"We, the undersigned, call upon the Presidents of the Republics of the Soviet Union, and President Gorbachev in particular, to follow the great victory that they and the Russian people have won in the last few days, by carrying out an act that would reinforce their democratic and nonviolent choice, and serve as an example to the entire world.
We call upon President Gorbachev and the other Russian leaders to suspend all existing death sentences immediately, and to take formal action to abolish the death penalty in the Soviet Union now.
We ask that the coup leaders be justly tried, but without the death penalty being applied should it still exist at the time of their trial.
Abolishing the death penalty is both courageous and revolutionary, but it is a choice that democracies throughout the world are expecting from the Russians, who acted with such tremendous civil and human awareness during the recent dramatic events."
USSR
Parliamentarians:
YURI AFANASEV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
DMITRY LICHACIOV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, member of the Academy of Sciences)
DAVID KUGULTINOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Poet of the People
ARKADY MURASHOV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
EVGENI EVTUSCENKO, poet, representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
Jury Kalmukov, President of the Supreme Soviet Committee on legislation, representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Viktor Mironenko, Representative of the Supreme Soviet, Secretary of the Supreme Soviet World Affairs Committee, former secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, former member of the PCUS Central Committee
Nikolaij Engher, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
IGOR SOROKIN, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, President of the retirement fund of the Militia, member of the legislative Committee, Captain of the Militia
OLEG KALUGIN, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, Former KGB General
EDUARD GJANS, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, Member of the Supreme Soviet Committee on the Environment, Commander general
VLADIMIR BOLBASOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
VLADIMIR LARIONOV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, Member of the Supreme Soviet Committee on science
JURI KOLCOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR,
Colonel of the Armed Forces
VALERY TROFIMOV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
SERGEJ BELOZERCEV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, Member of the Supreme Soviet Committee on Legislation
VIKTOR ALKSNIS, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, Colonel of the Armed Forces
SERGEJ CYPLAEV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
KAKEN SMAIILOVA, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
NIKOLAJ DEMAKOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
URUKAN AKHMATALIEVA, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
RAIISSA IBRAIIMOVA, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
MIRSAID MIRRAKHIMOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
OKTAY AKHMEDOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, member of the Radical Party
ETIBAR MAMEDOV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, member of the Radical Party
VIKTOR AKSIUCIZ, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Republic
JURI NESTOROV, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic
VLADIMIR LYSSIENKO, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Republic
TATIANA KORIAGINA, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Republic
VICTOR DYMITRIEV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Republic, copresident of Democratic Russia
VITALY URAZHZEV, Representative of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Republic
VLADIMIR MOSKOVKA, Representative of the Supreme Soviet of UKRAINE, President of the United Social Democratic Party UKRAINA, member of the Radical Party
ALEXANDER OSONZOV, Member of the Presidium of the Mossoviet, Representative of the Mossoviet
ALEXANDER KALININ, Representative of the Mossoviet (liberal group), member of the Radical Party
VLADIMIR BOKSHR, Representative of the Mossoviet, Chief Secretary of Democratic Russia
OLGA SUPRUNJENKO, Representative of the Mossoviet
OLEG ROMANOVSKI, Representative of the Mossoviet
OLEG KAZAKOV, Representative of the Mossoviet
ALEXANDER KOSHEVAROV, Representative of the Mossoviet (liberal group), member of the Radical Party
ALEXANDER SOLOVIOV, Representative of the Mossoviet
ANATOLY ZHELUDKOV, Representative of the Mossoviet (Green Party) member of the Radical Party
VIKTOR BULGAKOV, Representative of the Mossoviet
JURI KHRAMOV, Representative of the Mossoviet
F.KORNEV, Representative of the Mossoviet
YU. SHARIKIN, Representative of the Mossoviet
DMITRY ZAPOLSKI, Representative of the Lensoviet -Leningrad/S.Petersburg, member of the Radical Party
ALEXANDER SUNGUROV, Representative of the Lensoviet
VLADIMIR MIRONOV, Representative of the Lensoviet
OLEG SMIRNOV, Representative of the Lensoviet
LUDMILA PONJDJELKO, Representative of the Lensoviet
ALEXANDER RODIN, Representative of the Lensoviet
BORIS GUBANOV, Representative of the Lensoviet
ROALD PIASKOVSKI, Representative of the Lensoviet
ALEXANDER JEGOROV, Representative of the Lensoviet
MICHAIL KRUCNOV, Representative of the Lensoviet
VIKTOR SMIRNOV, Representative of the Lensoviet
A.RITARI, Representative of the Lensoviet
P.LANSKOV, Representative of the Lensoviet
G.KHIZHA, Representative of the Lensoviet
