[23 Oct 2009] Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis condemned the recent executions in Lhasa of two Tibetans, Mr Lobsang Gyaltsen and Mr Loyak, on Friday 23 October. Ivan Lewis also called on China to urgently review the cases of those who remain under sentence of death.
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[22 October 2009] The 166 member organisations of the International Tibet Support Network condemn the government of China for the executions of three Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen, Loyak, and Penkyi in Lhasa on 20 October. A fourth unidentified Tibetan was also reportedly executed on the same day.
China's decision to execute these Tibetans is an affront to international judicial standards. These executions are clearly politically motivated (see Notes 1 & 2), and concerns that those convicted did not have a fair trial are well-founded. Tuesday’s executions show that China will use all methods at its disposal to intimidate Tibetans and crush all perceived opposition to its occupation of Tibet.
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Tibet Society strongly condemns the judicial execution of four Tibetans in Lhasa on 20 October. Reports now confirm these took place and those executed were Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak who had both received death sentences in April, Penkyi and an as yet unidentified fourth Tibetan. Confirmation of Penkyi's identity remains unclear, a 23-year-old Tibetan woman named Penkyi was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in April and another Penkyi received a sentence of life imprisonment. The trials that reached these verdicts were conducted behind closed doors with no evidence of any due legal processes being applied. Tibet Society calls on the British government to issue a statement condemning the executions in the strongest possible terms and to urgently engage the Chinese government regarding the absence of due legal process apparent in the trials of those executed. |
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The only organisation advocating for Tibet, Tibet Society’s presence at the 2009 Labour Party Conference in Brighton ensured that Labour MPs, members, the international media and other delegates were engaged about the pressing political and human rights issues facing the Tibetan people. Direct representations were also made to the Chinese Ambassador, who was present at a conference fringe meeting. |
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Following a brief visit to Tibet and talks in Beijing, Ivan Lewis called for "greater autonomy" and "respect for human rights", emphasising the need for dialogue between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama's envoys, in a Beijing press conference dominated by the issue of Tibet.
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