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Friends,
This seems to be an exceptional way to make the Internet work. Please read
and sign if you agree.
Robert Racine (Lama Orgyen Zangpo)
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E-MAIL PETITION
Please take a few moments to read this e-mail.
Ngawang Sangdrol is a Buddhist nun who believes that Tibet should be
independent from China. At the age of 10 she was arrested for the first
time by Chinese authorities. Her only crime was to participate in a
peaceful demonstration for the independence of Tibet from China. When she
was 13 she took again part in a peaceful demonstration. She was too young
to be brought to trial under Chinese law, nevertheless Chinese authorities
held her for 9 months.
In June 1992, at the age of 15, she was once more arrested by Chinese
authorities for trying to stage a peaceful demonstration with fellow
nuns. Subsequently she was accused for "subversive and separatist
activities" and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in the notorious
Drapchi prison. Her sentence was extended for another 6 years in October
1993.
The reason for this was the fact that she had sung an recorded
independence songs in the prison together with 13 other nuns. The tape with
those songs was smuggled out of jail and distributed throughout Tibet.
In 1996 Ngawang Sangdrol's sentence was again prolonged for another
8 years as she shouted "free Tibet" while standing in the rain in the
prison's yard.
The third extension of Ngawang's sentence was announced in October 1998
when she refused to acknowledge the Panchen Lama, whom the Chinese
authorities had chosen (The Panchen Lama is the second most important
political and religious dignitary of Tibet. He died in 1998 and ever
since there has been a dispute between Chinese authorities and the Dalai
Lama about who was the reincarnation of the Panchan Lama). Including this
last extension of 4 years her total sentence amounts to 21 years. Together
with other prison inmates in the Drapchi prison Ngawang Sangdrol suffers
under inhuman treatment including beating and solitary confinement with
reduced food rations.
Today she has problems with her kidneys as a result of torture. This inhuman
treatment of Ngawang Sangdrol and prisoners throughout China is a clear
violation of Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which
prohibits
torture at all times and under any circumstance.
"Alas this sad song in my mind
I send to those who help prisoners
These feelings in this dark season
[line indistinct]
I'll never forget the horrible tortures.
May this present misery in prison
Never be inflicted on any sentient being"
I ask you to help Ngawang Sangdrol by signing this petition and sending
a copy to all your friends.
The list will be printed out and sent to:
Premier of the People's Republic of China
ZHU Rongji Zongli Guowuyuan
9 Xihuangchenggenbeijie Beijingsh1 100032
People's Republic of China
By signing this, we demand that Ngawang Sangdrol is to be released
unconditionally and immediately. Furthermore we demand that the Chinese
authorities respect Article 5 of the UDHR by treating Ngawang Sangdrol
and other prisoners in China with dignity, and by bringing to an end any
form of torture and inhuman treatment. We demand the Chinese authorities
to disclose all information about the health of prisoners throughout China
by allowing an independent organization to inspect prisons in China.
NAME, CITY, STATE, COUNTRY
1) Matthias Noester, Vienna, Austria
2) Angelika Gerstacker, Vienna, Austria
3) bgnes MJth, Vienna, Austria
4) Claus Viller, Vienna, Austria
5) Andrea Katschthaler, Vienna, Austria
6) Karl E. Thumm, Frankfurt/M, Germany
7) Manfred Waffender, Schornsheim, Germany
8) Ted Simon, Covelo, California, USA
9) Dennis Kaill, San Juan Island, Washington, USA
10) Anne Mosness
11) Jeremy Brown, Bellingham, Washington, USA
12) Joel Kawhara, Seattle, Washington, USA
13) Margaret Beckett, Half Moon Bay, California, USA
14) Darlene Hunter, Columbia, California, USA
15) William Barrows, Middletown, California, USA
16) Terry Record, Soquel, California, USA
17) Laura J. Shulman, Gilroy, California, USA
18. Ana E. Fuentes, Richmond, California, U.S.A.
19.) Paul K. Seaton, Ukiah, California, USA
20. Robert Racine (Lama Orgyen Zangpo)
21) Kirill Shilov, St-Petersburg, Russia
22) Beata Debarge, Moscow, Russia
23) Jasmin Hoechel, Arcidosso, Italy
24) Judy Herzl, Santa Fe, NM, USA
25) Marion Malten
26)Maximilian Erdely,Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
27) Sharon Kraus, U.S.A.
28)Christina Schultz, CO, USA
29) Ingrid Naiman, Santa Fe, NM, USA
30)June Noble, Indianapolis, IN. USA
31) R. J. Tavel, JD, Indianapolis, IN USA
PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message, sign the bottom and forward
it (It is better to copy rather than forward the petition) to everyone on
your address lists. If you receive this list with more than 50 names on it,
please e-mail a copy of it to : dReith@gmx.at.
Even if you decide not to sign, please pass it over! |