VITALIJ KONONOV, Representative of the Soviet of Kiev, Copresident of the Green Party
SULTAN BATIROV, Representative of the Soviet of Malgobek
Personalities:
ELENA BONNER-SACHAROVA, widow of Andreij Sacharov, human rights activist
Arhady Vasberg, writer, vice pres. Pen Club USSR
Larisa Pijasheva, economist, member of the Board of Democratic Russia
Michail Shatrov, playwright
LARISSA BOGORAZ, Member of the Moscow Helsinki Committee
LEONID BATKIN, Writer, Member of the coordination committee of Democratic Russia
ALEXANDER KABAKOV, Writer
LEV TIMOFEEV, Member of the Moscow Helsinki Committee, Editor of the newspaper REFERENDUM
Prince ANDREJ KIRILLOVIC GOLICYN, President of the Union of descendants of the Russian aristocracy
VLADIMIR BUKOVSKI, Writer
BORIS STRUGATSKI, Writer
ALEXEI POCINOK, journalist with Radio Ukraine, Commander in Chief of the Cossacks of Ukraine
CECILIA KIN, Writer, translator
GENRIK RIESNIK, Lawyer, Member of the Helsinki Committee
VERA KRIGER, Member of the coordination council of Democratic Russia
MICHAIL VOLKENSTEIN, Correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
ALEXANDER AFANASEV, political columnist with Komsomolskaja Pravda
STELLA ALENJKOVA-VOLKENSTEIN, Chief secretary and copresident of the Muscovite Tribune
VALERY SYMONOV, Vice editor of Komsomolskaja Pravda
MICHAIL MAZO, Copresident of the Club of electors, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
ALEXEI EXLER, Member of the coordination council of Democratic Russia
MARIA IVANIAN, Secretary of the Moscow Green Party, member of the Radical Party
SUSANNA PECIURO, Member of the President's office of Memorial
LEONID BOGDANOV, member of the coordination council of Democratic Russia
Genrikh Davidenko, journalist, Baku
Tejmur Mamedov, journalist, Baku
Sevinch Mutalimova, journalist, Baku
Gulnaz Bagranova, journalist, Baku
EVGENI KHRAMOV, Poet, Member of the Union of writers of the USSR, member of the editorial board of NOVYI MIR
EVGENI PROSHECKIN, President of the Antifascist Centre of the USSR
VIKTOR VORONKOV, Sociologist, Director of the Institute of Independent Researches of Leningrad
VITALY SAVITSKI, Leader of the Christian Democrat Union, Leningrad
K. GAVRICENKO, vice president of the "F. Dostoevski" Foundation
A.FELDMAN, President of the Committee of Memorial
JAKOV GILINSKIJ, Professor at the University of S.Petersburg,
member of the Radical Party
SERGEI GRABOVSKI, Member of the president's office of the Political Council of the Green Party of Ukraine
VLADIMIR KLIMCHUK, Copresident of the Liberal Democratic Party of UKRAINE
VLADIMIR ZOLOTAR'OV, Copresident of the Constitutional Democratic Party of UKRAINE
LATVIA
Janis Jurkans, Foreign minister of the Latvian Republic
Janis Petris, permanent representative of the Latvian government in Moscow
European Parliament
ADELAIDE AGLIETTA, president of the Green Party at the European Parliament
VIRGINIO BETTINI, MP European Parliament - Green Party
MARCO TARADASH, MP European Parliament - Green Party
ALEXANDER LANGER, MP European Parliament - Green Party
ENRICO FALQUI, MP European Parliament - Green party
ADRIANA CECI, MP European Parliament - European United Left
LUCIANO VECCHI, MP European Parliament - European United Left
ROBERTO BARZANTI, MP European Parliament - European United Left
BIAGIO DI GIOVANNI, MP European Parliament - European United Left
TULLIO REGGE, MP European Parliament - European United Left
ANDREA BONETTI, MP European Parliament - PPE (Christian Democrat)
FRANCESCO GUIDOLIN, MP European Parliament - PPE (Christian Democrat)
ROSARIA BINDI, MP European Parliament - PPE (Christian Democrat)
CARLO CASINI, MP European Parliament - PPE (Christian Democrat)
GIUSEPPE MOTTOLA, MP European Parliament - PPE (Christian Democrat)
GIANNI BAGET BOZZO, MP European Parliament - Socialist Party
GIULIANO FERRARA, MP European Parliament - Socialist Party
MARCO PANNELLA, MP European Parliament
MARIO MELIS, MP European Parliament - Verdi Arcobaleno
FRANCESCO SPERONI, MP European Parliament - Verdi Arcobaleno
PAUL LANNOYE, MP European Parliament - Green party
EVA MARIA QUISTORP, MP European Parliament - Green party
BIRGIT CRAMON-DAIBER, MP European Parliament - Green party
DJIDA TAZDAIT, MP European Parliament - Green party
MAURICE DUVERGER, MP European Parliament - European United Left
ANITA JEAN POLLACK, MP European Parliament - Socialist Party
CAROLE TONGUE, MP European Parliament - Socialist Party
VIRGILIO PEREIRA, MP European Parliament - European Democratic Liberals
RAUL MORODO LEONCIO, MP European Parliament - European Democratic Liberals
JOSE' ANTONIO ESCUDERO, MP European Parliament - European Democratic Liberals
RAFAEL CALVO ORTEGA, MP European Parliament - European Democratic Liberals
ANTONIO COIMBRA MARTINS, MP European Parliament - Socialist Party
JEAN-LOUIS BORLOO, MP - Nonmembers Group
LODE J.C. VAN OUTRIVE, MP - Socialist Group
LEON SCHWARTZENBERG, MP - Socialist Group
KIRSTEN JENSEN, MP - Socialist Group
JOAN COLOM I NAVAL, MP - Socialist Group
CARMEN DIEZ DE RIVERA, MP - Socialist Group
DAVID ROBERT BOWE, MP - Socialist Group
MARTINE BURON, MP - Socialist Group
KENNETH COATES, MP - Socialist Group
GIANFRANCO AMENDOLA, MP - Green Group
EUGENIO MELANDRI, MP - Green Group
BIRGIT CRAMON-DAIBER, MP - Green Group
YVES COCHET, MP - Green Group
CONCEPCIO' FERRER, MP - PPE Group (Christian Democrats)
GERARDO GAIBISSO, MP - PPE Group (Christian Democrats)
RINALDO BONTEMPI, MP - European United Left Group
MIHAIL PAPAYANNAKIS, MP - European United Left Group
EDUARDO PUNSET, MP - European Liberal Democrats
THOMAS N.B. SPENCER, MP - European Democratic Group
CHRISTOPHER J. PROUT, MP - European Democratic Group
