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UK

Liu Xiaoming
The Chinese Embassy
49-51 Portland Place
London, W1B 1JL
TEL: 020 72994049


US

Ambassador Mr Zhou Wenzhoung
The Chinese Embassy
3505 International Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel Operator: +1-202-4952000
E-mail: chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn


International

President Hu Jintao
Guojia Zhuxi
Beijing
People's Republic of China


Premier Wen Jiabao
Guowuyuan
No. 9 Xihuang-chenggen Beijie
Beijingshi 100032
People's Republic of China


Wu Aiying
Minister of Justice
No. 10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie
Chaoyangqu
Beijingshi 100020
People's Republic of China
TEL: (86) 10 6520 6706
TEL: (86) 10 8313 9065
Email: pfmaster@legalinfo.gov.ch
Email: minister@legalinfo.gov.cn


The text of the letter is as follows:

President Hu

I condemn the executions of Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak in Lhasa on 20 October. From the little information available I understand they were executed after being convicted on charges of arson that led to loss of life during the spring protests of 2008.

I condemn the use of violence in all circumstances and regret any loss of life. I do not support the use of the death penalty under any circumstances. I am extremely concerned that even the most basic legal safeguards were not observed during the trials of those executed in Lhasa and there is therefore a real risk that they were innocent.

The UN has expressed serious concern over the use of confessions extracted under torture as evidence in China and Tibet. Concerns regarding the absence of legal safeguards are made stronger by the absolute lack of transparency of the legal system that has authorised these executions and the lack of information about the trials, including the identity of all those who were executed. In view of all these concerns I urge you

• to clarify the legal steps that led up to these executions and the evidence upon which the convictions were based;

• not to carry out further executions

• to give clarification on the legal status and health of all Tibetans held in detention including Penkyi from Sakya County, Tenzin Phuntsog and Gangtsu who had received suspended death sentences in April.

• to extend an open invitation to Tibet to all United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteurs.

Yours sincerely


Read more about the case in our press release of 22 October 2009