The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its serious concern for the fates of two Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, who were sentenced to death by the Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People’s Court on 8 April 2009.
There is no information on whether the duos have appeal to the higher people?s court for review after the death sentence verdict by the Lhasa Intermediate people’s court. If no appeal is presented, then the sentence is automatically review by the Tibet Autonomous Region Higher People’s Court and submitted to the Supreme People’s Court for approval. As the intermediate period of review draws near, TCHRD is seriously concern about the prospects of their imminent execution as it was earlier reported that the two “have to be executed in order to assuage the people’s anger” as quoted saying by the court spokesman in the state media.