A German Lutheran leader, Maria Jepsen, who is bishop of Hamburg, spoke out in support of Tibetans during a "global day of action" for Tibet on Monday, recalling how she had insistently raised the Tibet issue on her own visits to China. She told 300 people holding "Freedom for Tibet" banners on a downtown square in the northern port-city of Hamburg that the Christian religion obliged its believers to support the oppressed. "Two things are stake at the moment: the dignity of China and the life of Tibet," she said. "Only peace can preserve both."

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