China has one of the worst human rights records in the world.  And this from the country that is hosting the Olympic Games.  Despite undertakings to "clean up its act" the occupying Chinese government has, in fact, clamped down even harder in Tibet.  This section will detail some of the abuses still being perpetrated.

This section is still under construction and will be expanded and developed in the coming months.

In 1950 China invaded Tibet and has been illegally occupying the country ever since.  In that time hundreds of thousands of Tibetans (up to one in four of the population) have been killed in an act of gross human and cultural genocide;  China has systematically and continually suppressed the values, religion and culture of Tibet.

For almost sixty years the governments of the world have largely stood by and allowed China to repress, torture and kill Tibetans in their own land.  It is time for the World to stand up for Tibet, time for those in power to speak out and to call China to account.  They will only do this if pressured to do so; we need to apply this pressure, to speak truth to power, to refuse to accept spin, lies and half-truths.

The United Kingdom has had diplomatic relations with Tibet since 1904 and therefore has a particular responsibility.  Withdrawing from India in 1947, Britain assured the Tibetan government that it would support Tibet's right to manage its own affairs.  When the Chinese invaded in 1950 Britain ignored this promise and again failed to support Tibet in the United Nations following the 1959 uprising.