§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What representations they and the European Union respectively have made to the Government of the People's Republic of China on the case of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche.[HL540]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanWe and our European Union (EU) partners have raised in a series of demarches with the Chinese authorities our serious concerns about the way in which the trial of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche was conducted and the death sentence. The most recent EU demarche took place on 25 November 2004. The Dutch presidency, on behalf of the EU, wrote to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the case on 22 December 2004. The case was also included on our list of individual cases of concern at the UK-China human rights dialogue round which took place on 22 November in Beijing. My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under- secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Bill Rammell) raised this case with Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui in December 2003.