Children Seek Release of Boy Prisoner
FRIENDS OF TIBET (NZ) WELLINGTON BRANCH
PO Box 52076 Titahi Bay ph: 239 9971 fax: 239 9976 email: ricksahar@clear.net.nz
MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
5 January, 2000
The paper delivered today by the Representatives of Tibet at the first Children's World Parliament being held in Wellington during the International Millennium Festival of the Children this week was met with thunderous applause from other children delegat
The Tibetan representatives, Karma Tsering
Norbu Karthung aged 13 yrs and Tara Devi Karthung aged 11
yrs, were born in the Tibetan refugee camp of Manpat in
India. They have been living in New Zealand since 1990 at
Karma Choeling Buddhist Monastery locate
Karma and
Tara also called for better living conditions for Tibetan
Children, including; clean water, an education in the
Tibetan language and culture, freedom to say what they want,
better school facilities, and to be able to practice their
own religion
Karma and Tara also mentioned in their
paper that Tibetan Children have a right to the environment
being better protected for them for the future and requested
the government of China to stop chopping down the trees, and
to stop dumping nuclear waste in T
They concluded
their address with "We wish happiness, harmony and
prosperity for all children everywhere around the
world".
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