Appeal to persuade China on human
rights in Tibet

[Thursday, 26 May 2011, 1:02 p.m.]

DHARAMSHALA:
The president of the Mandi Local
Tibetan Assembly and the chairman of the Tashiling Tibetan Settlement
located in Himachal Pradesh in northern India have urged the director
of Asian Centre for Human Rights in
New Delhi to persuade China to respect human rights of the Tibetan
people in Tibet.

In an appeal letter sent to the rights council on 11 May, the Tibetan settlement
called for an immediate action against the inhuman treatment of
Tibetans in Tibet by the Chinese authority.

They also demanded full attention to be
paid on the deteriorating situation in Tibet by the Human Rights
Council.

As the critical situation prevails in
Kirti monastery and areas of Ngaba, the Mandi Local Tibetan Assembly
urged the centre and other international communities to press China
to allow the monasteries to carry out their religious activities.

The Tibetan people residing in Mandi
district of Himachal Pradesh expressed their concern over the
crackdown on Kirti monastery of Ngaba in northeastern Tibet and
appeal for the release of detained Tibetans in Tibet.

Many monks and lay people were arrested
and severely beaten by the Chinese police for their resistance
against the authority.

Following the self immolation of a monk
on 16 May and the seizure of 300 monks in about 10 military trucks on
the night of 21 April led to an indiscriminate beating which resulted
in the death of two elderly Tibetans namely, Dongko, aged 60 and
Sherkyi, 65.

The acts of detaining monks to an
unknown locations and preventing food supplies from entering inside
the compound of the monastery is a complete violation of Human
Rights, said the president of the Local Tibetan Assembly of Mandi.