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U.S. preps for possible cruise missile attack on Syrian gov't forces - CBS News
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(CBS News) WASHINGTON - CBS News has learned that the Pentagon is making the initial preparations for a cruise missile attack on Syrian government forces. We say "initial preparations" because such an attack won't happen until the president gives the green light. And it was clear during an interview on CNN Friday that he is not there yet.
"If the U.S. goes in and attacks another country, without a U.N. mandate and without clear evidence that can be presented," the president told CNN, "then there are questions in terms of whether international law supports it -- 'do we have the coalition to make it work?' Those are considerations that we have to take into account."
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Please spread so it reaches Syrian ppl. RT without fail: how 2 make #homemade #protection from #ChemicalAttack. pic.twitter.com/tRkgGsYzc6
Please spread so it reaches Syrian ppl. RT without fail: how 2 make homemade protection from chemical attack. pic.twitter.com/tRkgGsYzc6
Thursday, August 22, 2013
#Syria Govt AttackOn #Terrorists #Success
France Urges ‘Force’ in Syria if Chemical Attacks Are Confirmed - NYTimes.com
France Urges ‘Force’ in Syria if Chemical Attacks Are Confirmed - NYTimes.com
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France Urges ‘Force’ in Syria if Chemical Attacks Are Confirmed
PARIS — As Western powers pressed Syria to allow United Nations inspectors to examine the site of a possible poison gas attack outside the capital, Damascus, France said on Thursday that outside powers should respond “with force” if the use of chemical weapons was confirmed.
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France Urges ‘Force’ in Syria if Chemical Attacks Are Confirmed
PARIS — As Western powers pressed Syria to allow United Nations inspectors to examine the site of a possible poison gas attack outside the capital, Damascus, France said on Thursday that outside powers should respond “with force” if the use of chemical weapons was confirmed.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Pick Your Dictator’s Crime Here! ICC – International Criminal Court / Elements of Crime -Defined in Rome Statutes
Pick Your Dictator’s Crime Here! ICC – International Criminal Court / Elements of Crime -Defined in Rome Statutes
Published by the International Criminal Court
ISBN No. 92-9227-232-2
ICC-PIDS-LT-03-002/11_Eng
Copyright © International Criminal Court 2011
All rights reserved
Printed by PrintPartners Ipskamp, Enschede
Cover design: Corps ontwerpers
International Criminal Court | Po Box 19519 | 2500 CM | The Hague | The Netherlands | www.icc-cpi.int
Elements of Crimes
Table of Contents
General introduction 1
Article 6 Genocide 2
Introduction 2
6 (a) Genocide by killing 2
6 (b) Genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm 2
6 (c) Genocide by deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring
about physical destruction 3
6 (d) Genocide by imposing measures intended to prevent births 3
6 (e) Genocide by forcibly transferring children 3
Article 7 Crimes against humanity 5
Introduction 5
7 (1) (a) Crime against humanity of murder 5
7 (1) (b) Crime against humanity of extermination 6
7 (1) (c) Crime against humanity of enslavement 6
7 (1) (d) Crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population 6
7 (1) (e) Crime against humanity of imprisonment or other severe deprivation of
physical liberty 7
7 (1) (f) Crime against humanity of torture 7
7 (1) (g)-1 Crime against humanity of rape 8
7 (1) (g)-2 Crime against humanity of sexual slavery 8
7 (1) (g)-3 Crime against humanity of enforced prostitution 9
7 (1) (g)-4 Crime against humanity of forced pregnancy 9
7 (1) (g)-5 Crime against humanity of enforced sterilization 9
7 (1) (g)-6 Crime against humanity of sexual violence 10
7 (1) (h) Crime against humanity of persecution 10
7 (1) (i) Crime against humanity of enforced disappearance of persons, 11
7 (1) (j) Crime against humanity of apartheid 12
7 (1) (k) Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts 12
Article 8 War crimes 13
Introduction 13
Article 8 (2) (a) 13
8 (2) (a) (i) War crime of wilful killing 13
8 (2) (a) (ii)-1 War crime of torture 14
8 (2) (a) (ii)-2 War crime of inhuman treatment 14
8 (2) (a) (ii)-3 War crime of biological experiments 15
8 (2) (a) (iii) War crime of wilfully causing great suffering 15
8 (2) (a) (iv) War crime of destruction and appropriation of property 15
8 (2) (a) (v) War crime of compelling service in hostile forces 16
8 (2) (a) (vi) War crime of denying a fair trial 16
8 (2) (a) (vii)-1 War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer 17
8 (2) (a) (vii)-2 War crime of unlawful confinement 17
