Political Situation In Tibet
EDM number 1034 in 2008-09, proposed by Norman Baker on 10/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.
That this House condemns the state of de facto martial law that Tibet has been subjected to by the Chinese government on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising and the flight of the Dalai Lama; recognises the severe impact on basic human rights and freedoms the present Chinese approach is having on the Tibetan people; notes that Tibetans continue to be tortured and killed and that thousands are subject to arbitrary and heavy-handed restrictions of movement; and calls on the Chinese government to end the de facto martial law and to lift the official ban on access to Tibet for journalists and aid organisations.
This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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