12. Mar 2010
HRW urges China to release Tibetan detainees
(HRW) The New York-based human rights group Human Rights Watch has urged the Chinese government to release those Tibetans detained without charge during the crackdown on the peaceful protests in March 2008 in Tibet. "On the second anniversary of the March 2008 protests in Tibetan areas, the Chinese government should release those detained without charge", Human Rights Watch said. "The Chinese government should also respect rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in responding to protests in Lhasa and other Tibetan areas during the anniversary. Scores of people in Lhasa have reportedly already been arbitrarily arrested and detained" it said. "Further repression will breed precisely the kind of instability the Chinese government fears", said Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.