The Honorable Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington DC 20520, USA

Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary of State
Department of State
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
2201 C Street, NW, Room 7802
Washington DC 20520, USA

Dear Secretary of State,

I am writing you beeing pleased and welcoming reports that the USA is considering to released more detainees from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. I do not express concern at the return of the Uighurs to China, where they would be at risk of serious human rights abuses not in accordance with international standards. They urged the USA not to forcibly return anyone to any country where they may face serious human rights violations. 
In this regard, Amnesty International notes that in a separate case raised recently within the US-China human rights dialogue, China executed a Tibetan, Lobsang Dhondup, in January 2003 without adhering to assurances given to the USA one month earlier. In 1995, Wang Jianye was executed after being extradited from Thailand, despite assurances given to the Thai authorities that he would not face the death penalty. I consider that assurances by the Chinese government must be taken with extreme caution and therefore appeal to you, on humanitarian grounds, to uphold your obligation under international law.

Thank you. 

Respectfully,