Elements of Crimes
8 (2) (a) (viii) War crime of taking hostages 17
Article 8 (2) (b) 18
8 (2) (b) (i) War crime of attacking civilians 18
8 (2) (b) (ii) War crime of attacking civilian objects 18
8 (2) (b) (iii) War crime of attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian
assistance or peacekeeping mission 18
8 (2) (b) (iv) War crime of excessive incidental death, injury, or damage 19
8 (2) (b) (v) War crime of attacking undefended places 20
8 (2) (b) (vi) War crime of killing or wounding a person hors de combat 20
8 (2) (b) (vii)-1 War crime of improper use of a flag of truce 20
8 (2) (b) (vii)-2 War crime of improper use of a flag, insignia or uniform of the
hostile party 21
8 (2) (b) (vii)-3 War crime of improper use of a flag, insignia or uniform of the United
Nations 21
8 (2) (b) (vii)-4 War crime of improper use of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva
Conventions 22
8 (2) (b) (viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts
of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the
deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied
territory within or outside this territory 22
8 (2) (b) (ix) War crime of attacking protected objects 23
8 (2) (b) (x)-1 War crime of mutilation 23
8 (2) (b) (x)-2 War crime of medical or scientific experiments 24
8 (2) (b) (xi) War crime of treacherously killing or wounding 24
8 (2) (b) (xii) War crime of denying quarter 24
8 (2) (b) (xiii) War crime of destroying or seizing the enemy’s property 25
8 (2) (b) (xiv) War crime of depriving the nationals of the hostile power of rights or
actions 25
8 (2) (b) (xv) War crime of compelling participation in military operations 25
8 (2) (b) (xvi) War crime of pillaging 26
8 (2) (b) (xvii) War crime of employing poison or poisoned weapons 26
8 (2) (b) (xviii) War crime of employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices 26
8 (2) (b) (xix) War crime of employing prohibited bullets 27
8 (2) (b) (xx) War crime of employing weapons, projectiles or materials or methods of
warfare listed in the Annex to the Statute 27
8 (2) (b) (xxi) War crime of outrages upon personal dignity 27
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-1 War crime of rape 28
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-2 War crime of sexual slavery 28
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-3 War crime of enforced prostitution 29
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-4 War crime of forced pregnancy 29
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-5 War crime of enforced sterilization 29
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-6 War crime of sexual violence 30
8 (2) (b) (xxiii) War crime of using protected persons as shields 30
8 (2) (b) (xxiv) War crime of attacking objects or persons using the distinctive
emblems of the Geneva Conventions 30
8 (2) (b) (xxv) War crime of starvation as a method of warfare 31
8 (2) (b) (xxvi) War crime of using, conscripting or enlisting children 31
Elements of Crimes
Article 8 (2) (c) 31
8 (2) (c) (i)-1 War crime of murder 31
8 (2) (c) (i)-2 War crime of mutilation 32
8 (2) (c) (i)-3 War crime of cruel treatment 32
8 (2) (c) (i)-4 War crime of torture 32
8 (2) (c) (ii) War crime of outrages upon personal dignity 33
8 (2) (c) (iii) War crime of taking hostages 33
8 (2) (c) (iv) War crime of sentencing or execution without due process 34
Article 8 (2) (e) 34
8 (2) (e) (i) War crime of attacking civilians 34
8 (2) (e) (ii) War crime of attacking objects or persons using the distinctive
emblems of the Geneva Conventions 35
8 (2) (e) (iii) War crime of attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian
assistance or peacekeeping mission 35
8 (2) (e) (iv) War crime of attacking protected objects 36
8 (2) (e) (v) War crime of pillaging 36
8 (2) (e) (vi)-1 War crime of rape 36
8 (2) (e) (vi)-2 War crime of sexual slavery 37
8 (2) (e) (vi)-3 War crime of enforced prostitution 37
8 (2) (e) (vi)-4 War crime of forced pregnancy 38
8 (2) (e) (vi)-5 War crime of enforced sterilization 38
8 (2) (e) (vi)-6 War crime of sexual violence 38
8 (2) (e) (vii) War crime of using, conscripting and enlisting children 39
8 (2) (e) (viii) War crime of displacing civilians 39
8 (2) (e) (ix) War crime of treacherously killing or wounding 39
8 (2) (e) (x) War crime of denying quarter 40
8 (2) (e) (xi)-1 War crime of mutilation 40
8 (2) (e) (xi)-2 War crime of medical or scientific experiments 41
8 (2) (e) (xii) War crime of destroying or seizing the enemy’s property 41
8 (2) (e) (xiii) War crime of employing poison or poisoned weapons 41
8 (2) (e) (xiv) War crime of employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices 42
8 (2) (e) (xv) War crime of employing prohibited bullets 42
Article 8 bis Crime of aggression 43
ISBN No. 92-9227-232-2
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Elements of Crimes
