< FREEDOM FOR TIBET/DEMOCRACY IN CHINA ! - #49 >
Newsletter on the campaigns of the Radical Party for the freedom of Tibet and the democracy on China.
"I truly believe that individuals can make a difference in society. Since periods of great change such as the present one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world".
Tenzin GYATSO, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, 1992
Issue #49, January 30, 1997
Editors office: Massimo Lensi, Dorottya u. 3.III.em6 - 1051 Budapest (H)Tel. +36-1-266.34.86 - 266.09.35 Fax. +36-1-11.87.937
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THE GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED:
1,000 SIGNATURES OF SUPPORT FOR THE CANDIDACY OF WEI JINGSHENG FOR THE 1997 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
TRP secretary Olivier Dupuis will deliver the 1,084 signatures that have been collected in these seven months of work for the candidacy of Wei Jingsheng for the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize to the Nobel Committee in Oslo on January 31st. The campaign collected the signatures of hundreds of Parliamentarians from all over the world, including signatures from the Parliament of Taiwan and the entire Tibetan Parliament in exile, as well as the representative groups of the European Parliament, the Parliaments the nations of eastern Europe, and the Congress of the United States. Dozens of university professors from the most prestigious faculties in the world also signed the appeal, as well as the previous Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire Corrigan, and Adolfo Perez Esquivel.
This productive season in the fight for democracy in China will not end with the consignment of the signatures to the Nobel Committee. various community councils in Italy have already voted for motions in support of Wei's candidacy. On March 9-10, demonstrations will take place in Geneva, in which thousands and thousands of supporters will march through the streets to the United Nations building for the freedom of Tibet and the respect of civil and political rights in all of the territories governed by the communist leaders of the People's Republic of China.
This is a happy moment on the road to the fulfillment of our objectives, but we must also immediately focus on the most important goal: the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for Wei Jingsheng and his immediate release from prison. It is only with an intense global mobilization that this success will occur, a success which is not ours, but that of democracy in the world.
In this edition of "Tibet-China Fax" we have also published the "International Register" for participation in the manifestations in Geneva. This can also be a valid instrument with which to measure the level of preparation for this important event. We ask you to send it to us every time that substantial changes or additions concerning the participation of people or groups from your city or territory take place.
Good Work!
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A FLAG FOR TIBET 1997:
2,809 TO GO UNTIL THE GOAL OF 3,000 IS REACHED.
Another 36 communities have signed their support for our campaign. It is a small increase in regards to the preceding weeks, bit still far removed from the required pace. Less than 38 days remain before March 9-10. In the coming days the support of mayors for the campaign will be launched in Austria, and we have received news that the numerous militants of the Tibet Support Groups and TRP have begun to initiate telephone contact with mayors in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Switzerland. We wish you the best of luck! The time is relatively short....
