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Tibet Brief – Edition 19
The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: International parliamentarians call for debate on Tibetan environment at COP15 Concerted parliamentary action outcome of Rome WPCT Update on the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue China hearing at EP […]
International parliamentarians call for debate on Tibetan environment at COP15
An international group of parliamentarians has written an open letter calling for discussion of the Tibetan environment at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, also known as COP15. Tibet, the world’s largest and highest plateau, is the ‘world’s third pole’ because it contains the biggest ice fields outside of the Arctic and Antarctic. […]
European Parliament passes resolution on minority rights and death penalty in China
The European Parliament has passed a resolution in which it calls for an end to the death penalty in China and expresses concern at the way in which ethnic minorities are treated before the law in China. The resolution strongly condemned the execution of the two Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, in September and called […]
28th EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights
On 20 November 2009 the European Union and the People’s Republic of China held the 28th round of the EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights in Beijing. The Dialogue provided a platform for a frank exchange of views between the People’s Republic of China and the EU on a wide range of human rights issues. The […]
WPCT: The Rome Declaration on Tibet
The 5th World Parliamentarians Convention on Tibet ended in Rome on 19 November with the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Tibet. The convention was attended by 133 Parliamentarians and associates from 30 Parliaments around the world and included an address by the Dalai Lama at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament. The […]
Tibet Brief – Edition 18
The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: Lhasa executions condemned by EU and UK World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet in Rome, November Representative of EU’s Economic & Social Committee visits Dharamsala, India New ICT Report: […]
Parliamentary Motion in UK on executions in Lhasa
The Tibet Society in the UK has announced that Harry Cohen, Chair of the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet, with cross party support, has tabled an Early Day Motion in the UK parliament related to what it calls the ‘deplorable judicial executions’ of two Tibetans on 20 October 2009. Cross party MPs from […]
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union regarding the recent executions of two Tibetans
The European Union condemns the recent executions of two Tibetans, Mr Lobsang Gyaltsen and Mr Loyak. On the basis of its principled opposition to the death penalty, the EU, on 8 May 2009, called for a commutation of the death sentences handed down by Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court to several Tibetans, among them Mr Lobsang […]
Official confirmation of execution of Tibetans in Lhasa
Two Tibetans were executed in Lhasa for their alleged roles in the protests and rioting in Lhasa on March 14, 2008, according to reports by Tibetan exile organizations confirmed by the Chinese embassy in London on Friday (October 23). Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak were sentenced to death in April 2009 on charges relating to “starting […]
British Foreign Office statement on execution of Tibetans
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 […]