so it's another fucking petition. Well I know they
suck and they achieve less than we hope for but hay,
what revolutionary act have you committed today?
Thought so. Well if we can't be a revolutionary
everyday then let's be a good hearted reformer on our
days off.
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
> independency 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 byChinese authorities for trying to
stage a
> peaceful demonstration withfellow nuns.
>
> Subsequently she was accused for "subversive
and
> separatistic 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 and
> recorded independencesongs 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
theprison'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 disputed 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 NgawangSangdrol 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 Rebuplic 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, COUNTRY
> 1) Matthias Noester, Vienna, Austria
> 2) Angelika Gerstacker, Vienna, Austria
> 3) Miriam Rijfkogel, Pretoria, South
Africa
> 4) Traude Rijfkogel, Pretoria, South
Africa
> 5) Martin Schlegl, Vienna, Austria
> 6) Gudrun Nothegger, Vienna, Austria
> 7) michaela a. gabriel, vienna, austria
> 8) wzge Akin, Istanbul, Turkey
> 9) Panayis Lycourezos, Athens, Greece
> 10) marina coriolano-lykourezos, Athens,
Greece
> 11) Swapna Mehta, London, England
> 12) Anisha Imhasly, Bern, Switzerland
> 13) Natasha Mesko, Hetauda, Nepal
> 14) Polly Lewis, Bristol, England
> 15) Rebecca Walshe, Brighton, England
> 16)Kirsten Bartholomeus, Lokeren, Belgium
> 17) Shilpa Mukerji, Bombay, India.
> 18) Ashaman Gray, Seattle, USA
> 19) Ange Sabine Peter
> 20) Helen Prideaux, AUSTRALIA
> 21) Elinda Lindberg, SWEDEN
> 22) Anita Ejrup Sweden
> 23) Marek Rozenberg, Sweden
> 24) Alan Florance, Australia
> 25) Sandy Abbott, Australia
> 26) Dianne Trussell, Australia
> 27) Gail Edgley, NSW, Australia
> 28) Dean Greguric, SA, Australia
> 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 :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
=====
love and lines of liberation,
Dean
Deanarchist
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