#  Dalai Lama Calls for Ban of Death Penalty During Japan Visit 

 





April 09, 2005

 

 

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

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On April 9, 2005 *Agence France-Presse* reported, "Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for the abolition of the death penalty and a revamp of centuries of academic-centered thinking on education to build a more 'warm-hearted' world. On the second day of a visit to Japan which has been condemned by China, the Dalai Lama told a crowd of hundreds in Tokyo that criminals should be treated with 'compassion, not anger.' 'Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people,' the Buddhist monk said in a sumo wrestling arena rearranged for his address on Saturday."



 

 

 



 

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