User 'anonymous' did: report at Sat Aug 22 10:43:19 +0000 2009.<br/>truetrue
<p>the protest is called for 9am on monday 18th may until 2pm at grosvenor square<br /><br />news is coming through that the sri lankan army is continuing to use white phosphorous and chemical weapons. there are up to 25,000 people seriously injured in the area, and with the only medical facilities under constant bombardment from sri lankan rockets, most of those are expected to die.<br /><br />the tamil community is asking for support in their efforts to persuade obama to intervene to stop the further slaughter. if you can't make it to the protest, there is a list of contacts being circulated. every effort to write to/email/telephone people on this list might just help save a life.<br /><br />for news of the recent atrocities in the region, see<br /><br />http://tamilnational.com/news-flash/1038-burn-injured-require-immediate-evacuation.html<br /><br />http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIOoMe0dnlYo0ecBB4U3a4f5A44d3cYd3cc2AmT2d434OX3a030Mm2e<br /><br />http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29368<br /><br />if you can't make the demo, tamil solidarity groups are urging people to flood the following contacts with emails/phone calls etc<br /><br />OBAMA: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/<br /><br />CALL OBAMA URGENTLY ON 001-202-456-1111<br /><br />FAX: 001-202-456-2461<br /><br />CALL URGENTLY SUSAN RICE: 001-212 415 4050<br /><br />HILLARY CLINTON ON : 001-202 647 2283 OR 001- 202 736 433<br /><br />David Miliband (Foreign Secretary): <br />private.office@fco.gov.uk<br />msu.correspondence@fco.gov.uk<br /><br /><br />Your Councillors, MP & MEPs: http://www.writetothem.com/<br /><br />Ban Bi-Moon (secretary general UN): sg@un.org<br /><br />Navneetham Pillay - npillay@ohchr.org<br /><br />UN Security Council has 15 members:<br />i. 5 permanent members:<br /><br />China,<br />china@un.int<br />Zhang Yesui, Permanent<br />Representative<br /><br />France,<br />france@un.int<br />Jean-Maurice Ripert, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Russian<br />Federation, rusun@un.int <br />Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative<br /><br />UK,<br />uk@un.int<br />John Sawers, Permanent Representative<br /><br />US,<br />usa@un.int<br />Susan Rice, Permanent Representative<br /><br /><br /><br />ii. 10 non-permanent members with two-year terms:<br /><br />Austria,<br />austria@un.int<br />Thomas Mayr-Harting, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Burkina Faso, <br />bfapm@un.int<br />Michel Kafando, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Costa Rica, <br />costarica@un.int <br />Jorge Urbina Ortega, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Croatia, <br />cromiss.un@mvp.hr <br />Mirjana Mladineo, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Japan, <br />mission@un-japan.org <br />Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Libya, <br />libya@un.int<br />Giadalla A. Ettalhi, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Mexico, <br />mexico@un.int<br />Claude Heller, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Turkey, <br />turkuno-dt@un.int <br />Baki ?lkin, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Uganda, <br />Telefax: (212) 687-4517 <br />Francis K. Butagira, Permanent Representative<br /><br />Vietnam, <br />vietnamun@vnmission.com <br />Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative<br />----------<br /><br />SAVE THE CHILDREN<br />Email: supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk<br /><br />UNICEF<br />unicef@capita.co.uk<br /><br />-----------<br />and finally, bug the press, local and national - they are not giving the situation in sri lanka anywhere near enough airspace. people must be told what is going on there.</p>
rikkiindymedia(At)gmail[dot]com2009-05-17T22:43:29+00:001414promotedrikki<p>with news of more than 1000 new deaths and thousands injured in just a few hours today in Vanni, tamils in london are calling for a solidarity protest outside the US embassy, grosvenor square on monday morning to urge barack obama to intervene.</p>Tamil protest in morning at US embassy2009-08-22T10:43:19+00:0019