Tibetan monk decries China pressure on Spain in rights case


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Feb 2014

Tibetan monk Thubten Wangchen, leader of the Tibetan community in Spain, takes part in a demonstration in front of China's embassy in Madrid March 10, 2012. Tibetans-in-exile and local supporters demonstrated against the repressive policies of the Chinese government on the occasion of the 53rd National Uprising Day. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

MADRID (Reuters) - The Tibetan monk who caused friction between China and Spain by pushing a human rights complaint through Spanish courts, said on Tuesday he was disappointed Spain might water down a pioneering human rights laws that made his case possible.

But he said even if his case - which drew a sharp rebuke from China this week - is thrown out, it has helped to draw international attention to the Tibetan cause.

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