Melody in Prison: Ngawang Choephel
	UPDATE 26 October 1998

A provisional itinerary for Sonam Dekyi's European tour has been announced by the Free Tibet Campaign-UK, which is sponsoring the tour in association with the International Campaign for Tibet and the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. Sonam Dekyi will be accompanied by her translator, Tsering Norzom, who is a member of Parliament of the Tibetan Government in Exile. Locally, Ms. Dekyi will be hosted by community Tibet support groups. If you are interested in being involved in the tour or would like further information about events, please contact the Free Tibet Campaign-UK or the organizations listed below. Please note that, due to Sonam Dekyi's health, dates or places may be changed to accomodate her, and therefore all details described below are subject to changes and cancellations. The schedule below will be updated as information becomes available.

Sonam Dekyi's European Itinerary
(as of 3 Dec Nov 98)

26 October - 12 November - United Kingdom

12-15 November - Netherlands
Contact: Amnesty Nederland

16-22 November - Norway
Contact: Den norske Tibet-komité

18 November

• 11:00am-1:00pm - University of Oslo
  Information stand with Sonam Dekyi to collect petition signatures
  
• 7:00 pm - Amnesty International, Øvre Voll gt 13, Oslo
  Talk by Sonam Dekyi, showing of the film documentary Missing in Tibet, and performance by Bhutanese musician and singer Jigme Drukpa

19 November

• Morning - Private meeting with Foreign Ministry representative and with the Parliamentarian Tibet Committee.
  
• Afternoon - Downtown Oslo
  Information stand with Sonam Dekyi to collect petition signatures; musician Jigme Drukpa will perform

23 -30 November - Switzerland

1-7 December - France
Contact: France-Tibet

5 December - Paris
2:00-6:00 pm, Solidarity Festival
9, rue Froissart 75003 Paris (M° St Sébastien Froissart)
Along with Sonam Dekyi, participants will include speakers from Tibet, India and Nepal representing several organizations. A young Tibetan now living in exile will bear witness to current conditions inside occupied Tibet. The event will also feature cartoons, roundtable discussions, debates, buffet, and information stands. Admission is free, but please bring your old eyeglasses, even broken ones, to be reconditioned.
For further details, please call Secours Populaire Français at 01 44 78 21 00 before 6:00 pm

7:00 pm, Dinner Spectacular
Bengali banquet followed by a screening of the new, unedited version of "La Transhimalayenne." Producers A. Poussin and S. Tesson will speak and answer questions. Requested admission of 120 F/person (no charge for children under 10) will benefit children of southern Asia.
For reservations, please send a check along with your contact information no later than November 30th to:
    S.P.F. Inde-Nepal-Tibet
    9, rue Froissart
    75140 Paris cédex 03
(Write on the back: Fête du 05/12/98)
Tickets (reserved or not) may be picked up after 4:00 pm Thursday.

8-13 December - Austria
Contact: Tibeter Gemeinschaft Österreich (TGM)
or Gesellschaft Save Tibet

9 December - Vienna
7:00 pm, TGM, Wexstr. 19-23, 1200 Wien (U6 Jägerstr.)
Showing of the film Missing in Tibet and talk by Sonam Dekyi;
further details to be announced.

10 December - Vienna
1:00 pm, Bezirk in Wien
50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights:
Among numerous organizations in this major human rights event, Save Tibet will have an informational booth with Sonam Dekyi.
Further details to be announced.

14 December - Return to New Delhi from London