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If you would sign this statement of support for the Hazara people, then please contact Kamran Mir Hazar as indicated below ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Kamran Mir Hazar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friend and Colleagues, > > I'm writing you to ask you to support the Hazara people in Afghanistan > and Pakistan, by signing the following open letter (letter is attached > also). Hazaras indigenous people are one of the most prosecuted people in > the world, suffered systematic crimes for more than a century. > > I have attached a file containing links to several sources such as > Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch about the Hazara massacres in > last 3 decades. I have also attached a screen shot of Hawke's Bay Herald, > Volume XXVIII, Issue 9508, 20 October 1893, Page 2 that says: > > It is reported that the Ameer of Afghanistan has sold 10,000 Hazara > captives to pay the expenses incurred in suppressing the revolt. (Maybe this > can be a part of a poetry?) > > I wait for 2-3 weeks to collect signatures . After that I'll send the > letter to recipients and international media. > > > > Kind regards > > Kamran Mir Hazar > > Poet, journalist and webmaster > > > > PS: Please also forward this to other poets you know. > > > > > > An open letter from the World-wide Poets addressed to United Nations > Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of the European Commission José > Manuel Barroso, and President of the United States, Barack Obama. > > Dear Sirs, > > After more than a century of systematic crimes such as genocide, slavery, > sexual abuse, war crimes, and discrimination, being a Hazara still appears > to be a crime in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Just on Thursday 11, January > 2013, over one-hundred Hazara were killed in a terrorist attack in the city > of Quetta, Pakistan. In recent years, more than a thousand Hazaras have been > killed in similar organized attacks in that same country. > > Today, in their homeland, Afghanistan, they are still not safe. Every > year, they face attacks by Afghan Kuchis who are backed by the Taliban and > the Afghan government. Their roads are blocked by Taliban gunmen with cars > stopped and passengers killed. In the center of Afghanistan, where a huge > population of Hazaras are marginalized, they do not have access to basic > legal rights. They still face systematic discrimination and Taliban attacks. > The result is that millions of Hazaras have fled to numerous countries as > refugees or asylum seekers, frequently in terrible living conditions. > > Hazara indigenous people made up nearly 67 percent of the population of > Afghanistan prior to the 19th century. However, they suffered genocide and > enslavement twice in 19th century. They were violently forced from most > parts of their land, which is located in the south of modern Afghanistan. > More than 60 percent of them were killed and thousands of them were sold as > salves. > > The entire history of the 20th century in Afghanistan has been marked by > killing and discrimination against Hazaras. In August 1998, the Taliban > killed more than ten thousand Hazaras in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif > . Similar massacres quickly spread to other parts of Afghanistan. > Destroying Hazara history and making and promoting a false history about > them have been further strategies, in addition to violent crime. > > For example, in March 2011, the Taliban notoriously destroyed the ancient > Buddha sculptures of Bamiyan which are primary symbols of Hazara history > and culture, and one of the most popular masterpieces of the oral and > intangible heritage of humanity. Such is the history of two centuries of > crimes against the Hazara, and from which they suffer today. > > Therefore, we poets from around the world declare our solidarity with > the Hazara people and ask you world leaders to take following steps to > properly insure the security and safety of the Hazara people and culture: > > 1: Declare a state of emergency regarding Hazara circumstances authorized > by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. > > 2: Put pressure on both the Afghan and Pakistani governments to > immediately cease acts of discrimination against the Hazaras and to stop > supporting terrorist groups who commit violent acts against them. > > 3: Ask the Refugee Convention's state parties to protect Hazara asylum > seekers and grant them asylum. > > 4: Establish an international truth Commission to investigate the crimes > against the Hazaras. > > 5: Open a comprehensive case in international courts such as the ICC. > > 6: Over 150 thousand international troops are in Afghanistan. They must > ensure sure the safety of the Hazaras before they leave Afghanistan. > > 7: Ask international media to investigate and report on activities > against the Hazara, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. > > > > Thank you > > Poets Around the World > > Signatures with names, positions and countries: > > > > ------------- > > PS: > > 1: Copy to International Media > > 2: For more information contact Kamran Mir Hazar at email: > [email protected] and cell phone +47.96666769 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Kamran Mir Hazar > > Poet, journalist and webmaster > > Email: [email protected] > > Website: www.kamranmirhazar.com > > Add: Konglefaret 43, > > 3511, Hønefoss, Norway > > _____________________________________ ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