Table of Contents
General introduction 1
Article 6 Genocide 2
Introduction 2
6 (a) Genocide by killing 2
6 (b) Genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm 2
6 (c) Genocide by deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring
about physical destruction 3
6 (d) Genocide by imposing measures intended to prevent births 3
6 (e) Genocide by forcibly transferring children 3
Article 7 Crimes against humanity 5
Introduction 5
7 (1) (a) Crime against humanity of murder 5
7 (1) (b) Crime against humanity of extermination 6
7 (1) (c) Crime against humanity of enslavement 6
7 (1) (d) Crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population 6
7 (1) (e) Crime against humanity of imprisonment or other severe deprivation of
physical liberty 7
7 (1) (f) Crime against humanity of torture 7
7 (1) (g)-1 Crime against humanity of rape 8
7 (1) (g)-2 Crime against humanity of sexual slavery 8
7 (1) (g)-3 Crime against humanity of enforced prostitution 9
7 (1) (g)-4 Crime against humanity of forced pregnancy 9
7 (1) (g)-5 Crime against humanity of enforced sterilization 9
7 (1) (g)-6 Crime against humanity of sexual violence 10
7 (1) (h) Crime against humanity of persecution 10
7 (1) (i) Crime against humanity of enforced disappearance of persons, 11
7 (1) (j) Crime against humanity of apartheid 12
7 (1) (k) Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts 12
Article 8 War crimes 13
Introduction 13
Article 8 (2) (a) 13
8 (2) (a) (i) War crime of wilful killing 13
8 (2) (a) (ii)-1 War crime of torture 14
8 (2) (a) (ii)-2 War crime of inhuman treatment 14
8 (2) (a) (ii)-3 War crime of biological experiments 15
8 (2) (a) (iii) War crime of wilfully causing great suffering 15
8 (2) (a) (iv) War crime of destruction and appropriation of property 15
8 (2) (a) (v) War crime of compelling service in hostile forces 16
8 (2) (a) (vi) War crime of denying a fair trial 16
8 (2) (a) (vii)-1 War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer 17
8 (2) (a) (vii)-2 War crime of unlawful confinement 17
Elements of Crimes
8 (2) (a) (viii) War crime of taking hostages 17
Article 8 (2) (b) 18
8 (2) (b) (i) War crime of attacking civilians 18
8 (2) (b) (ii) War crime of attacking civilian objects 18
8 (2) (b) (iii) War crime of attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian
assistance or peacekeeping mission 18
8 (2) (b) (iv) War crime of excessive incidental death, injury, or damage 19
8 (2) (b) (v) War crime of attacking undefended places 20
8 (2) (b) (vi) War crime of killing or wounding a person hors de combat 20
8 (2) (b) (vii)-1 War crime of improper use of a flag of truce 20
8 (2) (b) (vii)-2 War crime of improper use of a flag, insignia or uniform of the
hostile party 21
8 (2) (b) (vii)-3 War crime of improper use of a flag, insignia or uniform of the United
Nations 21
8 (2) (b) (vii)-4 War crime of improper use of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva
Conventions 22
8 (2) (b) (viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts
of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the
deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied
territory within or outside this territory 22
8 (2) (b) (ix) War crime of attacking protected objects 23
8 (2) (b) (x)-1 War crime of mutilation 23
8 (2) (b) (x)-2 War crime of medical or scientific experiments 24
8 (2) (b) (xi) War crime of treacherously killing or wounding 24
8 (2) (b) (xii) War crime of denying quarter 24
8 (2) (b) (xiii) War crime of destroying or seizing the enemy’s property 25
8 (2) (b) (xiv) War crime of depriving the nationals of the hostile power of rights or
actions 25
8 (2) (b) (xv) War crime of compelling participation in military operations 25
8 (2) (b) (xvi) War crime of pillaging 26
8 (2) (b) (xvii) War crime of employing poison or poisoned weapons 26
8 (2) (b) (xviii) War crime of employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices 26
8 (2) (b) (xix) War crime of employing prohibited bullets 27
8 (2) (b) (xx) War crime of employing weapons, projectiles or materials or methods of
warfare listed in the Annex to the Statute 27
8 (2) (b) (xxi) War crime of outrages upon personal dignity 27
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-1 War crime of rape 28
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-2 War crime of sexual slavery 28
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-3 War crime of enforced prostitution 29
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-4 War crime of forced pregnancy 29
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-5 War crime of enforced sterilization 29
8 (2) (b) (xxii)-6 War crime of sexual violence 30
8 (2) (b) (xxiii) War crime of using protected persons as shields 30
8 (2) (b) (xxiv) War crime of attacking objects or persons using the distinctive
emblems of the Geneva Conventions 30
