Call on Gordon Brown to talk Tibet in China

11 January 2008

Please act as soon as possible

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be visiting China for three days between 16 and 19 January 2008. This is an opportunity to ask Gordon Brown to break with the policies of his predecessor Tony Blair and place human rights at the top of his discussions with China.

While Gordon Brown has been an outspoken critic of Burma's crackdown on protestors and on the regime in Zimbabwe, he has been so far silent about Tibet.

Write to the Prime Minister and ask him to raise the issue of Tibet with China's leaders. Tell the Prime Minister that:

1.    The British government should publicly call on China to ratify the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which would address many of the systemic human rights abuses ongoing in Tibet.

2.    The British government should demand the immediate and unconditional release of Lama Jigme Tenzin (Bangri Tsamtrul Rinpoche), Lobsang Tsuitrim and Jigme Gyatso. Although Dr Manfred Nowak, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, called for their release in 2006, all three men are still languishing Tibetan prisons.

3.    Tell the Prime Minister that you want him to meet officially with the Dalai Lama in May 2008 when His Holiness will be in the UK.

Please write to the Prime Minister about these issues immediately. There is very little time to contact him before his departure.

Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
10 Downing Street
London SW1A 2AA
Fax: 020 7925 0918

Or you can send an e-mail message via the website: http://www.number10.gov.uk

Please send a copy of your letter to your MP to ensure he or she knows how strongly you feel about these issues.

Name of MP
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA

You can e-mail your MP via www.writetothem.com

If you haven't done so please sign Free Tibet Campaign's petition calling on Gordon Brown to meet the Dalai Lama in May 2008.

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