UN Secretary-General reacts to Tibetan hunger strikers in New York

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6. Tibetans call off UN hunger strike protest

AFP – Thu, Mar 22, 2012

Three Tibetans who have been on hunger strike outside the UN headquarters for the past month ended their protest Thursday after the UN said investigators would look into events in Tibet, a protest organizer said.

One of the three was in hospital when two UN officials handed over a letter to the other two from UN human rights chief Navi Pillay. They struggled out of wheelchairs to sing the Tibetan anthem after the protest was ended.

The letter from Pillay said that the rights chief had "assigned special rapporteurs of the United Nations to look into the situation inside Tibet," protest organizer Tsewang Rigzin told AFP.

"Navi Pillay herself has an open invitation to China and they are working on getting the date fixed," added the official from the Tibetan Youth Congress.

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