JOHN C.C. STEVENS, MP - European Democratic Group
ITALY
Parliamentarians, representatives of the parties:
Flaminio Piccoli, Christian Democrat, President of the Chamber Foreign Affairs Committee
ACHILLE OCCHETTO, secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left
Antonio Cariglia, Social Democrat, secretary of the Social Democratic Party
RENATO ALTISSIMO, secretary of the Liberal Party
VALERIO ZANONE, president of the Liberal Party
FRANCESCO RUTELLI, national coordinator of the Green Party
ALFREDO BIONDI, vice president of the Chamber of Deputies
FRANCO PIRO, president of the Chamber Finance Committee
STOJAN SPETIC, senator
LIBERTINO SCICOLONE, member of the National Assembly of the Socialist Party
ANNALISA DIAZ, MP - Independent Left
SERGIO DE JULIO, MP - Independent Left
NATALE AMODEO, MP - Socialist Party
FRANCO RUSSO, MP - Green Party
ROSA FILIPPINI, MP - Green Party
GUIDO GEROSA, senator - Socialist Party
CHICCO TESTA, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
GIACOMO MANCINI, MP - Socialist Party
MARCO BOATO, senator
MARIO GOZZINI, former senator
MASSIMO SCALIA, Head of the Green Group at the Chamber of Deputies
SERGIO ANDREIS, MP - Green Party
LAURA CIMA, MP - Green Party
FILIPPO CARIA, head of the Social Democratic group at the Chamber of Deputies
ANTONINO MURMURA, senator - Christian Democrat Party
ANGELO DIONISI, senator - Rifondazione Comunista
LUIGI MERIGGI, senator - Rifondazione Comunista
GIROLAMO TRIPODI, senator - Rifondazione Comunista
LUCIO LIBERTINI, senator - Rifondazione Comunista
ERSILIA SALVATO, senator - Rifondazione Comunista, national vice coordinator of Rifondazione Comunista
RINO SERRI, senator - Rifondazione Comunista
MARIA FIDA MORO, senator - Rifondazione Comunista
NICKY VENDOLA, member of the Council of Rifondazione Comunista
LUIGI VINCI, member of the Council of Rifondazione Comunista
GUIDO POLLICE, senator - Green Party
GIANFRANCO MARIOTTI, senator - Socialist Party
GIANNI GIADRESCO, head of the press office of Rifondazione Com.
GUIDO CAPPELLONI, head of the administration of Rifondazione Com.
WILLER BORDON, MP - Democratic Party of the Left, member of the Radical Party
GIOVANNI RUSSO SPENA, MP - DP-Communist Party
ANTONIO DEL PENNINO, head of the Republican group at the Chamber
FELICE BORGOGLIO, MP, member of the national council of the Socialist Party
GIUSEPPINA VERTONE, MP - Independent Left
ETTORE MASINA, MP - Independent Left
GERARDO BIANCO, vice president of the Chamber of Deputies, Christian Democrat Party
EDO RONCHI, MP - Green Party
ADA BECCHI, president Independent Left
STEFANO RODOTA', MP - Independent Left, President of the Democratic Party of the Left
GIORGIO BOGI, MP - Republican Party
TOMASO STAITI DI CUDDIA, MP - Movimento Sociale Italiano
BRUNO VELLA, senator - Socialist Party
GINO GIUGNI, senator - Socialist Party
MODESTINO ACONE, senator - Socialist Party
SISINIO ZITO, senator - Socialist Party
MAURIZIO CALVI, senator - Socialist Party
ARDUINO AGNELLI, senator - Socialist Party
ADRIANO OSSICINI, senator - Independent Left
FRANCO CASTELLAZZI, president of the Lega Lombarda-Lega Nord
ARRIGO BOLDRINI, senator - Democratic Party of the Left
GIORGIO GHEZZI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
BRUNO ZEVI, MP - European federalist group
FRANCO CORLEONE, senator - environmentalist European federalist Group
TONI MUZI FALCONE, national coordinator "Sinistra dei Club"
ATTILIO BASTIANINI, MP - Liberal Party
ARCHIMEDE CASADEI LUCCHI, senator - Democratic Party of the Left
OSCAR LUIGI SCALFARO, MP - Christian Democrat Party
GIUSEPPE BRESCIA, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
GIUSEPPE CRIPPA, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
SILVIA COSTA, MP - Christian Democrat Party
LEDA COLOMBINI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
MARIA TADDEI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
ADRIANA LODI FUSTINI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
GIANNA SERRA, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
ARISTIDE GUNNELLA, MP - Republican Party
PIETRO FIOCCHI, senator - Liberal party
RENE' ANDREANI, MP - Green Party, member of the Radical Party
FRANCA BASSI, MP - Green Party
MARIO CAPANNA, MP - Green Party
ALESSANDRA CECCHETTO, MP - Green Party
GIANLUIGI CERUTI, MP - Green Party
ANNA DONATI, MP - Green Party
GIANNO LANZINGER, MP - Green Party
GIANNI MATTIOLI, MP - Green Party
ANNAMARIA PROCACCI, MP - Green Party
GIANCARLO SALVOLDI, MP - Green Party
GIANNI TAMINO, MP - Green Party
ORAZIO MONTINARO, senator - Democratic Party of the Left
PAOLO CRISTONI, MP - Socialist Party
PIETRO PAOLO MENZIETTI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
MENOTTI GALEOTTI, senator - Democratic Party of the Left
PIERO FASSINO, leadership of the Democratic Party of the Left, in charge of foreign affairs
SAVERIO ZAVETTIERI, senator - Socialist Party
FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, senator - Christian Democrat Party
PIERLUIGI ONORATO, senator - Independent Left
FRANCO GIUSTINELLI, senator - Democratic Party of the Left
PIERLUIGI CASTAGNETTI, senator - Christian Democrat Party
DOMENICO ROSATI, senator - Christian Democrat Party
GIORGIO NAPOLITANO, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
GIORDANO ANGELINI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
MARIELLA GRAMAGLIA, MP - Independent Left
PIETRO FERRARA, senator - Socialist Party
GEROLAMO PELLICANO', MP - Republican Party
ELISABETTA DI PRISCO, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
ANTONIO CIANCIO, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
