< FREEDOM FOR TIBET/DEMOCRACY IN CHINA-FAX ! - #68 >

Newsletter on the campaigns of the Radical Party for the freedom of Tibet and the democracy on China.

Issue #68, April 29, 1998

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"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

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NEW DELHI:

HUNGER STRIKE OF 6 MEMBERS OF THE TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS.

It is with deep commotion that we learn about the tragic loss of Thubten Ngodup, a Tibetan Monk of Tashilumpo, hometown of the Panchen Lama, who fled to India in 1987. On April 27, Thubten Ngodup has burned himself while Indian special troops were using the force to take away the 6 unto death hunger-strikers, at their 46th day of struggle, while India was hosting the Chinese high officials.

The emotion with which the terrible piece of news has been received shouldn't make us forget the deep meaning of nonviolent struggle and the big opportunity at hand to launch a worldly movement for freedom of Tibet, reviving the idea of a nonviolent Satyagraha conceived and organized to reach concrete objectives.

The news we have from New Delhi is alarming. Some other 100 Tibetans are ready to re-start the TYC initiative.

For these reasons, and not only, the Radical Party has sent an open letter to the Tibetan Government in Exile. We believe that the word "hope", that seems to have been forgotten by the New Delhi people, should reacquire its meaning through the definition and organization of a precise political action.

(Published by FREEDOM FOR TIBET/DEMOCRACY IN CHINA ! - Number 68 - 29 April, 1998)