----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Tangri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:10 AM Subject: [dccsa] Petition to Support Peoples' Struggle against Forced Displacement in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa
> hi all, > The petition and the attached background page are now live! Special thanks > to Sudarshan for putting in many hours of work into constructing the site > and for patiently incorporating all of our changes, big and small. > PLEASE > 1. Sign the Petition, > 2. Forward it everyone that you can think of, and most importantly, > 3. help us get organizational endorsements! > > Please use the email below to spread the word about the petition. > Sudarshan has just added the action alert sent by Madhu to the petition > site. > > thanks, > Anu (& Ani, Hema & Sudarshan) > p.s. I think Sudarshan is taking care of getting the email below onto the > AID-CVC and AID-Awareness. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > <http://petitions.aidindia.org/Posco_2008/>Petition to Support Peoples' > Struggle against Forced Displacement in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa > > [http://petitions.aidindia.org/Posco_2008/] > > > The Jagatsinghpur area in Orissa is at the tipping point. Tension reigns > following opposition by local groups to the construction of the Pohang > Steel Company (POSCO)'s plant on fertile agricultural land. The village of > Dhinkia has barricaded itself against visits by government officials and > Paramilitary units have surrounded the village and are controlling access > to food and medicines. Elsewhere, the Police have cracked down on > non-violent public protests and paramilitary units were used to squelch > public participation in stautory hearings for Environmental Clearance for > the project. Heedless of this volatile situation, the Government of Orissa > and POSCO have announced that they will begin construction of the plant in > April, 2008. The deployment of State machinery to initimidate people and > to shut down their protest is reminiscent of Nandigram, Singur and > Kalinganagar. We Must Act Now! > > Please visit > <http://petitions.aidindia.org/Posco_2008/>http://petitions.aidindia.org/Posco_2008/ > > and sign the petition urging the Indian government to withdraw police and > military pressure and to follow the due democratic process in making > decisions about the POSCO project. > > > More Pictures from the villages: > <http://picasaweb.google.com/orissa.solidarity/>http://picasaweb.google.com/orissa.solidarity/ > > > Never miss a thing. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs>Make Yahoo > your homepage. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
