Two former Tibetan political prisoners are to give a talk at the University of Nottingham about what happened to them in Chinese prisons.
They will also meet Sir Colin Campbell, the vice-chancellor, to discuss the university’s plans to open a Chinese campus.
The Venerable Yeshe Togden, a Buddhist monk, and Ngawang Kyonmey, a democracy campaigner, protested against China’s occupation of Tibet.
For this, they were beaten, starved and tortured.
They are campaigning for the release of the respected Buddhist leader Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, who is due to be executed next April because of his work promoting Tibetan religion and culture.
Conall Watson, of the Tibet Society, said: “We hope Yeshe Togden and Ngwang Kyonmey can inspire students to take action for Tibet and persuade the vice-chancellor to take China’s human rights record seriously.”
The Tibetans will be addressing students and the public in lecture theatre one of the QMC Medical School at 5.15pm this Monday.
