International PEN Resolution on Tibet

The Assembly of Delegates of International PEN, meeting at its 71st Congress in Bled, Slovenia, 14 - 21 June 2005,

Considering the on-going and widespread crackdown of free expression rights of Tibetans inside or outside Tibet and the People's Republic of China;

Alarmed by the detention of many writers in various prisons, making the country one of the largest jailers of writers in the world;

Opposing the escalation of state-ordered assaults on independent-minded media in Tibet, in which editors are arrested, publications closed and blackouts imposed on politically sensitive events;

Further concerned by the Chinese government's continued imposition of repressive measures in Tibet that limit any display of support for an independent Tibet, human rights or religious and cultural expression of Tibetan identity;

Urges the government to;

Release all Tibetan prisoners held inside Tibet and the People's Republic of China who are detained in violation of their right to freedom of expression, including:

Geshe, Je Tashi Gyaltsen, Jampel Gyatso, Tsultrim Phelgye, Lobsang Dhargye and Thoesam Zsangten of Thoesam Yonten Dhargye ling in Dagkar Teldzong Monastery in Domey
province.

Last updated: July 8, 2005