Please take urgent action to save the lives of Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak


Wherever you are in the world please write to the Chinese Minister of Justice, the Chinese ambassador to your country and to your local politician, calling on authorities to:

· Reverse the death sentences of Lobsang Gyaltsen, Loyak, Tenzin Phuntsog, Gangtsu and Penkyi;

· Secure guarantees that all trials of Tibetans are held in open court, with legal safeguards met, and that consular staff and foreign journalists be allowed to attend such court proceedings where requested;

· Request the publication of a full list of the names and locations of all Tibetans still in detention after last year’s protests.

Sample letter to the Chinese Minister of Justice and Chinese ambassadors

Sample letter for US citizens

Sample letter for UK citizens

Please send copies of any responses to Free Tibet (mail@freetibet.org); this helps us to monitor the situation.

Appeals should be sent to:

1) Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China

WU Aiying Buzhang
Sifabu
10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyangqu, Beijingshi 100020, People's Republic of China
Fax: +86 10 65292345
Email: pfmaster@legalinfo.gov.cn
Salutation: Dear Minister

Please note that emails to Chinese authorities in China are often blocked or bounce back. The email above is the only one available.

2) Please also send a copy to the Chinese Embassy in your own country; below is the address for the Chinese embassy in the UK:

Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the UK
Madam Fu Ying
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
49-51 Portland Place
London W1 1JL
Fax: 020-76362981
Email: press@chinese-embassy.org.uk
Salutation: Your Excellency

3) UK citizens, please write to Foreign Secretary David Miliband calling on him to publicly and privately press the Chinese authorities to address this urgent situation, as above.

Rt Hon David Miliband, MP
Foreign Secretary
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
Fax: 020 7008 1500