrzwO3kEoYZ56VaSBZyfaBbLAppH2hxsk93RMl_4UFuRWBf4_3j6mu4ZAdCl2hI3_N-S9CRUS09JTEzVho-Js&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Juris Vi\u013cums<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, secretaris van de parlementaire Commissie voor Buitenlandse Zaken en tevens leider van de Tibet Groep in het parlement. In de namiddag spraken we met Riga gemeenteraadslid \u0122irts Lapi\u0146\u0161, voorzitter van het Comit\u00e9 voor Veiligheid en Anticorruptie.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">MP Juris is erg actief rond Tibet. Hij is lid van de WPCT, the &#8216;World Parliamentarians&#8217; Convention on Tibet&#8217;. Dit is een entiteit die georganiseerd wordt door het Tibetaans Parlement in Ballingschap en die parlementsleden uit heel de wereld samenbrengt. De conventie bestaat sinds 1994 en kwam dit jaar voor de negende keer samen in Tokio.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Juris is tevens &#8216;co-chair&#8217; van IPAC, de &#8216;Interparliamentary Alliance on China&#8217; (<strong><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipac.global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ipac.global\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong>). Die verenigt parlementairen uit democratische landen om samen actie te ondernemen tegen het steeds autoritairder en repressiever optreden van Xi Jinping in China en zijn internationale expansiedrang. Zij zien die evolutie als een bedreiging voor het voorbestaan van onze democratische rechtstaten.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Voor het Belgische Parlement zetelt<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vanhoofels?__cft__[0]=AZXSgr0V7NrGryPY03qGMJCi_hZKHBg8ghXXqxtm2RJH78wTBsigFzfjObt1Au44s6oUEjeWw_Rw1CDobUs8SuuVmDsqRQnNz6AESIkRIaVFv4XrzwO3kEoYZ56VaSBZyfaBbLAppH2hxsk93RMl_4UFuRWBf4_3j6mu4ZAdCl2hI3_N-S9CRUS09JTEzVho-Js&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Els Van Hoof<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> als co-chair in deze alliantie. Europarlementslid <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HildeVautmans?__cft__[0]=AZXSgr0V7NrGryPY03qGMJCi_hZKHBg8ghXXqxtm2RJH78wTBsigFzfjObt1Au44s6oUEjeWw_Rw1CDobUs8SuuVmDsqRQnNz6AESIkRIaVFv4XrzwO3kEoYZ56VaSBZyfaBbLAppH2hxsk93RMl_4UFuRWBf4_3j6mu4ZAdCl2hI3_N-S9CRUS09JTEzVho-Js&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Hilde Vautmans<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> is gewoon lid.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Onze gespreksonderwerpen gingen dus niet enkel over de situatie in Tibet &#8212; die overigens heel veel gelijkenissen vertoont met wat de Baltische staten meemaakten tijdens de Sovjet bezetting &#8212; maar ook over de geopolitieke en economische expansiedrang van China en de dreiging die hiervan uitgaat voor onze democratie\u00ebn.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Het toeval wil dat net deze ochtend een veelzeggende foto in de media verscheen waarop Xi breedlachend geflankeerd werd door Poetin en de Noord-Koreaanse despoot Kim Jong-un. Geen commentaar nodig.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Toen we voor de ingang van de Saeima (parlement) een foto namen, kwam parlementslid Leila Rasima nog toegesneld. Zij zit ook in de parlementaire Tibet Support groep, maar kon wegens andere verplichtingen niet deelnemen aan onze bijeenkomst.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">In de namiddag troonde J\u0101nis me mee naar het Stadhuis van Riga, waar we een gesprek hadden met Raadslid \u0122irts Lapi\u0146\u0161. Hij steunt de Tibetaanse zaak vanuit zijn nationalistische overtuiging dat alle volkeren recht hebben op zelfbeschikking.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Verder legde \u0122irts de werking van het stadsbestuur uit. Riga heeft 600.000 inwoners, d.w.z. dat een-derde van de 1,8 miljoen Letten in de hoofdstad woont. Vijfendertig procent van de bevolking is echter van Russische afkomst en koestert nog steeds sympathie\u00ebn voor Rusland en zijn bondgenoot China. Zij steunen het Tibetbeleid van Xi. Daarom is het soms moeilijk om met de resterende 65 procent Letten een meerderheid te vinden voor pro-Tibet acties. De prioriteiten liggen bij alle politieke partijen immers anders.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Ik vroeg of Riga, in navolging van de Litouwse steden Vilnius en Kaunas, een &#8216;Tibet Square&#8217; zou kunnen inrichten in de stad. \u0122irts zei dat dit voorlopig moeilijk lag omdat er nog veel Letse personaliteiten op de wachtlijst stonden voor een straatnaam, maar hij nam het voorstel mee voor de toekomst.