>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:49:53 EDT >Subject: More arrests in Kazakhstan - Act Now! : > >RUSSIA INFO-LIST >from International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - ISWoR >*********************************************************** >If you appreciate receiving this mail please distribute it to your friends and >post it to internet forums; if not, send a "no more" message to: >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*********************************************************** >More arrests in Kazakhstan - Act Now! > >Dear friends, > >THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION IN WASHINGTON and GLOBALLY’Ķ > >President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazerbaev, who is the eighth richest man >in the world, has begun a vicious campaign of repression against the workers >movement of his country. > >Conditions of life in Kazakhstan have become even more horrendous than in >Russia since privatisation was introduced. Western and Kazak capitalists have >grown very fat while ordinary people suffer a miserable existence, with >epidemic spread of diseases and hunger. > >On 6 April 2000, Madel Ismailov, chairman of the Kazak Labour Movement >Solidarity which has been militantly opposing the privatisation and >repression, was arrested for alleged participation in an "illegal" demo in >support of pensioners rights. Despite his relatively short "official" >sentence of 15 days, there is much reason to fear. Last time he was >imprisoned with his friend and fellow labour activist , Sergei Kolokolov, >they both became very ill and his friend died. Kolokolov was 28 years old. > >With just a few days to go of his "official" sentence, Madel has begun a >hunger strike. Now, two more leading trade union activists have been >arrested. - . Kurmanov and Furmanova, from Uralsk where recently workers have >been engaged in prolonged and fierce battles with the bosses. Also arrested >has been Irina Savostina, leader of the pensioners movement, who had hoped to >flee the county and seek political asylum. > >Now we ask, those of you who are going to Washington this weekend to protest >the greed of the IMF - please, while you are there, can you find a little >time to visit the Kazakh embassy there and express your feelings about >Nazerbaev’Äôs repression - the Embassy itself must understand your anger. If >you are prepared to do something, please contact us immediately, so we can >put you in touch with others who want to do the same, and so that you may >co-ordinate your actions together. > >The details of the Kazakh embassy in Washington (base of Ambassador to US, >Canada and Mexico) are: > >Kazakh Embassy , 1401 16th street, N.W. ,Washington DC 20036 ,Tel 1-202-232 >5488 >Fax 1-202-232-5845, Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >If you cant make it to Washington but want to protest anyway, please email or >fax the Embassy. If you are not in US, please protest at the Kazakh embassy >in your country ; see listing at http://www.un.int/kazakhstan/embas.html >Also protest to any of the below: > >the President of Kazakhstan, Nazarbaev: Fax:(+ 7 3172) 326172 > >Office of the President pl. Respubliki 4 Akmola 480091 Republic of >Kazakhstan Fax: (+ 7 3272) 63 9595 or 63 76 33 > >Please send copy of your letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >More information available at: >http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/news/kazakh2.html > >In solidarity, >Lisa Taylor >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia (ISWoR) > >PS Please circulate this message as widely as you can and translate into >other languages if possible. > >*********************************************************** >The RUSSIA INFO-LIST >puts out information and analysis from a wide range of sources. >If you have something you would like to distribute on Russia Info-List, or >want to help in our practical solidarity work, contact: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]< >Box R, 46 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RZ, England >*********************************************************** > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
