[ Published by FREEDOM FOR TIBET/DEMOCRACY IN CHINA ! - Number 57 May 1st, 1997 ]

For more than six months "Voice of Tibet" has been a voice of hope and freedom not only for the Tibetans in exile, but also for those still living in Tibet.

At the center of Beijing's totalitarian regime, which is founded upon violence and censorship, the 15 daily minutes of transmission of "Voice of Tibet" represent the only bond occupied Tibet has retained to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile, as well as with the free world and the supporters of the Tibetan people and their fight for freedom.

As has been confirmed in the reports and testimony that have arrived from numerous regions of Tibet, the programs of "Voice of Tibet" have been received undisturbed by ninety five percent of Tibet during all of these months of broadcast.

But "Voice of Tibet" costs, and it is expensive. It is in need of help from everybody, from both citizens and organizations, in order to continue and develop its programs and to become the instrument which connects Tibet to the free world in 1998, when tens of thousands of people will unite in the Satyagraha, a massive nonviolent and Gandhian initiative for the freedom of Tibet.

For these reasons we appeal to the citizens, the associations, the international organizations and, most of all, to the European Union, so that all of you will support, both politically and financially, this voice of freedom for Tibet.

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First and Last Name Organization Country

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Madeleine AXELL, President of "The Swedish Tibet Committee" (Stockholm, Swedish),

Michael BACHMANN, President and Executive Director of "Committee of 100 for Tibet" (Palo Alto CA, USA),

Agata BAREJA, on behalf of "Polskie Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciol Tybetu" (Warsaw, Poland),

Fran ois BRUXEILLE, President of "Comite, de Sauvegarde du Peuple Tibetain et de sa Culture (TibetLiberte,Solidarite,)" (Marseille, France),

Christophe BUTHION, on behalf of "Verts HauteGaronne" (France),

Lenka CABALOVA, President of "SOS Tibet" (Prague, Czech Republic),

Michele DEPRIS, President of "Convergence TibetLaoga<" (Toulouse, France),

Monika DEIMANCLEMENS, on behalf of "Tibet Forum" (Germany),

Suzana DEWA, on behalf of Tibet Support Group (Ljubljana, Slovenia),

Lobsang GANGSHONTSANG, President of "Swiss Tibetan Friendship Association" (Zurich, Switzerland),

Larry GERSTEIN, Director of "International Tibet Independence Movement" (Fishers IN, USA),

Katrin GOLDSTEIN, on behalf of "Foundation 10 March" (Stockholm, Swedish),

Dan HAIG, on behalf of "Tibet Online Resource Gathering" (USA),

Tibor HENDREY, President of "Tibetet Segito Tarsasag" (Budapest, Hungary),

Michel HENRY, on behalf of "C.I.D.E.S." (Toulouse, France),

Gauthier JACQUELIN, President of "Les Lions des Neiges" (Leone, France),

Stewart JOHNSON, President of "Australia Tibet Council" (Potts Point, Australia),

Tsering Youden JAMPA, President of Tibet Support Group (The Netherlands),

Thuten KESANG, President of "Friends of Tibet" (Aukland, New Zealand),

Hugo KLINGLER, President of "Syamatara Oesterreichische Tibethilfe" (Mils, Austria),

Monika KOEK, President of "Save Tibet" (Vienna, Austria),

Antonina KOOKUEVA, President of "Kalmyk Friends of Tibet Society" (Elista, Russia),

Margarira KOZHEVNIKOVA, Secretary of "Friends of Tibet" (St. Petersburg, Russia),

Adam KOZIEL, on behalf of "Desk for Tibet in Helsinki Foundation, Poland" (Warsaw, Poland),

Claude LEVENSON, President of "C.S.P.T." (Geneva, Switzerland),

Guy LIEBERMAN, Executive Director of "Dewachen Tibetan Cultural Centre" (Northlands, South Africa),

Eva LINDHOLM, President of "Tibet Association" (Stockholm, Swedish),

Francis LONGAVESNE, President of "FranceTibet/NordPasdeCalais" (France),

Batr MANGAEV, President of "Dharma Center" (Elista, Russia),

Olivier MORES, President of "Les Amis du Tibet" (Luxembourg),

Thomas NAGANT, President of "Les Amis du Tibet" (Brussels, Belgium),

Tsewang NORBU, on behalf of "Association of Tibetans in Germany" (Germany),

Marcelle ROUX, President of "FranceTibet" (Paris, France),

Branka SIMUNOVIC, President of "Hrvatska Udruga za podrsku Tibetu" (Zagreb, Croatia),

Tonci SITIN, President of "Udruga za potporu Tibetu" (Split, Croatia),

Diana TAKATA, Coordinator of "Students for a Free Tibet" (USA),

TELO Tulku Rinpoche, President of "Kalmyk Association of Buddhists" (Elista, Russia),

Andrej TERENTJEV, President of "Friends of Tibet" (St. Petersburg, Russia),

Kunchok TSUNDUE, President of the "Tibetan Community in Germany" (Germany),

Piero VERNI, President of "ItaliaTibet" (Milan, Italy),

Georgi ZHELIASKOV, President of "Bulgarian Tibetan Friendship Association" (Sofia, Bulgaria).