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The Tibetan Government in-Exile and the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today expressed deep shock over the reported execution of Lobsang Dhondup, a religious leader of Tibetans

Congressman Frank Wolf said during an interview with BBC today that the execution of Lobsang Dhondup following a secret trial on January 26 "does not bode well for the overall friendship" between China and the United States.

The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) strongly condemns the reported January 26 execution of Lobsang Dhondup after a trial that China claims was closed due to unnamed "state secrets."

Amnesty International today expressed dismay at reports that Lobsang Dhondup was executed yesterday following his conviction in a secret trial for involvement in a series of bombings in Sichuan province.

The German foreign ministry on Monday expressed its "grave concern" at the execution of a Tibetan activist convicted after a string of bomb blasts in southwestern China, saying it contradicted assurances which China had given the European Union.

Your Excellency, Following up on my appeal to Your Excellency on December 10, 2002 regarding the unfair trials and denial of legal due process to Tulku Tenzin Delek, a prominent Tibetan spiritual leader and Lobsang Dhondup

The United States said on Tuesday it was concerned a Tibetan man executed in China for a spate of bombings and a monk given a suspended death sentence in the same case were not given a fair trial.

TCHRD has received confirmed information that Lobsang Dhundup was executed on Sunday, 26 January 2003, immedaitely after a secret trial at the Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court. The same court also reaffirmed Trulku Tenzin Delek’s death sentence with a two-year reprieve.

The Chinese government defended its execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts and its rejection of the appeal of a monk sentenced to death in connection with the same case.

According to reliable sources, we are sad to learn that Lobsang Dhondup was indeed executed at seven in the morning of 26 January 2003 in Darstedo or what the Chinese call Kangding. The Tibetan communities of Delhi and Dharamsala and elsewhere have organised prayer meetings to