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Met betrekking tot het uithangen van de Tibetaanse vlag op politiek belangrijke data voor Tibet, was het het algemeen beleid van de stad om zo min mogelijk vlaggen uit te hangen, met uitzondering van, uiteraard, de vlaggen van Letland, Riga en de EU. Het was dan ook voor die drie vlaggen dat de foto genomen werd, met het kleine Tibet vlaggetje in de hand.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Mijn dank aan J\u0101nis dat hij, ondanks zijn drukke agenda, tijd heeft gevonden om deze afspraken te regelen.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8adc30e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8adc30e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Parlement-Riga-1024x478.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7732\" alt=\"\" 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M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Skuja en Juris Vi\u013cums<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ffbcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63ffbcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Laila-en-Juris-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7734\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Laila-en-Juris-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Laila-en-Juris-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Laila-en-Juris-1152x1536.webp 1152w, 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Tallinn\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>16 September: Met de deur in huis bij Diamondway Boeddhistisch Centrum in Tallinn De meditatiesessies van het centrum staan open<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/tibet\/compassion-rising-tour-2025-diamondway-boeddhistisch-centrum-in-tallinn\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Diamondway Boeddhistisch Centrum in Tallinn\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLees meer\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u0101nis M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Skuja en \u0122irts Lapi\u0146\u0161 3 augustus: gesprekken over Tibet met parlements- en gemeenteraadsleden in Riga J\u0101nis M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Skuja van de &#8216;Latvia for Tibet&#8217; vereniging regelde in Riga twee belangrijke afspraken voor mij. In de voormiddag zaten we samen met parlementslid Juris Vi\u013cums, secretaris van de parlementaire Commissie voor Buitenlandse Zaken en tevens leider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[{"term_id":35,"name":"Fietsen","slug":"fietsen","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":35,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":188,"count":153,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":35,"category_count":153,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Fietsen","category_nicename":"fietsen","category_parent":188},{"term_id":196,"name":"Letland","slug":"letland","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":196,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":187,"count":4,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":196,"category_count":4,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Letland","category_nicename":"letland","category_parent":187},{"term_id":26,"name":"Tibet","slug":"tibet","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":26,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Alle Tibetaanse centra, kloosters of Tibet-gerelateerde verhalen die ik onderweg bezoek of hoor ","parent":189,"count":27,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":26,"category_count":27,"category_description":"Alle Tibetaanse centra, kloosters of Tibet-gerelateerde verhalen die ik onderweg bezoek of hoor ","cat_name":"Tibet","category_nicename":"tibet","category_parent":189}],"tags":[136,131],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fietsen","category-letland","category-tibet","tag-activisme","tag-solidariteit-tibet"],"acf":[],"images":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Parlement-Riga_1-150x150.webp","medium":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Parlement-Riga_1-300x225.webp","medium_large":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Parlement-Riga_1-768x576.webp","large":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Parlement-Riga_1-1024x768.webp","full":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4sept25_Parlement-Riga_1.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8011,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions\/8011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}