Tag: Tibet

AI urges China to overturn death sentences for Tibet protesters

Apr 8, 2009

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by

joanne

in AI press release, China, Urgent Action

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: April 8, 2009 Amnesty International urges China to overturn death sentences for Tibet protesters Amnesty International has condemned a decision by a court in Lhasa to hand down death sentences to two Tibetans, Losang Gyaltse and Loyar, accused of starting fatal fires in Lhasa during protests in March 2008.…