ANNA SANNA, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
MARISA BONFATTI PAINI, MP - Democratic Party of the Left
GUIDO ALBERINI, MP - Socialist Party
GIANFRANCO PASQUINO, senator - Independent Left
EMILIO PULLI, senator - Christian Democrat Party
MARIA GRAZIA ZUFFA, senator - Democratic Party of the Left, Italy
LORENZO STRICK-LIEVERS, senator - Environmentalist European Federalist Group, member of the Radical Party
DOMENICO MODUGNO, singer, senator - Environmentalist European Federalist Group, member of the Radical Party
ROBERTO CICCIOMESSERE, MP - European Federalist Group, member of the Radical Party
PEPPINO CALDERISI, MP - European Federalist Group, member of the Radical Party
GIOVANNI NEGRI, MP - European Federalist Group, member of the Radical Party
ALESSANDRO TESSARI, MP - European Federalist Group, member of the Radical Party
FRANCO SALVI, vice president of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Regional councillors and Mayors:
RENZO IMBENI, mayor of Bologna - Democratic Party of the Left
CARLA SPAGNUOLO, president of the regional council of Piedmont GIAN PIERO LEO, member of the regional council of Piedmont - Christian Democrat Party
ANNA SEGRE, member of the regional council of Piedmont - Green Party
IGOR STAGLIANO', member of the regional council of Piedmont - Green Party, member of the Radical Party
GIANFRANCO CREMONESE, President of the Region of Veneto
UMBERTO CARRARO, President of the regional council of Veneto
UGO BERGAMO, mayor of Venice
MAO VALPIANA, member of the regional council of Veneto
PAOLO CACCIARI, member of the regional council of Veneto
PAOLO GIARETTA, mayor of Padua
IVO ROSSI, member of the regional council of Veneto
ALVARO CARDIN, mayor of Pordenone - Christian Democrat Party
CARLO MONGUZZI, member of the regional council of Lombardy
ANTONIO SAVOIA, member of the regional council of Lombardy
ORIANO CAPPELLI, head of the Democratic Party of the Left group at the regional council of Tuscany
RICCARDO BITTI, councillor for transportation at the regional council of Tuscany
TITO BARBINI, councillor for social services at the regional council of Tuscany
MORENO PERICCIOLI, member of the regional council of Tuscany - Democratic Party of the Left
PATRIZIA DINI, member of the regional council of Tuscany - Democratic Party of the Left
SIMONETTA PECINI, member of the regional council of Tuscany - Democratic Party of the Left
ROMANO MOREBBI, member of the regional council of Tuscany - Democratic Party of the Left
PINO CHIEZZI, member of the regional council of Piedmont - Rifondazione Comunista
EMILIO VESCE, head of the Antiprohibitionist group at the regional council of Veneto
GIANPIETRO BORGHINI, president of the Regional council of Lombardy
FIORELLO CORTIANA, head of the Green group at the regional council of Lombardy
PIPPO TORRI, head of the group of Rifondazione Comunista at the regional council of Lombardy
MARILENA ADAMO, member of the regional council of Lombardy - Democratic Party of the Left
CARLO FATUZZO, member of the regional council of Lombardy - Partito dei Pensionati
MAURIZIO RICOTTI, member of the regional council of Lombardy - Socialist Party
PIERLUIGI PICCINI, mayor of Siena
BARIS ROSSI, mayor of Empoli
ANGELO BARACCA, member of the regional council of Tuscany - Green Party
SIMONE SILIANI, member of the regional council of Tuscany - Sinistra Arcobaleno
Franca Berger, member of the provincial council of Trento - Green Party
RINALDO MORELLI, president of the Christian Democratic group at the provincial council of Trento
ALDO MARZARI, member of the provincial council of Trento - Democratic Party of the Left
PAOLO TONELLI, president of the "Solidarity" Group at the provincial council of Trento
MAURO LEVEGHI, President of the Social Democratic group at the provincial council of Trento
ALDO DUCA, President of the Socialist Group at the provincial council of Trento
ITALO CRAFFONARA, President of the Liberal Group at the provincial council of Trento
CARLO ANDREOTTI, President of the Patt Group at the provincial council of Trento
Primo Mastrantoni, member of the regional council of Latium - Verdi Arcobaleno
ANGIOLO MARRONI, vice president of the regional council of Latium - Democratic Party of the Left
VEZIO DE LUCIA, member of the regional council of Latium - Democratic Party of the Left
RANIERO BENEDETTO, member of the regional council of Latium - Christian Democrat Party
VANNA BARENGHI, head of the Antiprohibitionist group at the regional council of Latium
GIANPAOLO BRIZIO, president of the regional council of Piedmont
ANTONIO MONTICELLI, head of the group of the Democratic Party of the Left at the regional council of Piedmont
ROLANDO PICCHIONI, head of the Christian Democrat group at the regional council of Piedmont
MARIO MIGLIO, member of the regional council of Piedmont - Green party
GREEN FEDERATION OF CAMPANIA
SANDRO BOATO, member of the regional council of Trentino Alto Adige-Sud Tirol - Green Party
VITTORIO PEZZUTO, antiprohibitionist member of the regional council of Liguria
ENZO CUCCO, antiprohibitionist member of the regional council of Piedmont
REGIONAL COMMITTEE OF PIEDMONT FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE EUROPEAN UNIFICATION
PIERGIORGIO MAGGIOROTTI, representative of Democrazia Proletaria at the regional council of Piedmont
MICHELE VENTURA, vice president of the regional council of Tuscany
GIANLUIGI MAZZUFFERI, member of the regional council of Le Marche - Green Party
* Projects for the abolition of the death penalty have been passed by the regional council of Emilia Romagna and Latium, by the provincial councils of Rome and Bologna and by the town councils of Rome and Ravenna.
