If you can, please spare a moment to ring/e mail the BBC to protest at this unbelievable decision.. michael
--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Stop the War Coalition <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stop the War Coalition <[email protected]> > Subject: Stop the BBC blocking Gaza aid appeal > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 9:45 AM > STOP THE WAR COALITION > NEWSLETTER > No. 1079 24 January 2009 > Email [email protected] > Tel: 020 7278 6694 > Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk > > STOP THE BBC BLOCKING GAZA AID APPEAL > > There is now massive pressure on the BBC to reverse its > decision to block an aid for Gaza appeal, with government > > ministers joining the campaign to make the BBC reverse its > > decision. > > Tony Benn, many MPs and celebrities and thousands of > protestors will deliver a letter (see below) to the BBC > today > demanding that the BBC reverse what government Health > Minister > Ben Bradshaw calls its "inexplicable decision" to > refuse a > broadcast for an emergency appeal to raise desperately > needed > aid for Gaza. Bradshaw says the reasons the BBC gave are > "completely feeble". > (See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7848614.stm) > > Tony Benn, President of Stop the War, says, "To deny > the help > that the aid agencies and the UN need at this moment in > time > is incomprehensible. I appeal to the chairman of the BBC > Trust > to intervene to reverse this decision to save the lives of > > those who are now in acute danger of dying through a lack > of > food, fuel, water and medical supplies." > > WHAT YOU CAN DO > * Join the protest at the BBC today 24 January at 1.30pm, > when > we will be assembling for our LIFT THE GAZA BLOCKADE > demonstration > * If you can't join the demonstration, complain to the > BBC and > insist it reverses its decision: > TO COMPLAIN TO THE BBC > PHONE: 03700 100 222 > TEXT: 03700 100 212 > ONLINE: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complaints_stage1.shtml > > ****************************** > LETTER SIGNED BY TONY BENN, CELEBRITIES, MANY OTHERS > > To Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, Mark > Thompson, Director General of the BBC, Caroline Thomson, > Chief > Operating Officer for the BBC > > The International Committee of the Red Cross say that > conditions for the people of Gaza are "worse than > Dafur" but > the BBC refuses to allow the Disasters Emergency Committee > to > broadcast an appeal for aid. > > We agree with Government Health Minister Ben Bradshaw, who > > says the reasons the BBC has given for blocking an appeal > for > humanitarian aid are "completely feeble" and it > was "an > inexplicable decision". > > We urge the BBC to reconsider its decision and to contact > the > Disasters Emergency Committee as a matter of urgency so > that > its appeal can be broadcast nationally. Not to do so is to > > deny relief needed immediately for people suffering > catastrophic and life-threatening conditions. > > BRING CHILDREN'S DOLLS TO THE BBC > If you are coming to demonstration on Saturday 24 January, > > which assembles outside Broadcasting House, we are asking > > protestors to bring children's dolls, wrapped if > possible in > white shrouds, to be laid on the steps of the BBC, as a > memorial to the hundreds of children who died in > Israel's > attacks and as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians > in > Gaza, now denied urgently needed aid by the BBC. > > DEMONSTRATE FOR GAZA: SATURDAY 24 JANUARY > STOP THE BBC BLOCKING GAZA AID APPEAL > END THE BLOCKADE: STOP ALL ARMS SALES > BRING THE WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE > Assemble 1.30pm BBC Broadcasting House > Portland Place, London W1A 1AA > Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street or Regents park. > March starts at 3.00 pm. Ends with rally in Trafalgar > Square > 4.30 pm. > > BRING CHILDEN'S DOLLS WRAPPED IN WHITE SHROUDS TO LAY > ON THE > STEPS OF THE BBC > > ********************************************** > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
