[17 May 2011] European Council President Herman Van Rompuy raised human rights in a speech to China's Communist Party members, and apparently during meetings with Hu Jinato and Wen Jiabao, but he failed to raise Tibet and he did not mention cases such as that of Ai Weiwei, Liu Xiaobo or Dhondup Wangchen. President van Rompuy was on an official three day visit to China which began on 15 May.
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[11 May 2011] Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced in parliament the creation of 50 new diplomatic posts in China. However, it is not yet clear whether additional resources are being granted to monitor Tibetan regions and human rights.
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To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2011 the British government issued statements supporting the rights to freedom of expression and calling for an open and free media in all countries. Tibet supporters are asked to write to the Foreign Office to encourage them to act on their words, by urging China to allow international reporters access to Tibetan areas, in particular the Ngaba region which is under a military crackdown (see action below).
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On 31 March the United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) launched its 2010 Human Rights and Democracy Report. In his foreword to the report, Foreign Secretary William Hague wrote that the British government is committed to a “foreign policy that has the practical promotion of human rights as part of its irreducible core”. Attending the launch, Tibet Society was encouraged by the government’s intent to make human rights central to its foreign policy.
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[2 December 2010] Representatives of Chinese, Uighur & Tibetan Solidarity UK (CUTS UK, a coalition which includes Tibet Society) delivered a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street in the run-up to Human Rights Day on 10 December.
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