- Start a SFT group at your school or community
- Write to your political leaders
- Learn about other issues facing Tibet beyond human rights
- Educate yourself about China and its policies towards Tibet
- The more you know
- The more you understand...
The Drapchi 14 nuns were imprisoned in 1992 for their part in peaceful and non-violent protests between 1989 and 1992. Their sentences were later extended for smuggling out songs about Tibetan independence.. .
The Drapchi Prison in Lhasa is infamous for the torture endured by its prisoners. Rapes of nuns and other female inmates have been reported. In 1998, there was a violent prison struggle during the visit of the British ambassador, which resulted in the suicides of five nuns (who swallowed their own scarves) as well as a dozen other deaths.
The violence began when the Chinese guards started beating the prisoners after they refused to sing, "Socialism is Good." The torture that followed, included beatings with sand-filled hoses, electric shock, and being forced to stand in the sun for days.
You can view an example of an appeal letter here in regards to the Drapchi 14 nuns, or learn more about them at http://www.drapchi14.org.
General Urgent Action
Please take the time to draft a letter or use the one we have already composed and organize a signing at your school or community. Your voice and action can impact and influence the decisions of our politicians. Awareness is the first step towards change.
The List of Addresses:
China:
Premier of the PRC
Li Peng Zongli
Guowuyuan
9 Xihuangchenggenbeijie
Beijingshi 100032
People's Republic of China
[email protected]
Director of the State Council Bureau of Religious Affairs
Zhang Shengzuo Juzhang
Guowuyuan Zongjiao Shiwuju
Guowuyuan
22 Xianmen Dajie
Beijingshi 100017
People's Republic of China
Secretary of the Xizang Autonomous Regional People's Government
Xizang Zizhiqu Renmin Zhengfu
1 Kang'angdonglu
Lasashi 850000
Xizang Zizhiqu
People's Republic of China
USA:
Ambassador YANG Jiechi
Embassy of the People's Republic of China
2300 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Department of State
Secretary, Colin Powell
7th Floor, 2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
[email protected]
President George W. Bush
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520
[email protected]
Isabella Kelley
Amnesty International
304 Penn Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20003
[email protected]
Sidney Jones & Mickey Spiegel
Human Rights Watch
485 5th Ave
NYC, NY 10017
The United Nations
High Commissioners for Human Rights
United Nations
Centre for Human Rights RM S-2914
NYC, NY 10017
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