2 December 2011

Tibetans in eastern Tibet are taking the most desperate action to cry out to the world for help. 46-year-old Tenzin Phuntsog set himself on fire yesterday in Chamdo; the first to immolate in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). There have been twelve instances of self-immolations by Tibetans since March. The Australian government in October raised concerns over the spate of self-immolations with the Chinese authorities in Canberra and in Beijing.

It is time to raise the stakes for Tibet. Australia must join world governments to collectively pressure China to end its repression in Tibet once and for all.

Send an urgent message to Gillard urging her to take swift, multi-lateral action to end the crisis in Tibet