Personalities:
SEVERINO GAZZELLONI, musician
EDOARDO AGNELLI
GIAN MARIA VOLONTE', actor
Father ERNESTO BALDUCCI
PAOLO and VITTORIO TAVIANI, directors
MAURO BOLOGNINI, director
MINO D'AMATO, journalist
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, director
RED RONNIE, journalist, disc jockey, talent scout
BRUNO ROMANO, editorial director of "Edizioni Mediterranee"
RUGGERO ORLANDO, journalist
ANTONINO ZICHICHI, scientist
SERGIO D'ANTONI, secretary general Cisl
GIORGIO BENVENUTO, secretary general Uil
ANTONIO PAPISCA, professor, Director of the Institute of Studies on Human Rights at the University of Padua
RODOLFO BETTIOL, professor of criminal law at the University of Padua
PIETRO TOESCA, professor of philosophy at the University of Florence
SILVANO TARTARINI, Secretary of the League for Unilateral Disarmament
GIORGIO PIZZIOLO, professor at the University of Florence
POLA NATALI CASSOLA, president of the League for Unilateral Disarmament
CARLO BERGONZI, tenor
ALBERTO LABATE, professor at the university of Florence
GINO BRAMIERI, actor
LINA MERLI, costume designer
PAOLO DEGLI ESPINOSA, researcher, member of the board of the Lega Ambiente
ALDO FUMAGALLI, president young entrepreneurs Confindustria
ENNIO MORRICONE, musician
FULCO PRATESI, president WWF
GRAZIA SCUCCIMARRA, actress
ANNA DEL BO BOFFINO, journalist, writer
MIRANDA MARTINO, singer
ORESTE DEL BUONO, writer
LUISA GIORDANO, painter
CARLO LIZZANI, director
BARBARA ALBERTI, writer
IGNAZIO BUTTITTA, writer
NINO MANFREDI, actor
ENRICO MONTESANO, actor
CARLA FRACCI, ballet-dancer
BEPPE MENEGATTI, director
MICHELE PLACIDO, actor
TEDDY RENO, artist
WALTER CHIARI, artist
TULLIO PIRONTI, publisher
ERNESTO GALLI DELLA LOGGIA, political analyst
DAMIANO DAMIANI, director
LUCE D'ERAMO, writer
LILIANA CAVANI, director
LINO CAPOLICCHIO, actor
GIORGIO STREHLER, director
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI, actor
GENO PAMPALONI, critic
MONICA VITTI, actress
MARIO MONICELLI, director
ZDENEK ZEMAN, trainer of the Foggia football team
GIANNA NANNINI, singer
CLAUDIO BAGLIONI, singer
CAMILLA CEDERNA, journalist, writer
GLAUCO ONORATO, actor
UGO ATTARDI, sculptor and painter
RENZO VESPIGNANI, painter
SERGIO MORICO, president of the CIDAC (Italian Centre for the Diffusion of Arts and Culture)
FRANCO BRUSATI, playwright, director
DARIO FO, actor
FRANCA RAME, actress
LUCIA POLI, actress
DAVID ZARD, manager
ANDREA OCCHIPINTI, actor - Italy
GABRIELE PACI, journalist
RENZO ROSSO, playwright
GHIGO DE CHIARA, playwright, drama reviewer for "L'Avanti!"
