Dear Prime Minister,

Please accept my congratulations for agreeing to meet the Dalai Lama in May.
I appeal to you now to condemn the Chinese government for imposing a media
blackout in Tibet and all Tibetan-populated areas of China.
The UK government must demand that British and other foreign journalists
are allowed unfettered access to report unfolding events in Tibet.

I appeal to you also to send a clear message to China that it must
negotiate full autonomy for the Tibetan people in their own country.
This you can do by meeting officially with the Dalai Lama at
10 Downing Street in May and by calling on the Chinese government to
hold the next round of negotiations with the Tibetan government-in-exile
in a third country, attended by independent observers.

I urge you to act immediately on the media blackout and to do everything
in your power to broker a peaceful, equitable and last settlement in Tibet.

Yours sincerely,

Gareth Slee