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Dear PHM friends,<br>
I'm sharing this request for support and action for the immediate and
unconditional release of 3 activists with the Global Anti-Incineration
Alliance (GAIA), an organization active with PHM. They were
detained by Indonesian police after taking part in a local protest
against incineration and for climate justice. Please see details
below:<br><br>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 6:16 PM<br>
To: gaia-members@lists.riseup.net; wna@lists.riseup.net<br>
Subject: [GAIA] Urgent: Release the GAIA 3 in Bandung, Indonesia<br><br>
Urgent: Please take action for the immediate and unconditional release of
colleagues and friends Gigie, Neil, and Shibu from the Indonesian
police<br>
department where they are being detained after taking part in a local
protest against incineration and for climate justice. Please demand
that<br>
their human rights are fully restored and that they are permitted to
travel to the upcoming climate change meetings in Bali.<br><br>
Take action now by going to:<br>
<a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1843/t/4860/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2" eudora="autourl">
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1843/t/4860/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2<br>
</a>1899 <br>
The details are below:<br><br>
Dear Friends,<br>
We write to request GAIA members and friends across the globe to seek the
immediate and unconditional release of the following international<br>
activists who were detained on 1 December 2007 in Bandung,
Indonesia:<br><br>
1. Gigie Cruz, GAIA, Philippines<br>
2. Neil Tangri, GAIA, USA<br>
3. Shibu Nair, Thanal, India<br><br>
(please see their brief profiles below)<br><br>
Gigie, Neil and Shibu arrived in Indonesia last Saturday, 1 December, to
campaign for "Zero Waste for Zero Warming" at the UN Framework
on Climate<br>
Change Conference that will take place in Bali on 3-14 December.
Balifokus, Jala-Sampah (Garbage Network) and GAIA are planning to
convene<br>
a civil society forum tomorrow on waste and climate.<br><br>
Before heading to Bali, Gigie, Neil and Shibu traveled first to Bandung
City to take part in a peaceful community people's assembly against
a<br>
proposed waste incinerator. This event was organized by several
Indonesian environmental groups campaigning for climate justice.
The activity, which<br>
drew the warm support of over 2,000 community members, also formed part
of the GAIA Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration.<br><br>
At the rally, Gigie, Neil and Shibu spoke about the ill effects of
incinerating waste, advocated for Zero Waste and conveyed their
solidarity<br>
with the local campaign against incineration and for environmental health
and justice. They did not attack the Indonesian government in
their<br>
statements before the assembly.<br><br>
After their well-applauded speeches, the police accosted them, together
with our Indonesian colleagues Yuyun Ismawati, who is the Executive<br>
Director of Balifokus, and Roni Tabroni, from the People's Alliance
against the WTE (waste-to-energy) Plant. The five activists were
then<br>
brought to the police station where they underwent lengthy interrogation.
The police also seized their passports. Yuyun and Roni were
subsequently<br>
released, but Gigie, Neil and Shibu are currently detained in a police
station in Jalan Jaya (or Jaya Street) in Bandung.<br><br>
There are no formal charges yet against Gigie, Neil and Shibu, but there
is an expressed threat of deportation if our Indonesian friends do
not<br>
succeed in persuading the authorities to set them free and let them fly
to Bali for the UNFCC events.<br><br>
TAKE ACTION: We call on you to please register your concern and
appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of Gigie, Neil and
Shibu, so<br>
that their human rights are fully restored and that they are permitted to
travel to Bali.<br><br>
1. Please go to<br>
<a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1843/t/4860/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2" eudora="autourl">
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1843/t/4860/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2<br>
</a>1899 <br>
to quickly e-mail a letter about this issue to Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive
Secretary, UNFCCC Secretariat at secretariat@unfccc.int, H.E. Mr.
Rachmat<br>
Witoelar, State Minister for the Environment at rachmat@witoelar.com, and
the National Police Chief, Mr. Gen. Sutano, at kapolri@polri.go.id
and<br>
polri@polri.go.id.<br><br>
2. Please immediately CALL/FAX the Indonesian Embassy / Consulate in your
city or country (find embassies here:
http://id.embassyinformation.com/;<br>
in the U.S. you can also use the following email form:<br>
<a href="http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/detail/contactus.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/detail/contactus.php</a>)<br><br>
3. Please CALL/FAX the Bandung Police Department (+6222-4204666,
foreign affairs unit) and/or E-MAIL the National Police Chief, Mr. Gen.
Sutano, at<br>
kapolri@polri.go.id and polri@polri.go.id<br><br>
In your message, please<br>
1) Register your concern and appeal for the immediate
and unconditional release of Gigie Cruz, Neil Tangri, and Shibu Nair<br>
2) Request that their human rights are fully restored
and <br>
3) Request that they are permitted to travel to
Bali.<br><br>
Sample text could include:<br><br>
"I am writing to urge you to do everything in your power to ensure
the immediate and unconditional release of our colleagues Gigie Cruz,
Neil<br>
Tangri and Shibu Nair, who have been detained in a police station in
Jalan Jaya (or Jaya Street) in Bandung, Indonesia after participating in
a<br>
peaceful community assembly. They are scheduled to attend the UN
Framework on Climate Change Conference that will take place in Bali
on<br>
3-14 December, and have planned a civil society forum tomorrow at the
conference on waste and climate change. We ask you to ensure that
they<br>
are immediately released, their human rights are fully restored and that
they are permitted to travel to Bali."<br><br>
Terima kasih banyak-banyak (Thank you very much) for your immediate
response.<br><br>
Sincerely yours,<br>
Manny C. Calonzo<br>
GAIA Secretariat<br>
Unit 330, Eagle Court, Quezon City, Philippines<br>
TelFax: +632-4364733<br>
E-Mail: mannyc@no-burn.org<br>
Web:
<a href="http://www.no-burn.org/" eudora="autourl">www.no-burn.org<br><br>
</a>Brief information about those detained:<br><br>
1. Gigie Cruz, GAIA's Assistant Coordinator, has been working with
GAIA since 2001 in various capacities, including membership, campaign
and<br>
information support. Her most recent task was to coordinate last
week's Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration.<br><br>
2. Neil Tangri is one of GAIA's esteemed founders. He wrote
the GAIA report "Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology." He
recently rejoined GAIA<br>
to coordinate our work on waste-to-energy and climate change) <br><br>
3. Shibu Nair was part of the 3-person team from the global south
who went to California for GAIA's first Zero Waste fellowship. He
works<br>
closely with Jayan, a GAIA Steering Committee member from India.
Shibu was part of the Thanal team who hosted the Waste Not Asia Meeting
held in<br>
January 2007 in Trivandrum, Kerala<br>
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