Canada Tibet Committee- URGENT ACTION
Tibetan Refugees Killed at the Nepal Border
The Chinese armed forces opened fire on a group of about 70 Tibetans escaping to Nepal, killing a 17 year-old nun. A young boy of 12 or 13 was also shot, possibly to death. After firing for several minutes, the Chinese patrollers took into custody a group of 8 to 10 young children. However, some of the refugees managed to reach the Nepalese border, including a 7 or 8 year-old girl. It is feared that Chinese diplomats in Kathmandu are tracking down witnesses to silence them. The British newspaper, The Independent also documented testimonies of many Western climbers who helplessly witnessed the incident.
Each year, thousands of Tibetans flee across the mountains towards Nepal, in pursuit of a religious and cultural education that is denied to them in Tibet. Notwithstanding the risks and hardships endured by all those refugees, this event is particularly shocking and horrific.
The Canada Tibet Committee therefore urges the Canadian government to express its outrage to the Chinese government over the shootings and detention of survivors, and demands for a full accounting of the incident as well as the fate of the children and others in their custody.
You can take action :
1.Write to the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Peter MacKay, to ask him that your government lodge an official diplomatic objection to China for its systematic violation of human rights that this incident highlights.
Address : House of Commons
Ottawa (Ontario)
K1A 0A6
Telephone : (613) 992-6022
Fax : (613) 992-2337
Email : Mackay.P@parl.gc.ca
2.Write to the Chinese ambassador in Canada, Mr. Lu Shumin, to express your concern at the continuing violations of human rights by the People’s Republic of China’s armed forces.
Address : 515 St.Patrick Street
Ottawa (Ontario)
KIN 5H3
Telephone : 1-613-7893434/7910511
Fax : 1-613-7891911/7891414
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