MARIA LETIZIA CAMPANANGELO, writer
ANTONIO GAVINO SANNA, writer
AFRICA
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
LANDING SAVANE, Secretary General of the "AND-JEFF" Party of Senegal, candidate to President of the Republic
FRANCIS WODIE', professor of Law, First National Secretary of the Workers' Party of the Ivory Coast (P.I.T.), representative of the National Assembly
NABAHO KANIDOUA, secretary general of the "O.D.P./M.T." Party of Burkina Faso
Personalities:
JEAN BAPTISTE OUEDRAOGO, director of the Research Institute on Social and Human Sciences, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
GERARD KęDREBEOGO, researcher at the Research Institute for Social and Human Sciences, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
EVARISTE PODANAYIRE, sociologist, anthropologist, researcher at the Research Institute for Social and Human Sciences, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
IDRISSA OUEDRAOGO, African director (awarded a Prize at the Cannes Festival in 1990)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
MICHAL PROKOP, musician, member of the Czechoslovak Parliament
EMIL SCUKA, President of the Romska Obcanska Iniciativa (ROI), Secretary General of the World Union of Rom People, member of the Radical Party
SORMOVA' Ruth, member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
Dana NEMCOVA', member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
Petr Brodský, member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
Ivan Mynár, member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
Sońa Tarhovinská, member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
ONDREJ GINA, member of the Czechoslovak ROI Party (Romska Obcanska Iniciativa) at the National Parliament of the Czech Republic, federal councillor of the Radical party
ZDENEK GUZI, member of the Czechoslovak ROI Party (Romska Obcanska Iniciativa) at the national parliament of the Czech Republic, federal councillor of the Radical Party
MIROSLAV TANCOS, MP, Member of the federal council of the Czechoslovak ROI Party (Romska Obcanska Iniciativa)
LUBOR KINSTL, Secretary of the President's office of the Civic Movement
KAREL SCHVARZENBERG, Chief of Staff of President Havel
LASZLO NAGY, vice president of the Slovakian Parliament
JOZEF MIKLOSKO, Czechoslovak Prime Minister
Milan Zemko, vice president of the Slovakian National Parliament
Ernest Valko, vice president of the Chamber of Peoples of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament
Milan Pohanka, member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
Vladimir Miskovsky, member of the Slovakian national Parliament
Jan Kavan, member of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament
Dagmar Buresova, President of the Czech national Parliament
Olga Keltosova, vice president of the Slovakian national Parliament
Jan Bruncko, member of the Slovakian national Parliament
Vladimir Kmet, member of the Slovakian national Parliament, president of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Mahulena Cejkova, member of the Czechoslovak federal Parliament
Pavel Dostal, member of the Federal Assembly (Parliament)
Josef Bartoncik, member of the Federal Assembly (Parliament), former President of the Czechoslovak Popular Party (CSL)
Jiri Svoboda, director, member of the Federal Assembly (Parliament), president of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM)
Vladimir Rezac, member of the Federal Assembly (Parliament)
Zdenek Masopust, member of the Federal Assembly (Parliament), vice president of the Constitution and Law Committee, Member of the Coordination Committee of the Czechoslovak Pacifist Union, member of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia.
Petr Uhl, member of the Federal Assembly (Parliament), General Director of CTK (Czechoslovak press agency)
Zdenek Jicinsky, First vice president of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament
Jan Chmelo, member of the Slovakian national Parliament
Miroslav Macek, member of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament, vice president of the Democratic Civic Party
Vasil Mohorita, member of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament, former secretary of the Communist Youth, former secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party
Jana Ryslinkova, member of the Czech national Parliament
Jiri Mastalka, member of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament
VLADIMIR ZEMAN, member of the Czech national Parliament
RICHARD STOCKAR, Secretary of the Radical Association for the United States of Europe
ISTVAN BATTA, member of the Federal Parliament
JAN PETR, member of the Czech national Parliament
DANA PETROVA
KAREL HOLOMEK, member of the Czech national Parliament
JOSEF TEPLY, president of the provincial council of Zdar nad Sazavou
PAVEL MERAK, member of the Federal Parliament
OSZKAR VILAGI, member of the Federal Parliament
VLASTISLAV VALTR, member of the Federal Parliament
PETER SERENCES, Member of the Federal Parliament
ZBYNEK MACA, Member of the Czech National Parliament
STANISLAV KOPAL, Municipal secretary of Zdar nad Sazavou
IVAN HUDEC, writer, member of the Slovak National Parliament
REZSO SZABO, member of the presidency of the Slovak National Parliament
ALFRED HASKO, member of the Federal Parliament
CROATIA
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
Zdravko Tomac, vice Prime Minister, member of the president's office of the party of democratic renewal, federal councillor of the Radical Party
IVAN ZVONIMIR CICAK, President of the Croatian Peasant Party
Lidija Jurkovic, vice president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), in charge of foreign relations, member of the civic assembly of Zagreb
DIANA REXHEPI journalist, member of the radical Party
GREAT BRITAIN
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
JOHN GILBERT, member of the House of Commons
LORD WALSINGHAM, member of the House of Lords
TONY BENN, MP - Labour Party
TED LEADBITTER, member of the House of Commons
DENNIS CANAVAN, member of the House of Commons
Count HAIG DI BEMERSYDE, member of the House of Lords
JOHN AUSTIN BAKER, Bishop of Salisbury, member of the House of Lords, Parliament of the United Kingdom
TONY WORTHINGTON, member of the House of Commons
SIR DAVID STEEL, liberal, member of the House of Commons
ALAN MEALE, member of the House of Commons
ALEX CARLILE, member of the House of Commons
JIM LESTER, member of the House of Commons
LORD EVANS OF CLAUGHTON, member of the House of Lords
CHRIS MULLIN, member of the House of Commons
BARONESS COX, member of the House of Lords
RON BROWN, member of the House of Commons
GAVIN STRANG, member of the House of Commons
ALAN BEITH, member of the House of Commons
DOUG HOYLE, member of the House of Commons
MARJORIE MOWLAM, member of the House of Commons
LORD ST JOHN OF FAWSLEY, member of the House of Lords
CALUM MACDONALD, member of the House of Commons
LORD HILTON, member of the House of Lords
IEUAN WYN JONES, member of the House of Commons
DAVID BLUNKETT, member of the House of Commons
STAN ORME, member of the House of Commons - Labour Party
DAFYDD WIGLEY, member of the House of Commons
MARK FISHER, member of the House of Commons
KOSOVO
Political representatives:
Lazer Krasniqi, Pres. Albanian Christian Democrat Party
Abdullah Kariagdju, vice pres. Albanian Christian Democrats
SHKELZEN MALIQI, president of the Social Democrats of Kosovo
MARK KRASNIQI, president of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
MIRIE RUSHANI, vice president of the Liberal Party of Kosovo, journalist
POLAND
Personalities:
MAREK A. NOWICKI, jurist, president of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Warsaw
Janina ZAKRZEWSKA, judge of the Constitutional Court
Andrzej RZEPLINSKI, professor of Law at the University of Warsaw
Lech FALANDYSZ, professor of Law at the University of Warsaw
Teodor Szymanowski, president of the Patronat Association for the rights of prisoners, Warsaw
Zbigniew LASOCIK, professor of Law at the University of Warsaw
Jan ROSNER, Professor at the University of Warsaw
Jerzy CIEMNIEWSKI, professor at the Institute of State and Law of Warsaw
Maria DZIEDZIC, physicist, Warsaw
Lech GARDOCKI, Professor at the University of Warsaw
Danuta PRZYWARA, sociologist, Warsaw
Oleg Michajlow, former prisoner in the USSR for reasons of opinion, political refugee in Poland
RUMANIA
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
SMARANDA ENACHE, member of the National Committee of the Party of Civic Alliance, copresident of the Pro-Europe League, Romania
IMRE ANDRAS, member of the Romanian Parliament (Democratic Party of Hungarians in Romania).
