Please join this Appeal for Gendhun and verify that your organisation is on the list at the end of this mail. If not, feel free to ask that the name of your association be added. We are writing to celebrities the following letter (you are wellcome to participate and send this letter to celebrities you might know ): We are writing to you to request your support to ask that a delegation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child visit a Tibetan child and his family, in custody for 5 years. Within days of being recognised by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama (May 14, 1995), 6-year-old Gendhun Choekyi Nyima was kidnapped by the Chinese authorities. In a move without historical precedent, China has designated another child: the son of a chinese Communist Party member, to manipulate him for political purposes. For the past 5 years, Gendhun has undergone a terrible "re-education" under custody. On his 11th birthday, April 25, 2000, he was the world's youngest political prisoner, denied the rights of the

child and freedom of religion. About 150 NGOs, Tibet Support Groups, and celebrities have already signed this Appeal. We vividly thank you for your concern for Gendhun. To support this Appeal, simply respond "yes" to this e-mail and give us your name, title and distinctions.

France-Tibet Association :

e-mail: france.tibet@wanadoo.fr

FRANCE-TIBET (Non-Profit Association) :

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/france.tibet

Already 144 Associations, NGO and peronnalities have signed this appeal.:

Associations Francaises : Fondation Alexandra David-Neel, SOS Tibet,

Soutien a la culture et a l'art Tibetain, Passeport Tibetain, Mouvement

contre le racisme et pour l'amitie entre les peuples (MRAP),

France-Libertes, Info Birmanie, Reseau Jeunes Solidaires, L'ecole de

Tiuccia-Casaglione, Association la ligne blanche, Aide au Tibet, Aide a

l'Enfance Tibetaine, Aide aux Refugies Tibetains, Agir Ensemble pour les

Droits de l'Homme, Alliance Tibet-France, Alpes-Tibet, Association des

Etudiants Taiwanais en France, Association AHIMSA, Association Paloise pour

l'Art et la Culture du Tibet, Association pour la connaissance du

Bouddhisme tibetain, Association Pour le Tibet, Association Free-Tibet,

Centre du Tibet, Collectif Francophone pour le Tibet Libre, Collectif

Tibet-Dunkerque, Comite de Soutien au Peuple Tibetain, CSPT-Bretagne,

CSPT-Midi-Pyrenees, La Communaute Tibetaine en France, Congregation Dachang

Rime, Institut Karma-Ling, Convergences Tibet/Laogai, Coordination

Tibet-Lille, Corse-Tibet, Don et Action pour le Tibet, Eco-Tibet France,

Emergence International, Enfants du Monde, Espoir pour le Tibet,

France-Tibet, France-Tibet Nord/Pas-de-Calais, Getza Tibet Secours, Le

Groupe de Travail Asie des Verts, Histoire d'Amour, Lions des Neiges,

Tibet-Lions des Neiges-Strasbourg, la Marche du Tigre, Maison de Sagesse,

Maisons des Himalayas, Maison Tibetaine, MABBH, Medical France Tibet,

Mouvement Ecologiste Independant, Pontault Combault Tibet, Rencontres

Tibetaines, Reseau Alternatif de l'Information, Rigpe Dordje, Rogram,

Solidarite-Tibet, SOS-Femmes Tibetaines, Tara Lhamo, Tibet 59/62, Tibet

Liberte, Tibet Liberte-Solidarite, Vent de Liberte, Association Yungdrung

Bon, Auvergne-Tibet-Freedom.

Personnalites : SAKYA TRINZIN Rinpoche, Matthieu RICARD, Lama DENYS

TEUNDROP, Tashi WANGDI, Ministre des Affaires religieuses et culturelles du

Gouvernement tibetain en exil, Gilles van Grasdorff, journaliste-ecrivain,

Pierre-Antoine DONNET, journaliste-ecrivain, Vijay Kranti, journaliste

(Inde), Jean-Louis MURAT, chanteur francais, I MUVRINI, Le Groupe TRYO,

Eric Valli realistaeur, Claude Max Lochu, artiste peintre, Gilles Manceron,

redacteur en chef de "Hommes et Libertes" (revue de la LDH), Norbert

DUCROS, President du Mouvement International des Responsables Chretiens,

Laure SCHNEITER, conseillere de Paris, Jean Luc DUMESNIL, 1er Vice

President du Mouvement Ecologiste Independant, Pierre-Paul BATTESTI,

directeur du journal scolaire de la Corse et son equipe, Anthony SIMONPOLI

SITE LIBERTA, Gerard Leblond VALIERGUE, Francois HENOT, Docteur en Droit,

Patricia DUPUY, Sylvie BERNARD, Dominique LAUVRAY, I. GEORGIEV (Belgique),

Ritva NYBACKA ecrivain artiste (Suede), Naomi TAKADA (Japon), David

MEANWELL (Angleterre), Robin L. INGLE (USA), Dr. Stephen OREN (USA), Erik

D. NELSON (USA), Yuko NISHIDA, (USA), Kimberly R TOUSSAINT, (USA), Donald

JENSEN II (USA), Tessy STEJSKAL (USA), Dr. Zohar EITAN (Israel), Lucie

TOMANDLOVA (Republique Tcheque), Pernilla Amberntsson, Pernilla Eriksson,

Uta Guttler (Suede).

Associations d'autres pays : Defense des Enfants-International, Comite de

Soutien au Peuple Tibetain, Tibet-Democratie (Suisse); Tibetan Snowlion

Friendship Society (Japon); Les Amis du Tibet, Tibetan Development

Foundation, Association "Julie et Melissa, N'oubliez pas !" (Belgique);

SOS-Tibet, Union for a Free-Tibet (Bresil); Helsinki Foundation for Human

Rights, Tibet Support Group (Pologne); Campaign for Tibet, Tibet Support

Group, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) (Finlande); Support

Comitee for Tibet (Denmark), Norwegian Tibet Committee (Norvege), Swedish

Tibet Committee, Swedish Tibetan committees localgroup of Gothenburg,

Netfriends of Tibet (Suede); Association Tibetaine des Etudiants de

l'Universite de Sherbrooke, Students for a Free Tibet Canada, China Tibet

Initiative, Canada Tibet Committee-National, Settlers In Support of

Indigenous Sovereignty (SISIS) (Canada); Tibet Support Group,

ECOTibet-Ireland (Irlande); Les Amis du Tibet (Luxembourg); Society for

Threatened Peoples, Tibet Forum (Allemagne); Comite de Apoyo al Tibet

(Espagne); Australia Tibet Council (Australie), Friends of Tibet (Nouvelle

Zelande), Buyhard for Tibet organisation, World Tibet Day, Kashi Ashram,

International Tibet Independence Movement, Students for a Free Tibet, San

Diego Friends of Tibet, Utah Friends of Tibet (USA); Tibetan Youth Congress

(Inde).