* Situation by Nation as of January 30th
Conf. '96 New '97 Totals
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Belgium 20 15 35
Bulgaria - 2 2
Croatia 1 1 2
Czech Republic 4 8 13
France 36 24 60
Holland 1 - 1
Hungary 6 7 13
Italy 29 7 36
Luxembourg 7 6 13
Slovenia - 5 5
Spain 6 7 13
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Totals 110 81 191
Adhesions in the period between Jan. 21 and Jan. 30 (36)
Czech Republic: Karel MICEK, Mayor of FRENSTAT POD RADHOSTEN (n); Jiri VANICEK, Mayor of TABOR (n); Jiri HOUDEK, mayor of LORD TREBON (n); Tomas MIKESKA, mayor of PRAGUE 3 (c); Milan TEJKL, mayor of LITOMERICE (c); Zuzana LISKOVA, mayor of MELNIK (c); Miroslav KVASNICKA, mayor of VIMPERK (N); from France: Jean BERNARD CHALIAMEL, mayor of THONES (c); Jean-Pierre SUEUR, mayor of ORLEANS (n); Antoine TRYSTRAM, mayor of SEMBLANCAY, (c); Francis BOUBEL, mayor of FROLOIS (a); Gerard SIMON, mayor of CRAU (n); from Italy: Carlo CACCIAMANO, mayor of CASCINA (n); Fabio MERONI, mayor of LISSONE (n); Ferdinando EMMANUELI, mayor of CASTELNUOVO DEL GARDA (n); Paolo MALQUORI, mayor of GAMBASSI (c); Loriano VALENTINI, mayor of GROSSETO (c); Giancarlo FAENZI, mayor of VINCI; Emilio BONIFAZI, mayor of FOLLONICA (n); Monika LISCHI, mayor of COLLESALVETTI; Olinto BARTOLUCCI, mayor of ROCCASTRADA (n); from Luxemburg (thanks to the work of "les Amis du Tibet - Luxemburg"): Camille GIRA, mayor of BECKERICH; Nicolas BETTENDORF, may
or of BERTRANGE; Raymond FRISCH, mayor of VIANDEN; Jean Pierre KLEIN, mayor of STEINSEL (c); Edmond ROLLINGER, mayor of CONTERN; Marco SCHANK, mayor of HEIDERSCHEID; Jean SCHLITZ, mayor of NEIDERANVEN; Leon STEYER, mayor of CONSDORF (c); Alphonse THEIS, mayor of HESPERANGE; from Hungary: Geza SZEGEDI, mayor of BUDAPEST 9 Ker.; mayor of ETYEK; Istvan NOBIK, mayor of SZEGVAR (c); Istvan BOLDOG, mayor of KETPO (c); from Bulgaria: Zhelez ZHELEZOV, mayor of VELIKI PRESLAV (n); Boycho KOLELIEV, mayor of SREDETS (a); from Belgium: Jan EEMAN, mayor of DENDERLEEUW (n).
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WEI JINGSHENG FOR THE 1997 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
The goal of 1,000 signatures in support of Wei's Nobel candidacy has been achieved. To be exact, we have succeeded in collecting 1,084 signatures (751 Parliamentarians, 328 University professors, 3 Nobel Laureates, and two members of government), and other signatures continue to arrive. It is important to publish the long list of people who signed the petition in order to appreciate the global reach of the campaign. We send a heart felt "Thank you" to all of the people who contributed to the success of this campaign, and wish you good work in the coming months!
* Nobel laureates
Mairead MAGUIRE CORRIGAN, Nobel Peace 1996 (Northern Ireland)
* Parliamentarians
- Taiwan: Chun-Hsi CHANG, Wen CHERN, I-Jen CHIOU, Sun-Lu FAN, Eu HAANG, Tien-Fu HUANG, Chin-Lin LAI, Weng-Chung LEE, Albert J.F. LIN, Cha Shui LIU, Chin-Hsin LIU, Hsiu-Yi LU, Shaw-Jiin PERNG, Jia-Chyuan SU, Michaelt TSAI, Shih-Yuan TSAI, Chen-Yaa TAI.
- US Congress: Democrats: Lane EVANS, Sander LEVIN, Anna ESHOO, John LEWIS, Sidney R. YATES, Joseph P. KENNEDY II , David E. BONIOR, Neil ABERCROMBIE, Nancy PELOSI, Forney H. STARK, Barney FRANK, Ronald DELLUMS V., Peter A. DE FAZIO; Repubblicans Stephen HORN, Christopher COX, Clifford B. STEARNS, Frank R. WOLF, Gerald B. H. SOLOMON.
- EP: Hélène CARRERE D'ENCAUSSE (UPE), Juan Manuel FABRA VALLES (PPE), Marie BERGER (PSE), Jorge Salvador HERNANDEZ MOLLAR (PPE), Anna TERRON (PSE), Raul Miguel ROSADO FERNANDES (UPE), Eveline GEBHARDT (PSE).
- Italy: Olive Tree: Maurizio PIERONI, Natale RIPAMONTI, Giovanni SARACCO, Nello PALUMBO, Luigi BISCARDI, Antonino VALLETTA, Gavino ANGIUS, Mariagrazia PAGANO, Maria Grazia DANIELE, Mario D'URSO, Giovanni BRUNO, Biancamaria FIORILLO, Carla MAZZUCA, Francesco BORTOLOTTO, Franca D'ALESSANDRO PRISCO, Concetto SCIVOLETTO, Giovanni PELLEGRINO, Giovanni FERRANTE, Luigi FOLLIERI, Michele PINTO, Raffaele BERTONI, Giovanni RUSSO SPENA, Stefano BOCO; Freedon Alliance: Cosimo VENTUCCI, Antonio D'ALI, Antonio AZZOLLINI, Andrea PASTORE, Basilio GERMANA', Melchiore CIRAMI, Ettore ROTELLI, Antonio BATTAGLIA, Antonino MONTELEONE, Gianvittorio CAMPUS, Domenico FISICHELLA (Vice-Presidente Senato), Vito CUSIMANO, Antonio LISI, Antonio CARUSO, Luciano CALLEGARO, Giulio MACERATINI, Maria Grazia SILIQUINI, Lino DIANA, Renato SCHIFANI; Northern League: Walter BIANCO, Luigi PERUZZOTTI Giacomo STUCCHI, Ugo PAROLO, Luciano DUSSIN, Francesco FORMENTI, Piergiorgio MARTINELLI, Simone GNAGA, Alessandro CE', Mario BARRAL, Alberto LEMBO, G
iovanna BIANCHI CLERICI, Paolo COLOMBO, Maurizio BALOCCHI, Daniele APOLLONI; Ersilia SALVATO (Progressist).
- Russian Federation: Galina STAROVOJTOVA (Democratic Russia), Konstantin BOROVOJ (independent), Alexej ZAHAROV (Jabloko), Boris MISNIK (Jabloko), Jurij NESTEROV (Jabloko), Mihail GLUBOKOVSKIJ (Jabloko), Tatjana NESTERENKO (Russian Regions), Viktor SHEJNIS (Jabloko).
- Croatia: Damir KAJIN (Assemblea Democratica Istriana), Furio RADIN (indipendent), Veselin PEJNOVIC (indipendent), Srecko BIJELIC HNS (Croatian Independent Party), Marko VESELICA HKDU (Croatian Christian-Democrat Union), Jozo RADOS HSLS (Social-liberal Party), Vladimir PRIMORAC (HSLS), Ivan GABELICA HCSP (Partito del diritto croato), Zeljka ANTUNOVIC SDP (Partu of the Democratic Reform).
- Belgium: Ecolo: Vincent DECROLY, Olivier DELEUZE, T. DETIENNE, Jean-Pierre VISEUR. Gruppo Agalev Martine SCHUTTRINGER, Josef TAVERNIER, Lode VANOOST, J. WOUTERS (Agalev). Paul STAES (CVP).
- India: T.H. BASAVOY, D.G. HEMAVATHY, H.S. MAHADEVA PRASAD, Rama Linga REDDY, B.R. YAVAGAL.
- Argentina: Felipe Teofilo ADAIME, Fani CEBALLOS de MARIN, Ricardo GOMEZ DIEZ, Cristina GUZMAN, Nestor George MURIEL.
- other parliaments. France: Bernard SERROU (RPR), Daniel PICOTIN (UDF), Michel TERROT (Member Tibet Cmte); Ota NEUBAUER (Czech Rep. CSSD), Mike GAPES (UK, Labour), G. KNUTSON (Sweden, Moderate Party), Gullan LINDBLAD (Sweden, Moderate Party), Jan SIMONSEN (Norway, Progress Party).
* University Professors (Law, Political Science, Phiosophy and History)
Sussex Univ.: Yoran ALLON, Williams BERYA, David BRYER, Alan CAWSEN, S. CRAMER, Brian CUMMINGS, Richard DAMMAN, Arjan DEHAAN, Michael ERAUT, Stephen FENDER, John HODSON, Michael IRELAND, Russell KING, Harold KROTO, Nobel for Chemistry 1996, Philip LARKIN, John MACLEAN, Luke MARTELL, Francis McGOWAN, Jennifer MORAWIECKI, William OUTHWAITE, Jeffrey PRATT, John PRYOR, Harry RAJAIL, Craig ROTHERHAM, Darrow SCHECTER, Nancy WOOD.
Carlos LUNGARZO (USA), Andrea SCHMIDT (Univ. di Lovanio), Carl GINET (Univ. of Ithaca), Gabriela VIDAN (Zagreb), Josip UZAREVIC (Zagreb), Magdalena MEDARIC (Zagreb), Dunja FALISEVAC (Zagreb), Damir VARGA (Zagreb), Philip NAUWELAERTS (Antwerp), J. Claude BEAUNE (Lyion), Ann RIEU (Lyion), D. Paige GLENN (Univ. of Hawai, USA), Walter Alexandre CARNIELLI (Campinas), Georgiy GRYGORENKO (Kiev), Herbert WILLE (Liechtenstein), Serguej Alexandrovich LEONOV (Moscow), Mihail ZHEREBJATJEV (Voronezh), Oksana DEMIANKO (Kiev), Itala Maria LOFFREDO D'OTTAVIANO (Campinas)
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HONG KONG/CHINA/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Radical Alliance Members of the European Parliament Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Olivier Dupuis have requested the vice president of the European Commission Sir Leon Brittan to inform the European Parliament on what the Commission plans to do as a reaction to the serious threat against human rights in Hong Kong after Brittan returns from China this coming July 1st. "Before the obvious and deliberate intention of the Chinese to eliminate the civil rights of the inhabitants of Hong Kong, we ask that the Commission immediately revise its political relations with China and move towards precise guarantees concerning the future of Hong Kong," they declared. The two deputies also ask that the European Parliament extend an invite to Chris Patten, the ruler of Hong Kong. (1.27.97)
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MAYOR OF ROME
Francesco RUTELLI, the mayor of Rome, has subscribed to the Transnational Radical Party for the year 1997.
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ITALY/NOBEL PRIZE FOR WEI
Raimondo FASSA, the mayor of Varese and the Northern League's deputy to the European Parliament, has reported that the Community Council voted unanimously on an order of the day in support of Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng's candidacy for the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
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GENEVA 1997
MARCH 9-10 FOR FREEDOM FOR TIBET: INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY OF PARTICIPATION
The following form is to be completed and mailed to our editorial office concerning the responsibilities and commitments each of you can undertake regarding the organization of "Geneva 1997."
* The following are the participation forms that were collected at the meeting of the Strasburg Seminar on January 16-17:
- 1,500 people from the Tibetan community in Switzerland
- 1,500 people from the Italian coordinators (by bus and train)
- 50-150 people from the Belgian coordinators (1/3 by bus)
- 50 people from Strasburg (1 bus)
- 10 people from the Hungarian coordinators (by train)
- 20 people from the Slovenian coordinators (by train)
- 50 people from the Croatian coordinators (by train)
Total as of January 31st: approx. 3,280 people.
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GENEVA 1997
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FIRST NAME
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LAST NAME
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COMPLETE ADDRESS
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NATION
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TELEPHONE/FAX
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E-MAIL
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ORGANIZATION
( ) I will participate in the GENEVA 1997 Manifestation
( ) I will be responsible for bringing ......... other people to Geneva.
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(specify if by train, plane, car, or bus)
( ) I will contribute ............... to the bank account for
Geneva 1997. (please specify amount)
Account information and number is: "Geneve 1997" no. 310-1075921-83, BBL bank, Agency of the European Parliament, Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1040 Brussels.
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