British Foreign Office statement on execution of Tibetans PDF Print E-mail
23 October, 2009 International Campaign for Tibet

In a statement on the UK Foreign Office website and the website of the UK Beijing Embassy, Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis condemned the execution of two Tibetans in Lhasa and called on China to urgently review the cases of those who remain under sentence of death.


He said:
 
"I condemn the recent executions in Lhasa of two Tibetans, Mr Lobsang Gyaltsen and Mr Loyak. We respect China's right to bring those responsible for the violence in Tibet last year to justice. But the UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances, and we have consistently raised our concerns about lack of due process in these cases in particular.

I expressed my deep concern about these cases during my visit to Tibet in September and urged the authorities not to carry out the death sentence. We have also raised these concerns through the European Union.

I call on China to review urgently the cases of those who remain under sentence of death for their alleged involvement in last year’s unrest."

The item can be found at http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/?view=News&id=21082898

 

Video: Channel 4 Dispatches: Undercover in Tibet

Dispatches_thumbTibetan exile Tash Despa returns to the homeland he risked his life escaping from to carry out secret filming with the award-winning, Bafta-nominated director Jezza Neumann. At the risk to its makers of imprisonment and deportation, this Dispatches film reveals the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation in Tibet, uncovering evidence of the 'cultural genocide' described by the Dalai Lama.

Play video.

ICT's Latest Report

Great Mountain reportA Great Mountain Burned by Fire: China’s Crackdown in Tibet

March 10, 2009, marked the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising in Lhasa that led to the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet, and the first anniversary of an unprecedented wave of overwhelmingly peaceful protests that swept across the Tibetan plateau, to be met by a violent crackdown.

Since March 10, 2008, the Chinese government has engaged in a comprehensive cover-up of the torture, disappearances and killings that have taken place across Tibet combined with a propaganda offensive against the exiled Tibetan leader, Nobel Peace Laureate the Dalai Lama.

Download the PDF.