06 April 2008
Latest information as of july 29, 2008, number of Tibetans killed, arrested, and injured since March 10 clampdown on the Tibetans by the PRC follows below:
- Number of Tibetans killed: more than 218 (july 31st 2008)
- Number of Tibetan injured: above 1,290
- Number of Tibetan arrested: more than 6,705
In view of the ongoing critical situation inside Tibet, we urge the United Nations and the International community and organizations to the following urgent needs:
- 1.To immediately send an independent international fact-finding mission into Tibet
- 2.To exert pressure on the PRC government to allow unfettered access to free press in whole of Tibet
- 3.To pressure the PRC to end the brutal killings in the whole of Tibet
- 4.To immediately release all the arrested and imprisoned Tibetans
- 5.To extend immediate medical assistance to those injured Tibetans
- 6.To allow free movement of people and provide access to daily needs