The situation in Tibet is growing ever worse. Continued updates are being
posted at www.savetibet.org. The reports we are getting from reliable
sources tell of continuing mass arrests, (600 on Friday, 300 on Saturday)
house to house searches, beatings, and to quote a well-informed source in
China who says:
³arrested Tibetans were paraded through the streets in military vehicles.
There were two vehicles driving through the streets and in the two vehicles
were 40 young Tibetan men and women with their hands tied behind their backs
and their heads forcibly bowed down, and each person was held from behind by
a soldier carry a rifle.²
Horrific photos of those killed at Kirti Monastery in Amdo can be found at
www.tchrd.org <http://www.tchrd.org> . These photos are extremely
disturbing so please if you do look be prepared.
What can you do??
The two main actions are:
1. Urge President Bush to speak out publicly and ask China to show
restraint, as well as address the fundamental causes that have led to events
of the past week. Please call the President at 202-456-1111 or contact him
by email at comments@whitehouse.gov.
2. It is urgent that reporters be allowed into Tibet to independently verify
what has happened. If you live in the U.S., please contact your member of
Congress and ask them to demand that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao honor his
promise to open Tibet to journalists.
We are also encouraging Members of Congress to make statements on the
situation in Tibet. All three presidential candidates have now made
statements.
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International Campaign for Tibet
1825 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
www.savetibet.org
Due process and transparency
- ICT urges the Chinese government to allow access to all Tibetan areas for
international observers and independent journalists;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to release all prisoners who have
protested peacefully and to grant due process to all others who have been
taken into custody; especially offer access to independent counsel and to
relatives;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to refrain from using violence at
peaceful protests of Tibetans;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to fair and open trials for those who
have been arrested;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to refrain from using torture or other
degrading treatment;
International community
- ICT urges the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise
Arbour, to travel to Tibet;
- ICT urges the international community to strongly appeal to the Chinese
government to refrain from using force and to refrain from using torture or
other maltreatment;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to enter into a substantive and
meaningful dialogue with the Dalai Lama and his envoys, in order to bring
about lasting change and peace in Tibet.
posted at www.savetibet.org. The reports we are getting from reliable
sources tell of continuing mass arrests, (600 on Friday, 300 on Saturday)
house to house searches, beatings, and to quote a well-informed source in
China who says:
³arrested Tibetans were paraded through the streets in military vehicles.
There were two vehicles driving through the streets and in the two vehicles
were 40 young Tibetan men and women with their hands tied behind their backs
and their heads forcibly bowed down, and each person was held from behind by
a soldier carry a rifle.²
Horrific photos of those killed at Kirti Monastery in Amdo can be found at
www.tchrd.org <http://www.tchrd.org> . These photos are extremely
disturbing so please if you do look be prepared.
What can you do??
The two main actions are:
1. Urge President Bush to speak out publicly and ask China to show
restraint, as well as address the fundamental causes that have led to events
of the past week. Please call the President at 202-456-1111 or contact him
by email at comments@whitehouse.gov.
2. It is urgent that reporters be allowed into Tibet to independently verify
what has happened. If you live in the U.S., please contact your member of
Congress and ask them to demand that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao honor his
promise to open Tibet to journalists.
We are also encouraging Members of Congress to make statements on the
situation in Tibet. All three presidential candidates have now made
statements.
********************************************************
International Campaign for Tibet
1825 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
www.savetibet.org
Due process and transparency
- ICT urges the Chinese government to allow access to all Tibetan areas for
international observers and independent journalists;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to release all prisoners who have
protested peacefully and to grant due process to all others who have been
taken into custody; especially offer access to independent counsel and to
relatives;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to refrain from using violence at
peaceful protests of Tibetans;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to fair and open trials for those who
have been arrested;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to refrain from using torture or other
degrading treatment;
International community
- ICT urges the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise
Arbour, to travel to Tibet;
- ICT urges the international community to strongly appeal to the Chinese
government to refrain from using force and to refrain from using torture or
other maltreatment;
- ICT urges the Chinese government to enter into a substantive and
meaningful dialogue with the Dalai Lama and his envoys, in order to bring
about lasting change and peace in Tibet.
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