Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Wilkinson (Conservative), on Wednesday, 5 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 72 members in total.

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CHINESE EXECUTION OF LOBSANG DHONDUP AND FURTHER PERSECUTION OF TIBETANS

That this House condemns the first case of a politically motivated execution of a Tibetan in more than a decade when 28 year old Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup was executed by Chinese authorities on Sunday 26th January in Sichuan Province; notes with dismay the confirmation of a two year suspended death sentence for respected Buddhist leader, Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche; believes this case raises serious doubts about the fairness of the trial procedure that inter alia relied on Lobsang Dhondup's confession, which may have been extracted under torture and which was later retracted; and is concerned that the supposed retrial was held in secret.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

670 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Capital punishment China Human rights Political prisoners Sentencing Trials Torture Tibet

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk