STOP NATO: ĦNO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To those of you who commented on my letter to the Indonesia Human Rights > Network re. Bianca Jagger, I thought you might be interested to see this > response that I received from Kurt Biddle. > > peacefully yours, > Nancy Hey > > >From: Kurt Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Nancy A. Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: BIANCA JAGGER as a spokesperson for human rights? > >Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:18:53 -0400 > > > >Dear Nancy, > > > >Thanks for your letter of concern about Bianca Jagger. > > > >We did not choose Bianca Jagger, she chose the issue. We organized the > >demonstration and she called some of the Washington-area organizers to say > >she would be coming. I don't know about her political opinions around the > >Balkans. > > > >Actually, she earlier today decided to stay in London and join > >demonstrations there. > > > >I hope that you will join our demonstration or one in your area. There are > >many organizations participating with many points of view, but all > >targeting > >ExxonMobil for good reasons. > > > >Of course, I would love to have Noam Chomsky come to the demo. If you can > >invite him down, that would be great. > > > >Kurt Biddle > > -- > >Kurt Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Washington Coordinator > >Indonesia Human Rights Network > >1101 Pennsylvania Ave. SE > >Washington, DC 20003 > >(202) 544-1211 phone > >(202) 544-6118 fax > >www.indonesianetwork.org <http://www.indonesianetwork.org> > > > > > From: "Nancy A. Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:04:59 -0400 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: BIANCA JAGGER as a spokesperson for human rights? > > > > > > Mr. Kurt Biddle > > > Indonesia Human Rights Network. > > > > > > Dear Mr. Biddle: > > > > > > I am extremely disappointed that you have chosen BIANCA JAGGER to speak > >at > > > your International Day of Action against Exxon Mobile. I believe it is > >the > > > height of hypocrisy for Ms. Jagger to speak about human rights at your > > > demonstration, when she so enthusiastically supported NATO's bombing of > > > Yugoslavia in 1999! > > > > > > NATO's air war resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 civilians in > >Yugoslavia, > > > many of them children. During the 78 days that NATO forces attacked > > > Yugoslavia, they used such weapons of mass destruction as cluster bombs > >and > > > depleted uranium. Unexploded cluster bombs can scatter a landscape only > >to > > > explode like landmines killing whatever unfortunate person or animal > >happens > > > to inadvertently step on them. The depleted uranium used on NATO's > >missile > > > tips can pollute the environment with radioactivity for generations to > >come. > > > We have already seen increases in the incidence of childhood cancer in > > > Iraq resulting from the use of depleted uranium in the 1991 Gulf War, > >and DU > > > is even suspected of causing the dreaded "Gulf War Syndrome" in American > > > soldiers. > > > > > > When you consider the lasting effects of things like cluster bombs and > > > depleted uranium, it is predictable that the toll from NATO's aggression > > > against Yugoslavia will reach far higher than the 2,000 + civilians > > > initially killed during the 78 days of bombing. > > > > > > I believe Ms. Jagger's support for this destructive policy makes her an > > > unsuitable candidate to speak about the human rights and environmental > > > violations committed by Exxon Mobile. Your organization would do itself > >a > > > better service by choosing someone with far more integrity, such as Noam > > > Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, or Alexander Cockburn as your spokesperson, as > >they > > > have consistently condemned all human rights abuses, including those > >carried > > > out under the mantle of American foreign policy. > > > > > > I forwarded your message to several of my Serbian friends. They are as > > > appalled as I am that someone like Bianca Jagger would claim to be for > >human > > > rights after having supported such aggression. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Nancy Hey > > > > > > > > >> From: Karen Orenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Subject: Protest Exxon Mobil > > >> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:27:12 -0400 > > >> > > >> PROTEST EXXON MOBIL > > >> > > >> STOP ExxonMobil's Support for a Brutal Military! > > >> ExxonMobil International Day of Action > > >> July 11th > > >> Join BIANCA JAGGER and speakers from Aceh, > > >> U.S. PIRG, Free the Planet!, Indonesia > > >> Human Rights Network and others. > > >> > > >> Where: > > >> Congressional Exxon Station > > >> 200 Massachusetts Ave. NE (at 2nd St. NE) > > >> Washington, DC > > >> (Near Union Station METRO) > > >> > > >> When: > > >> This Wednesday, July 11, 11:00 am > > >> In 15 countries around the world > > >> thousands from around the > > >> world will protest ExxonMobil > > >> for their horrific record of involvement > > >> in human rights abuses in > > >> Indonesia and their environmental > > >> destruction throughout the world. > > >> > > >> * * * * Human Rights * * * * * * > > >> On June 20, the International Labor Rights Fund > > >> filed a lawsuit naming ExxonMobil liable for murder, > > >> torture, kidnapping and 12 other charges at > > >> its liquefied natural gas operation in Aceh, a > > >> region on the northern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia. > > >> ExxonMobil has hired, equipped, and housed the > > >> Indonesian military as security for the oil giantıs > > >> facilities in Indonesia despite the militaryıs history > > >> of brutal repression. ExxonMobil needs to be > > >> held accountable for crimes against crimes the > > >> Indonesian military is committing near its facilities > > >> in Aceh. > > >> > > >> * * * * Environment * * * * * > > >> ExxonMobil is pressing to drill in the Arctic > > >> National Wildlife Refuge and continues to reject > > >> science on global warming. Several organizations > > >> have called for the July 11th actions as a lead up to > > >> climate change negotiations in Germany in mid-July. > > >> For more information: > > >> Contact Indonesia Human Rights Network > > >> Indonesia Human Rights Network > > >> 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. SE > > >> Washington, DC 20003 > > >> (202) 544-1211 phone > > >> (202) 544-6118 fax > > >> www.indonesianetwork.org > > >> > > >> > > >> Karen Orenstein > > >> Washington Coordinator > > >> East Timor Action Network > > >> 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., SE > > >> Washington, DC 20003 > > >> Tel: 202-544-6911 > > >> Fax: 202-544-6118 > > >> www.etan.org > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
