Tibet

EDM number 648 in 1996-97, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 12/03/1997.

That this House condemns the continued occupation of Tibet and the persistent and continuing human rights abuses perpetrated against the Tibetan people by the Chinese authorities; and calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China to enter into negotiations with the Tibetan government-in-exile without pre-conditions, to respect and preserve the cultural identity of the Tibetan people, to permit Tibetans to freely practise and express their religious beliefs, to immediately end the use of torture, beatings and arbitrary detentions and to release all prisoners detained for their political or religious beliefs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.