China Confirms Two Tibet Executions
The Chinese government has confirmed the previously-reported execution of two Tibetans for their role in the 2008 Lhasa riots. From The Guardian:
A foreign ministry spokesman, Ma Zhaoxu, said two men had been put to death, and declined to provide further details. Overseas Tibetan groups have identified the dead as Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak.
Lobsang Gyaltsen was sentenced to death this year for an arson attack that killed a shop owner in Lhasa, according to a report at the time by Xinhua news agency. Loyak was handed the same penalty for starting a blaze at a motorcycle shop that killed five people, the agency said.
The US-funded Radio Free Asia said Lobsang Gyaltsen was allowed a visit by his mother before he was executed. “I have nothing to say, except please take good care of my child and send him to school,” he was quoted as telling her.
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It was just a matter of time. I have no doubt that 100s of protesters were killed by the paramilitary and later on by the government’s crackdown.
Shame on this Sick Twisted Single Party Communist Govt
The executions of Tibetans in the kangaroo courts of the CCP will not foster stability in Tibet or win the hearts & minds of the Tibetan people. Instead it will fan the flames of Tibetan nationalism. Tibetans will view these executions of examples of Chinese injustices and that they can expect no fair treatment or justice as long as Chinese colonial rule exists in Tibet.
Moreover, these executions failed to comply w/ Chinese law & Constitution. The accused were not permitted legal represenation of their choice and their trials were conducted in secret, indicating the authorities lacked the evidence to convict them in open court. Their death sentences were also supposed to be reviewed by the Supreme Peoples Court but there’s no evidence this appeal was allowed.
The trials, sentences & executions of these Tibetans lacked basic due process of law, thus they were illegal, unconstitutional and unjust.