Subject: IFCSS HQ NR-4059: On Shen Tong's Release

From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1992 13:01:36 -0500

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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 4059:     October 25, 1992
                ON SHEN TONG'S RELEASE
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005
         Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018
                Email: [email-masked]

                On Shen Tong's Release
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      Mr. Shen Tong has regained his freedom and returned to
the United States.

      In the past two months, IFCSS has coordinated activities
to rescue Shen Tong and his two friends. IFCSS protested the
arrest of Shen Tong because we believe that the Chinese
government has violated Shen Tong's right, as a Chinese citizen,
to form organizations as guaranteed by the Chinese Constitution.
We demanded the release of Shen Tong and organized an open letter
movement because IFCSS, under its Constitution, is obliged to
protect the rights and interests of the Chinese students and
scholars in the United States (Shen Tong is a student in Boston).

      We thank those who have helped  and supported our rescue
efforts. Hundreds of students and scholars signed the open letter.
72 CSS organizations endorsed the open letter. (The list was released
to news media on October 9. World Journal had a report on Oct. 10)

      However, so far the other two, Qian Liyun and Qi Dafeng
have not been released. Many others who were interviewed by Shen Tong
might face persecution. We should continue to pay close attention
to the human rights conditions in China and work hard for our
common goal -- a democratic and prosperous China.

      The following is the list of CSS organizations endorsing the
open letter to Chinese Education Commission Chairman Li Tieying.

Boston University                       (CSA)
Brandeis University                     (CSSA)
Brown Chinese Student Democratic Movement Fund
Case Western Reserve University         (CSSA)
City College of New York                (CSSU)
Cleveland State University              (CSSA)
Columbia University                     (CSSA)
Democracy for China Foundation, Inc.    (Michigan)
East Tennessee Chinese Association
Florida State University                (CSSA)
George Mason University                 (CSSA)
Harvard University                      (CSS)
Indiana University                      (SUCS)
Iowa State University                   (CSSFA)
June 4 Memorial Fund at Buffalo
Kansas State University                 (CSSA)
Los Alamos National Lab                 (RFCS)
Marquette University                    (PRCSA)
Memphis State University                (CSA)
Montana State University                (CSSA)
National Institute of Health            (CSSA)
National Union of CSS in Australia      (NUCSSA)
New York University                     (CSS)
Ohio State University                   (CSSS)
Oregon State University                 (CSSA)
Purdue University                       (CSSU)
Rutgers University                      (CSR)
Rutgers University, Newark              (CSA)
Stanford University                     (ACSSS)
SUNY-Buffalo                            (CSSA)
SUNY-Stony Brook                        (MCSO)
Texas A&M                               (China Club)
Texas Tech University                   (CSSA)
Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)    (FACSS)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks         (CSSA)
University of Arizona                   (CSSA)
University of Arkansas                  (CSSA)
University of California, Berkeley      (BCSSA)
University of California, Davis         (CSSA)
University of California, Los Angeles   (CSSA)
University of California, Riverside     (CSU)
University of California, San Diego     (CSSA)
University of California, San Francisco (ACSS)
University of Chicago                   (CSU)
University of Colorado at Boulder       (CSS)
University of Connecticut               (CSSC)
University of Dayton                    (CSSA)
University of Florida                   (CSSA)
University of Georgia                   (SUC)
University of Kentucky                  (SSSU)
University of Illinois at Chicago       (IFCSS)
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign     (CSSSU)
University of Iowa                      (CSSA)
University of Louisville                (CSSA)
University of Maryland                  (CGSA)
University of Minnesota                 (FACSS)
University of Missouri, Columbia        (CSA)
University of Missouri, St. Louis       (CSSA)
University of North Carolina            (FACSS)
University of Rochester                 (CSA)
University of Southern California       (CSSA)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville      (CSSA)
University of Texas, Arlington          (CSSA)
University of Texas, Dallas             (CSSA)
University of Utah                      (CSSA)
University of Virginia                  (CSSS)
University of Wisconsin, Madison        (CSS)
Vanderbilt University                   (CSSA)
Virginia Commonwealth University        (CSSA)
Virginia Tech                           (ACSS)
Yale University                         (ACSSY)

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Chinese Student Association (Taiwan), University of Arizona
Malaysian Friendship Club, Univ. of Arizona
Korean Student Club, Univ. of Arizona
International Student Association/ASUA, Univ. of Arizona
Human Rights for China      (Michigan)

      Again, thanks for the support.

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