Tibet: Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Read a copy of Amnesty oral statement to be read out at the UN Human Rights Council on the afternoon of 25 March 2008.
News & events > News and features > News > March 2008		25 Mar 2008
Tibet protests: Independent UN investigation needed
"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet,
News & events > News and features > News > March 2008		17 Mar 2008
China: Four Tibetan Children at imminent risk of torture
Four Tibetan children aged 15 years, detained since 7 September in Gansu province, are at grave risk of torture and mistreatment on suspicion of writing pro-Tibetan independence slogans, said Amnesty International today. A fifth child, 14 years old, is in hospital suffering severe head injuries received in detention.
News & events > News and features > News > October 2007		15 Oct 2007
CHINA: RELEASE OF TIBET'S LONGEST SERVING PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE WELCOMED
Amnesty International has welcomed the recent release of Jigme Sangpo, Tibet's longest serving prisoner of conscience, and urged the Chinese authorities to continue with prisoner releases.
News & events > News and features > News > April 2002		4 Apr 2002
CHINA: Release of Tibetan prisoner of conscience welcome but authorities must do more
Amnesty International welcomed the release of Tibetan music scholar, Ngawang Choephel, but urged the Chinese authorities to go one step further by freeing all those jailed in Tibet in violation of their fundamental human rights.
News & events > News and features > News > January 2002		22 Jan 2002
People's Republic of China: Amnesty International condemns execution of Tibetan, following unfair trial
Amnesty International today expressed dismay at reports that Lobsang Dhondup was executed yesterday following his conviction in a secret trial for involvement in a series of bombings in Sichuan province.
News & events > News and features > News > January 2003		27 Jan 2003
TIBETAN MUSICIAN CASE MARKS 40 YEARS OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNING
As part of its 40th anniversary year campaigning, Amnesty International is focusing on the case of a Tibetan musician - Ngawang Choephel - who was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment by the Chinese authorities for producing a documentary about traditional Tibetan performing arts.
News & events > News and features > News > May 2001		25 May 2001
Tibetan translator must be released immediately
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Tsering Dorjee, a 26 year-old Tibetan who was detained in Haixi prefecture, Qinghai province on 15 August.
News & events > News and features > News > January 1999		23 Jan 1999
China: Free Tibetan monks
15 Tibetan monks were reportedly detained on 10 March for staging a peaceful demonstration: there is no information of their current whereabouts or of any charges brought against them.
What you can do > Take action > Actions		20 Mar 2008
Fear for safety of Tibetan children
A group of Tibetans who were detained in September 2006, when they were trying to flee from China to Nepal, were tortured in custody, where some may still remain.
What you can do > Take action > Actions		16 Feb 2007