MARCH 10TH, 1996: EUROPEAN DEMONSTRATION FOR TIBETAN LIBERTY. ORGANIZED BY THE TIBET INTERGROUP OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BY THE TIBETAN COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE, BY THE EUROPEAN TIBET SUPPORT GROUPS AND BY THE RADICAL PARTY.

Brussels, February 12, 1996. A European demonstration for the "Freedom of Tibet" has been organized for this upcoming March 10th in Brussels. The promoters for this initiative are: The Tibet Intergroup of the European Parliament, the Tibetan communities within Europe, the European Tibet Support Groups and the Radical Party, transnational and transdivisional, which are all united in a European Organizational Committee headquartering in Brussels, and within National Committees among more than 15 European states.

The demonstration will begin at 11:00am on March 10th in front of the Chinese Embassy in Brussels. After marching through the streets of the city, the demonstration will finish in front of the European Parliament Building, whereby the Prof. Samdhong RINPOCHE, president of the Tibetan Parliament in exile, and representatives from European, national, political, and Tibetan delegations will speak.

The demonstrators ask, as is written in the promoter's political platform; that "direct and unconditional negotiations begin, without delay, on the future status of Tibet, between the Dalai Lama and Tibetan government in exile on one side and the government of the People's Republic of China on the other;" that population transfers of the Chinese into Tibet must be halted immediately; and that the civil, religious, and political rights of the Tibetan people be respected.

Numerous party, organization, and union delegations as well as many citizens' groups representing the different National Committees of France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Spain, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Holland, Switzerland and Sweden have already given confirmation of their presence in Brussels.

European Committee for the March 10th Demonstration

Radical Party

European Parliament, REM 508

97-113, rue Belliard

1047 BRUSSELS

tel. +32.2.230.41.21

fax. +32.2.230.36.70

e-mail: P.Atzori@Agora.stm.it