독일에서 한국협회(Korea Verband.e.V) 의장 직을 수행하고 있는 Rainer Werning 박사가 송교수의 첫 공판을 방청하고, 그간 수집한 탄원서(1000여명 서명)를 전달하는 한편 송두율 교수 석방을 위한 제반 사업들을 한국측 대책위와 협의하기 위해 위해 12월 1일 한국을 방문해 오는 12월 7일까지 한국에 체류합니다. Werning박사와 만나길 원하시는 분들은 대책위로 연락주십시오.

Werning박사의 경력 등은 아래와 같습니다.

현직:
저술가/ 연구자;
Korea Verband e.V.(독일 에센, 아시아하우스)의장

학력:
Social & Political Sciences and Philosophy & Literature at the State University of Osnabrueck and Muenster (Germany);
Asian Center/University of the Philippines (Diliman);
South East Asia Studies Dept./University of Hull (UK) with research visits at Sophia University (Tokyo) and Columbia University
MA in Social & Political Sciences (1982) magna cum laude
PhD in Political & Social Sciences (1984) magna cum laude

현재 맡고 있는 직책들:
Executive Director - Stiftung fuer Kinder (Freiburg i. Br., Germany);
Vice-President - International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW), Geneva/Brussels;
Founder/Publisher/Editor-in-Chief - Book & Script Series of the Forschungsinstitut Dritte Welt / Industrielaender (FDI) in Osnabrueck, Germany;
Executive Director of the FDI (Research Institute Third World / Industrial Nations) in Osnabrueck, Germany;
Founder/Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of the Quarterly Journal Korea Forum= of the Korea Communication & Research Center at the Asia House in Essen, Germany;
Head of Korea-Informationsstelle in Osnabrueck/Frankfurt a.M., Germany;
Lecturer/Tutor at Deutsche Stiftung fuer internationale Entwicklung/German Foundation for International Development(DSE; now InWent), Bad Honnef, Germany;
Author of several monographs & numerous articles on the political & economic developments and NGOs in Southeast and East Asia among others regular contributor & correspondent of the Zurich-based weekly 'Die WochenZeitung' (WoZ)