Tibet questionnaire for the 2012 presidential candidates
HOW YOU CAN HELP
By posting a message to the candidate's Facebook page, sending a tweet, or sending an email you can make your voice heard.

Suggested text along with each candidate's contact information is provided below.






SUGGESTED EMAIL TEXT
Dear _____________,

As a Tibet supporter I want to know your views on Tibet and relations with China. Please take a moment to complete the Tibet questionnaire (http://bit.ly/ICT-questionnaire-PDF) about your opinion on Tibet. A hard copy was sent recently to your campaign by the International Campaign for Tibet, a non-partisan, non-profit organization with 350,000 members across the country. They are collecting responses from the 2012 presidential candidates and will post them on their website (www.savetibet.org).

The Tibet issue is important to me and to many in my community.

Thank you,
(your name)




SUGGESTED FACEBOOK POST
I am a Tibet supporter, and would like to know your views on the Tibet issue as we get closer to election day. Your campaign has been asked to complete a Tibet policy questionnaire by the International Campaign for Tibet, as they have done in previous cycles.

I would be grateful for your response to this questionnaire and to hear your views on how you, as President, would engage with China and help bring about a lasting solution to the Tibet issue.

Please take a moment to fill it out at bit.ly/Tibet-Policy-Qs




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The International Campaign for Tibet has asked the candidates running in 2012 to state what they would do as President to engage with China and help bring about a lasting solution to the Tibet issue.

In every election since 2000, ICT has sent candidate questionnaires on Tibet to the presidential candidates. We do this as a service to our members, the Tibetan-American community and Tibet supporters living in the United States. We intend to make these candidate responses available to the general public through our website (www.savetibet.org).

We need your help promoting the Tibet questionnaire so that the public knows where the candidates stand on the issue of Tibet, which is important to us. Please take a moment to contact the candidates via the links below.

With some 350,000 members across the country, ICT advocates for the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people. As a non-partisan, non-profit organization, ICT cannot endorse candidates for political office or take part in campaigns. However, we can inform Tibet supporters on where candidates stand on this issue of historic concern to the American people and their elected leadership.

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Libertarian
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Democrat

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Statement of President Barack Obama for the International Campaign for Tibet

As President, I have strongly supported the preservation of the unique religious, cultural, and linguistic traditions of Tibet and the Tibetan people throughout the world. I have met with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama at the White House twice since taking office, in 2010 and 2011, and I commended his commitment to nonviolence and dialogue with China and his pursuit of the "Middle Way" approach. The policy of the United Stats is that Tibet is a part of the People's Republic of China, and the United States does not support independence for Tibet. We encourage direct dialogue to resolve long-standing differences. The hope is that this dialogue will produce results that would be positive for China and Tibetans.

I have also consistently supported the building of a strong U.S.-China cooperative partnership. I have repeatedly raised Tibet and human rights issues with Chinese President Hu Jintao. In 2011, I announced during a joint press conference with President Hu that we agreed to move ahead with our formal dialogue on human rights, including the preservation of the religious and cultural identity of the Tibetan people. I reaffirmed with President Hu America's fundamental commitment to the universal rights of all people. That includes basic human rights like freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association and demonstration, and of religion - rights that are recognized in the Chinese constitution. The United States speaks up for these freedoms and the dignity of every human being, not only because it's part of who we are as Americans, but we do so because we believe that by upholding these universal rights, all nations, including China, will ultimately be prosperous and successful.