My letter to the Indonesia Human Rights Network re. Bianca JaggerFrom: "Nancy A. Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: BIANCA JAGGER as a spokesperson for human rights?
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:04:59 -0400Mr. 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 HeyFrom: Karen Orenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Protest Exxon Mobil
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:27:12 -0400PROTEST 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 giant¹s
facilities in Indonesia despite the military¹s 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.orgKaren 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
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