UNITED NATIONS Nobel laureates and celebrities have joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu in urging China to stop “verbally abusing” Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, according to a belonging to man rights Web position.

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The South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate expressed trouble in a letter at what he called the deterioration of the human rights position in Tibet, and the apparent breakdown of talks betwixt the Chinese government and emissaries of the Dalai Lama.

The letter - posted on TheCommunity.com, an Internet site for Nobel winners and dealing with human rights issues - was opened to the public against signatures Friday.

According to the site, individual Nobel laureates own signed the literal meaning including Elie Wiesel and Jody Williams as well-head as dozens of celebrities and rights activists in the same state as Richard Gere, Mia Farrow and Harrison Ford.

Earlier this week, the Dalai Lama condemned China’s “beastly crackdown” and its harsh rule across the decades, which has turned Tibet into a “hell on earth.”

Tensions have spiked ahead of two key anniversaries this week - the 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising that sent the Dalai Lama into sunderment from home and kindred and Saturday’s one-year anniversary of violent anti-Chinese riots in Lhasa that sparked Tibet’s most widespread, sustained revolt in decades.

China claims Tibet as part of its territory and blames the Dalai Lama as antidote to advancing an agenda for independence and fomenting the anti-government protests in Lhasa.

Tutu told the Dalai Lama: “We stand with you. You define non-violence and compassion and goodness. Clearly China does not be assured of you. It is our sincere hope that they will.”

The archbishop continued by asking China to “come to a stand-still naming, blaming and verbally abusing one whose life has been devoted to peace.”

Mary Wald, who heads the situation, said the letter would eventually be delivered to Chinese President Hu Jintao and others.

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