Thank you Gordon Brown! In 2004 Tony Blair did not meet the Dalai Lama but you are doing the right thing. Tibet has truth on it's side, that's the biggest weapon we have, no amount of brutality from the chinese will crush our spirit. Chinese leaders should realise that they can not go on with their propaganda - they should listen to the Dalai Lama's continuous request for peaceful dialogues and genuine autonomy as the best solution for both China and Tibet.

Tenzin Chime, London, UK

I have been following the events in Tibet recently and i have read alot of comments from both pro Tibetan and pro Chinese viewpoints.
i would just like to say that Gordon Brown has done the right thing, he should not be afraid to meet with the Dali Lama, despite the political/economic fallout.
The world is a much smaller place these days and we see what goes on all round the globe. The Chinese have tried to persuade their own population and us that he is some kind of terrorist ... come on !! anyone who has the slightest knowledge of this man would be able to tell you that he is as far removed from a terrorist as any man could be!
Maybe the Chinese people really do believe that, but they don't have the freedom of information that we do.
What i find incredible is that the Chinese government think that everywhere else in the world will fall for their propaganda!!
Don't they think we watch the news or have never heard the Dali Lama Speak ??
God bless the Tibetans and the Dalilama

Shaun Holmes, Malmesbury, UK

I am delighted that Gordon Brown has agreed to meet His Holiness The Dalai Lama in May this year. Please, Please, Please Mr Brown and all the world leaders, do what is right for the Tibetan people. They have lived under China's heel for far too long. Nearly sixty years of repression and brutality has resulted in this awful uprising. The Chinese government should be called to account for it's actions and let the Tibetans decide for themselves how they wish to live in their own country.

Lee from Nottingham - I think the Chinese government has done a pretty good job of humiliating the Chinese people already - no-one else has to do that.

Michelle of France - there are a massive amount of postings on the Tibet issue related to some of the other news reports over the weekend. Just follow the links to other reports on Tibet.

Wendy, Hull, UK

I admire Gordon Brown for finally taking a courageous step, in a world inundated with petty and selfish politicians, to meet with the Dalai Lama. It is time to tell the Chinese on the face that what they are doing is both unjust and inhuman. By this initiative the stature of England would go up in the eyes of the world. It has been dormant for long and it is time for England to assert its role in finding just solutions to the global concerns through some positive and constrictive interventions! The world is sick of the if-you-have-oil-only or if-it- serves-our- interests-only type of US interventions. Present world urgently needs world class leaders who have both vision and convictions and who can initiate in constructive dialogue. This step is in the right direction and one hopes that it paves the way for a peaceful resolution of the Tibet issue.

Stanislaus Alla, Chestnut Hill, USA

I am dismayed to see so few comments posted on the Tibet crisis as I believe it to be one of the most important issues of the day. The misdemeaners of other countries (eg the USA and Iraq) are not an excuse for China's reaction in Tibet. They must face the fact that they invaded and took control of a peaceful neighbour and are now paying the price for the Tibetan people's frustration and need for autonomy.

Whilst China's gradual entry into the world's free economy is commendable, they have to realise that this type of behaviour is unacceptable (difficult to preach I agree, based on certain other countries treatment of the sovereign turf of others). To allow the Olympic Games to proceed is unthinkable given China's reaction to the World's pleas for restraint. They should be made to realise that it is not so easy to "buy" their way into people's hearts. Lee, the Chinese people have been humiliated by their own government and not by Gordon Brown.

Michelle, Plan de la Tour , France

Show some guts China is the biggest terrorrist state out there, making UN building disaster look like a skirmish if u add up the Tibetians who have died since 1950.58 yrs of suppression.
I was against giving Hong Kong to China, now because HK makes money for China, it is safe at moment, but it like Tibet is only a colony, and i thought colonial times were over? Who will China get next Taiwan is favorite always instances there over last 20 yrs, remember the gunboats.
So USA goes into Iraq over terrorism is this not so similiar, the problem most people who talk here have no idea what happened there in past, they are making statements based on now, on the violence there now, not on the history, where China suddenly attacks Tibet in 1950, with no warning, strangely similiar to japan's attac k in Manchuria, in the 1930's.
Now if tTibet had been christian they may have got help, but, at the time hardly anyone knew what Buddhism was about.
Well Bush, Tibet is next door to Afghanistan. >

jonathan rose, great Torrington, UK

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. At last our Prime Minister has taken a public stand on the atrocities in Tibet. An answer to all our prayers.
Here's to a peaceful resolution in Tibet.

Clare Josa, Burley, UK

Before prime minister make that decision, he may also need to ask himself whether he is humiliating Chinese people by meeting a separatist

lee, Nottingham,

Tibet is a Chinese colony in contradiction to an era which has seen an end to colonial empires and the disintegration of the Soviet Union leading to freedom and, in many cases, to democratic governments in the former colonies.

The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950-51 was as, or more, brutal than the Soviet suppression of Hungary in 1956. China continues to suppress and oppress the gentle people of Tibet.

It is high time for world leaders to support independence for Tibet.

Sentry, Concord, USA

It has been long due. China has demographic aggression design on Tibet. In Lhasa there are more Han Chinese than Tibetans. Dalai Lama says, "Tibet is like a Lamb in Lion's mouth". Tibetans can shake a bit but they can not do more than that. World has ignored Tibet a long time.
China is becoming a super power in two categories. Military and Economically. But they are not near to become super power on morality. They need to open up Tibet case in World forum. Let the historians decide if Tibet is part of China or not.
Dalai Lama will never ever instigate Tibetans to do riots in any form. Because he says that "Tibetans have the truth and it does not need any voilence to prove it."
Mr. Brown it not too late still to listen to Dalai Lama !!!

Pasang, Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A.

Why NATO did not bombed Beijing same as it bombed Belgrade, killing innocent civilians? Because they couldn’t. (Unlike Belgrade, where they could)

Isay Goltman, Pompano Beach, Florida

It is good news to hear that Brown has spoken to Wen about holding talks with the Dalai Lama.

bill, forestville, CA/USA