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Letter to Mr. President NGOs The Honorable President George Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC April 10, 2005 Mr. President: When you addressed Qinghua student body in Beijing, your speech was censored by your host, the Communist Chinese government (CCG). You may not know that the independent Chinese-American broadcaster, New Tang Dynasty TV, NTDTV, broadcasted your inauguration speech, as well as all three presidential debates with simultaneous translation in Chinese. These historic testimonials were broadcast live, uncensored and viewable in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and yes China for the first time in history ever! Now NTDTV's Asia (China) broadcast faces extinction, and your prompt intervention is urgently needed. In May of last year, NTDTV in cooperation with Eutelsat, the Paris based European satellite company, launched the first uncensored, non-government satellite Chinese language TV broadcast to China, reaching the tens of millions of private satellite TV receivers across the country. Within one month, the CCG Ministry of Information demanded that Eutelsat terminate NTDTV's Asia broadcast. In December, Eutelsat signed a "historic partnership agreement" with the CCG Ministry of Information. The same month, NTDTV received non-renewal notice of its contract on Asia broadcast. Eutelsat, despite all the pleas and appeals from Europe, Asia, mainland China and the U.S., is still refusing to continue NTDTV's Asia broadcast service. On April 15th, the "open satellite window" for NTDTV's Asia broadcast will be slammed shut. It comes as no surprise that the CCG has been hostile and vindictive to NTDTV, continuously interfering with NTDTV's business operation and coercively pressuring NTDTV's business partners. The Eutelsat story is just the latest transgression. What does surprise us is why CCG's illicit, terrorist-like tactics have gone unchecked in the democratic world. Mr. President, democracy needs you help, freedom needs your help. Chinese people's right to free information needs your help. You have strongly supported freedom and democracy around the world. You have also said so clearly, there can be no freedom without freedom of information. We know and believe this deeply, and we earnestly appeal to you, support NTDTV to defend democracy, protect free flow of information to counter repression. We understand that Eutelsat is the largest contractor of U.S. government satellite service. As tax payers, we ask you to use all U.S. government leverages with Eutelsat to keep NTDTV's Asia broadcasting. Make it plainly clear to the Chinese and all other repressors that democracy and human rights are still, and will always be the unwavering principles of the democratic world that can not be bought. Respectfully, Yufeng Liang Phone: 347-923-5055 On behalf of the following organizations worldwide: -------------------------------------- 1. The Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice 2. The Way of China Bimonthly Electronic Magazine 3. NewCosmos Systems 4. Chinese Students Association in Ireland 5. Mothers and Grandmothers for a Safe China and a Safe Canada 6. Preparatory Committee for Safeguarding the Northern Homeland 7. Boston-Chinese Macao Club (Friendship Association of Boston and Macao) 8. Friends of Hong Kong and Macao at Boston 9. Boston New Life and Culture Center 10. China Democracy and Long March Foundation of Boston 11. Great Thinking Club 12. Friends of Falun Gong 13. Fa Wang Hui Hui (Human Rights Violation Investigation Organization) 14. Alliance to Protect the Rights of Women and Children 15. CCC£BCaring for China Center 16. Da Shan, LLC 17. International Institude of Future Science & Culture 18. The Fraternity of Oversea Chinese Veteran 19. Concord International 20. Netherland Society to Promote China Human Rights 21. June 4th Massacre Investgation 22. Friends of Falun Gong Association Of Canada 23. FGM Media, Inc 24. Minghui School of Canada 25. SecretChina News Net 26. Lotus Flower Art Group 27. United Services & Trading Co. 28. Federation for a Democratic China 29. Federation for a Democratic China (Canada) 30. All Germany Chinese Student and Scholars Association 31. Global Coalition Against Article 23 Legislation 32. Global Information Freedom Inc 33. The Solidarity Union of Democrat of China (?) 34. Heavenly River Writing House 35. Microstone Computer Inc 36. New Century Net 37. New England Life and Science Research Association 38. Unistar Computer Inc. 39. Amnesty China 40. China Peace 41. China Forum 42. China Support Network 43. China Social Democrat 44. China Affairs 45. The Press of Overseas Chinese Students 46. Chinese Institute (Canada) 47. World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong 48. Funeral Committee 49. The Velvet Action Of China 50. Chinese Democracy Education Foundation 51. Community Service Office of James Lung Wai Man, Hong Kong 52. Tiananmen Generation Association 53. Southern Democratic Alliance 54. Alliance for Democracy in China 55. Hong Kong Community Development Network 56. Support Democracy in China 57. Yau Tsim Mong Mutual Development Association 58. American Hong Kong-Macau Democracy Association 59. The Front-Line Magazine 60. Silicon Valley for Democracy in China 61. Open Magazine 62. Unity for Democracy in China (Sacramento) 63. Divine Land Youth Services 64. Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the U.S. 65. The Society to Protect the Traditional Chinese Characters 66. San Francisco Freedom Forum 67. ChinaEWeekly 68. Global Coalition to Protect Human Rights and Freedom of Speech in China 69. The Branch of Chinese Democratic Party Hong Kong 70. Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace (Silicon Valley Branch) 71. The People Society of China 72. Friends of Charles Lee 73. Metropolitan Los Angeles and Orange County "Quitting the CCP" Service Center 74. The Hong Kong Future Concern Group 75. Rescue Wang Bing Zhang International 76. "Independent Review" TV Workshop 77. The Great Achievement's Society of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen 78. Social Democratic Party, U. S. West Branch 79. Alliance against Political Persecution in China 80. Western America Refugees Association 81. Chinese Democracy Education Foundation 82. Visual Artists Guild 83. The "Good Riddance, CCP" Global Coalition 84. The Global "Quitting the CCP" Service Center 85. The Global Coalition of Chinese Veterans That Have Quit the CCP 86. The Coalition to Rescue Persecuted Intellectuals in Mainland China 87. the Coalition to Rescue Orphans of the Persecuted Individuals in Mainland China 88. Boston Forum 89. Friends of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party in San Diego 90. San Diego Society for the Protection of Freedom or Press 91. Mind-Body Science Institute 92. Omnifood, Inc 93. East west Acupuncture & Herbs 94. Chinascope 95. Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Toronto) 96. Alumni association of Chiang Chongzhen Institute of Philippines 97. International Sociaty for Human Right (IGFM) 98. Oversea Revival Association of Chinese Culture 99. PostmanChinese 100. Free China Movement 101.Party For Freedom and Democracy in China 102.China Republican Party 103.International Association of Chinese Workers (04/15/2005 16:59) |