ERNO BORBELY, MP, Democratic Union of the Hungarians of Romania
Vladut NISIPEANU, president of the Democratic Front of Romania, senator, Bucharest;
Petre DRAGOMIR, former member of the provisional council of National Union, Bucharest;
David GRIGORESCU, president of the Association "Romania greets Europe", Bucharest;
Lazar ARJOCIANU, lawyer, member of the National Council of the National Liberal party, former member of the provisional Council of National union, Bucharest;
Gheorghe RADUCANU, MP, President of the Democratic Party of the Rom People of Romania, member of the Radical party, Bucharest;
Laszlo ZSIGMOND, representative of the Democratic Union of Hungarians of Romania, Sfintu Gheorghe, Romania;
ANTON NICOLAU, MP
Ion BRATIANU, MP - president of the Liberal Union
Laszlo PILLICH, MP - Democratic Union of the Hungarians of Rumania
Sorin BOTNARU, MP - National Liberal Party
Geza SZOCS, representative of the Democratic Union of the Hungarians of Rumania at the Senate
Peter ECKSTEIN-KOVACS, MP - Democratic Union of the Hungarians of Rumania
Anton LINTZMAYER, MP - representative of the Polish minority in Rumania, member of the Radical Party's Federal Council
Geza Jozsef BORSOS, MP - Democratic Union of the Hungarians of Rumania
Iulian STANCOV, Rumanian MP - National Salvation Front, vice president of the Juridical Committee
Zoltan HOSSZU, senator - Democratic Union of the Hungarians of Rumania
Personalities:
Peter MAG, journalist, Bucharest;
Alin ALEXANDRU, journalist, Bucharest;
Sever AVRAM, journalist, Bucharest;
SLOVENIA
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
ZORAN THALER vice Foreign Minister (liberal), federal councillor of the Radical party
JASA ZLOBEC liberal MP, writer
Aurelio Juri, member of the Presidency of the League of Democratic Renewal (former communists), Mayor of Koper, journalist
RASIM MASLIC, president of the Yugoslavian Moslem Democratic Party
UNITED STATES
Personalities:
GORE VIDAL, writer
STEPHEN BLOOM, businessman, environmentalist, member of Amnesty International
RICHARD FALK, professor at the World Affairs Department of the University of Princeton, New Jersey
WILLIAM KUNSTLER, lawyer, well-known in the U.S. for having represented political prisoners
PATRICK MINGES, member of Amnesty International, promoter of many campaigns against the death penalty
JAMES PETRAS, essayist, professor at the University of New York
COLEMAN MC CARTHY, editorialist with the Washington Post
ED ASNER, actor, activist
NOAM CHOMSKY, professor of linguistics at the MIT
HUNGARY
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
Zoltan ROCKENBAUER, member of the Hungarian parliament, member of the Federation of Young Democrats (FIDESz);
Laszlo RAJK, member of the Hungarian parliament, member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Ferenc GREZSA, member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), Hungary
Miklos HASZNOS, member of the Christian Democrat Popular Party (KDNP), Hungary
PAL JUHASZ, MP, member of the Group of Free Democrats (SzDSz)
Rezso NYERS, member of the Hungarian parliament, former minister and State minister, former president of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Workers' Socialist Party, former president of the Hungarian Socialist Party;
Gabor TOROK, MP, Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF);
Ferenc KOSZEG, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Jozsef GYULAS, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Bela MESZAROS, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Miklos HARASZTI, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Geza FUKATI, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Miklos HANKO FARAGO, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Maria HORODI, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Istvan KISS, MP, Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz);
Bela VIZY, MP, Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF);
Miklos VASARHELYI, MP - Hungary (Alliance of Free Democrats)
Karoly MEZEY, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum, Hungary
Ferenc Jozsef NAGY, MP - Party of Small Owners, minister without portfolio
Imre MECS, MP - Alliance of Free Democrats
Gyorgy SANDORFI, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Matyas EORSI, MP - Alliance of Free Democrats, Hungary
Janos PALOTAS, MP (Hungary) - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Gyula MARX, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Istvan SZUCS, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Peter TAKACS, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Kata BEKE, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Jozsef HORVATH, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Janos TOTH-KURUCZ, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Gabor TERNAK, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Lajos BAKO, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Attila ZSIGMOND, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Tihamer TOTH, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Zoltan SPEIDL, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Robert RUDICS, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Zoltan DEME, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Jozsef PONGRACZ, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Endre POKORNY, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Zoltan SZOKOLAY, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Peter KOSZO, MP - Hungarian Democratic Forum
Personalities:
Peter MOLNAR GAL, journalist with NEPSZABADSAG (Hungarian).
