21 December 2006
UNPO seeks urgent action intervention on Jigme Gyatso
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is seeking an Urgent Action Intervention by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the fate of Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Gyatso currently detained at Chushul (Chinese: Qushui) Prison on the outskirts of Lhasa. UNPO stated that information emerging from Tibet suggests that Jigme Gyatso has been maltreated and held in isolation following his meeting with Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on Torture, that more restrictions have been placed on his monthly family visits rights, and that his health is worsening rapidly. UNPO urges the Working Group to join the call of the Special Rapporteur on Torture that Jigme Gyatso be released.