The following declaration will be submited to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the Czech Parliament and to massmedias.

DECLARATION ON CHINA AND TIBET

We, the undersigned, oppose the violations of human rights in China and Tibet.

We demand the Czech Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Committee of the Czech Parliament to deal with human rights violations in China and Tibet and to react to them. The last step of Czech Foreign Ministry, which condemned sentencing of Wei Jingsheng and which drew attention to human right violations in China, is to be considered as a step in the right direction.

We request the Parliament of Czech Republic to adopt a resolution condemning the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

We stress that human rights are indivisible and if their violations are being overlooked anywhere in the world, it leads in effect to disregard for human rights also in this country.

We appeal to all people not to be indifferent to human rights violations and to criticize them openly.

Prague, February the 10th, 1996.

Karel Srb - ARTFORUM-JAZZ SECTION

Lenka Cabalova - ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS FOR FREE TIBET-S.O.S. TIBET

Jan Wunsch - CENTRE FOR SUPPORT OF LOCAL INITIATIVES

Michal Stingl - CHILDREN OF THE EARTH

Jana Cervenkova - CZECH CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL PEN CLUB

Karel Jech - GREENPEACE

Vaclav Trojan - HELSINKI CITIZENS ASSEMBLY

Simon Panek - HUMAN IN TROUBLES FOUNDATION

Jan Skoumal - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-IGFM

Dan Vondrous - MOVEMENT DUHA (RAINBOW)

Jan Jarab, Stanislav Penc - MOVEMENT FOR CIVIC SOLIDARITY AND TOLERANCE

Marie Haisova - OFFICE OF GREEN CYCLE

Eva Vavrouskova - SOCIETY FOR SUSTAINABLE LIFE

Vera Roubalova - TOLERANCE FOUNDATION

Olga Cechurova - TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY