Published by: World Tibet Network News, Tuesday, October 15, 1996

24 hours of walk - around at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the liberation of the Panchen Lama and Wei Jingsheng.

Oct. 2nd is now behind us, and now we must invent other arrangements for dialogue with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs for the liberty of the Panchen Lama and Wei Jingsheng. The date for the first of these new engagements is December 10th, the global day for human rights. This was proposed in the final resolution approved at the conclusion of the 2nd Global Conference of the TSG in Bonn. It was re-proposed by Piero Verni, president of Italia-Tibet during our recent fasting dialogue.

After various discussions and hypotheses a "24 hour Walk-Around" for Dec. 9th and 10th seemed to be the most effective instrument. This new initiative will allow us to accentuate our pressure on various Ministers of Foreign Affairs so that they will intervene with force in favor of the liberation of Panchen Lama and Wei Jingsheng and also reinforce our preparation for the "Satyagraha 1998" for the liberty of Tibet.

The "Walk Around" takes part, just as the fasting dialogue, in the tradition of non-violent struggle, of dialogue, and conviction across precise objectives and requests that are limited and possible. It is an initiative that has the objective of continuing the dialogue with our governments and, also across constant pressure on our Parliaments, asks of the deputies to approve resolutions on the Panchen Lama, on Wei Jingsheng, the opening of Sino-Tibetan negotiations, and the sustainment of an international campaign for the conferment of Wei jingsheng for the Nobel peace Prize of 1997.

As you can see, and as always, there is much work to be done and there are many hopes to realize. The time is short.

submitted by Radical Party