Ferenc BARTIS, writer, editor-in-chief of "A CEH";
Jozsef BOR, director;
Gabor BROOSER, physician, university professor;
Jeno BARABAS, university professor;
Enoke BAGDY, psychologist, psychotherapist, University professor
Laszlo GALI, director
Gabor BENCSIK, Secretary General of the National Association of Hungarian journalists
Agnes BALINT, TV screenwriter and cartoon director - Hungary
OTHER COUNTRIES
Parliamentarians, political representatives:
DANIEL TARSCHYS, MP - "Folkpartiet liberalerna", Sweden
JAN-ERIK WIKSTROM, MP - Sweden
HAAVISTO PEKKA, MP - Green Group, Finland
ROGER GARLAND, member of the Irish Parliament - Green Party
CLAUDE PRADILLE, senator of the French Republic
ROBERT MONTDARGENT, MP - France
BERT MIDDEL, MP - Netherlands
CLAES ANDERSSON, poet, physician, member of the Finnish Parliament, president of the Alliance of the Left
ESKO ELLE, president of parliamentary group of the "Alliance of the Left", Finnish Parliament
OUTI OJALA, member of the Finnish Parliament - "Alliance of the Left"
ERKKI VIRKKUNEN, secretary general of the group "Alliance of the Left" at the Finnish Parliament
HANS GÖRAN FRANCK, MP - Sweden
PIERRE VALLON, senator - France
GARRET FITZGERALD, MP, former Irish Prime Minister
ELSE MARIE MORTENSEN, MP - Social Democratic Group, Denmark
BASILE GUISSOU, former minister of Burkina Faso, federal councillor of the Radical Party
LUIS MENDAO, federal councillor of the Radical party
JOAQUIN ARCE MATEOS, federal councillor of the Radical party
LEUTERES N. PAPAGHEORGOPULOS, MP - Greece
CLAUDE GAITS, MP - France
DIDIER MIGAUD, MP - France
OLE LOEVIG SIMONSEN, MP - Social Democratic Party, Denmark
LIAM A. LAWLOR, MP - Ireland
LOUISE GROENMAN, MP - The Netherlands
G. FARAKOS, MP - Greece (Left and Progress Coalition)
ANDRE' DELELIS, senator of the French Republic, former minister
D.K.J. TOMMEL, MP - D66 Party, The Netherlands
PAUL DUVALEIX, MP - France
GERRIT VALK, MP - Labour Party, The Netherlands
G. GIANNAROS, MP - "Left and Progress Coalition", Greece
ATHUR PAECHT, MP, France - vice president of the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee, vice president of the parliamentary committee for the abolition of the death penalty in France
TORA AASLAND HOUG, MP - Norway
CHARLES FLANAGAN, member of the Dail Eirann (Irish Parliament), Chief Whip of the "Fine Gael" Party
JAMES MC DAID, member of the Dail Eirann (Irish Parliament)
DESMOND O'MALLEY, minister of Industry and Trade of the Irish Government, Leader of the Party of "Progressive Democrats"
JOSE' DARAS, MP - Belgium
JEROME LAMBERT, MP - France
YAIR TZABAN, member of the Knesset, member of the MAPAM Party (Zionist, Socialist Party of Israel)
LAMIZANA SANGOULE', Retired General, President of Burkina Faso for 14 years (1966-1980)
BIRGITTA HAMBRAEUS, MP - Centre Party, Sweden
HENRI SIMONS, MP - Belgium
PAUL PATAER, senator - Belgium
MICHEL DREYFUS-SCHMIDT, vice president of the French Senate
DENNIS SAMMUT, MP - Labour Party (Malta), Secretary General of the Organization of the Peace of the Peoples of Europe and of the Mediterranean
PERNILLE FORCHHAMMEL, MP - Denmark
ANDRE' HOFFMANN, MP - Luxembourg
ANDERS CASTBERGER, former MP - Sweden
UGO MIFSUD BONNICI, Minister of the Interior and of Education of the government of Malta
JEAN-YVES GATEAUD, MP - Socialist Party, France
HAZEL HANNAN, MP - Isle of Man
STELIOS PAPATHEMELIS, MP - Greece
ALEXANDROS ALAVANOS, member of the European Parliament, president of the Coalition of the Parties of the Left
Personalities:
ABDUS SALAM, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979
ANTONIO SERRES, writer - Spain
DRAGOSLAV AVRAMOVIC, director of Economic Studies at ECPD (European Centre for Peace and Development)
FRANÇOIS FEJTÖ, historian, writer - Hungary
IRINA ILOVSKAYA ALBERTI, writer, editor of "La Pensče Rousse"
LINDSAY KEMP, actor
DAVID HAUGHTON, actor
GEORGES APAP, public prosecutor - Valence
FERNANDO SAVATER, writer, editorialist at "El Pais"
DAVID GROSSMAN, writer ("See the word Love")
HENRI LABORIT, luminary of French medicine
EMANUELE GAZZO, director of Agence Europe, founder of Le Monde
MARIE ANDREE BERTRAND, president of the International Antiprohibitionist League (IAL), professor of criminology at the University of Montréal
RENE' DUMONT, expert in African problems
MAJED NEHME', journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
GILBERT WASSERMAN, journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
IBRAHIMA SIGNATE', journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
YVES BENOT, journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
SIMON MALLEY, journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
AUGUSTA CONCHIGLIA, journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
YVETTES CAMUS, journalist with "La nouvel Afrique Asie"
ELIE WIESEL, Professor at Boston University, Nobel Prize for Peace (1988)