8 (2) (b) (xxv) War crime of starvation as a method of warfare 31
8 (2) (b) (xxvi) War crime of using, conscripting or enlisting children 31
Elements of Crimes
Article 8 (2) (c) 31
8 (2) (c) (i)-1 War crime of murder 31
8 (2) (c) (i)-2 War crime of mutilation 32
8 (2) (c) (i)-3 War crime of cruel treatment 32
8 (2) (c) (i)-4 War crime of torture 32
8 (2) (c) (ii) War crime of outrages upon personal dignity 33
8 (2) (c) (iii) War crime of taking hostages 33
8 (2) (c) (iv) War crime of sentencing or execution without due process 34
Article 8 (2) (e) 34
8 (2) (e) (i) War crime of attacking civilians 34
8 (2) (e) (ii) War crime of attacking objects or persons using the distinctive
emblems of the Geneva Conventions 35
8 (2) (e) (iii) War crime of attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian
assistance or peacekeeping mission 35
8 (2) (e) (iv) War crime of attacking protected objects 36
8 (2) (e) (v) War crime of pillaging 36
8 (2) (e) (vi)-1 War crime of rape 36
8 (2) (e) (vi)-2 War crime of sexual slavery 37
8 (2) (e) (vi)-3 War crime of enforced prostitution 37
8 (2) (e) (vi)-4 War crime of forced pregnancy 38
8 (2) (e) (vi)-5 War crime of enforced sterilization 38
8 (2) (e) (vi)-6 War crime of sexual violence 38
8 (2) (e) (vii) War crime of using, conscripting and enlisting children 39
8 (2) (e) (viii) War crime of displacing civilians 39
8 (2) (e) (ix) War crime of treacherously killing or wounding 39
8 (2) (e) (x) War crime of denying quarter 40
8 (2) (e) (xi)-1 War crime of mutilation 40
8 (2) (e) (xi)-2 War crime of medical or scientific experiments 41
8 (2) (e) (xii) War crime of destroying or seizing the enemy’s property 41
8 (2) (e) (xiii) War crime of employing poison or poisoned weapons 41
8 (2) (e) (xiv) War crime of employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices 42
8 (2) (e) (xv) War crime of employing prohibited bullets 42
Article 8 bis Crime of aggression 43
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Never Forgotten - Pastebin.com #Rohingya
Never Forgotten - Pastebin.com
clipped from article:situation in the Arakan has only been getting worse as Rohingya continue to starve under blockade by the government of Myanmar. Their access to food, clean water, and critic health care has been cut off for over a year now. If the situation does not change soon the Rohingya of Burma will be at risk of being expelled from their homeland. If this is allowed to happen the world will watch as Myanmar accomplishes it's aim of perpetrating genocide against it's Rohingya citizens.
For this reason Alder's Ledge would like to invite all of you to join us on August 13th (Tuesday) in tweeting on behalf of the Rohingya. United as one, we can make a noise that the world cannot easily ignore. We at Alder's Ledge call this simple act "Screaming". This allows the "Screamer" to come alongside the victims of genocide and spread the information to help raise awareness. It, in relation to the suffering of the victims, may not seem like much... but it sure as hell beats the deafening silence that has for far too long muffled the screams of the Rohingya themselves.
We ask that you read the links in the proposed tweets below and help educate yourself on the issue. This will help you scream more effectively. It will help you inform others. And it will make you a catalyst in this fight that those who support Burma cannot stop.
If you would like to write your own tweets please just add the hashtag: #NeverForgotten
This will help show solidarity with all the Rohingya suffering in Burma and around the world. Let's show them that we are watching, we are fighting, and that we will never forget their suffering. Let us stand up to the murderers and lift our voices. Lets show Myanmar's regime that we will not forget their crimes.
Suggested tweets:
1) Four #Rohingya shot dead in #Sittwe. Their suffering, their lives, their story will never be forgot: http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2013/08/four-rohingyas-shot-dead-and-12-injured.html
#NeverForgotten
2) #Rohingya suffer #HumanTrafficking as world remains silent: http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2013/08/nightmare-island-where-traffickers.html
After today may their suffering be #NeverForgotten
3) Religious #Discrimination continues as #Myanmar bans #Rohingya from #Eid prayers: http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2013/08/no-congregational-eid-prayer-for.html
This abuse is #NeverForgotten
4) When dealing with the #Rohingya, #Myanmar has raised a black flag of #Genocide: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/07/beneath-black-flag.html
May their crimes be #NeverForgotten.
5) Preaching hate, 969 helps carry out the #Genocide of the #Rohingya in #Myanmar: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/myanmars-schutzstaffel.html #NeverForgotten
6) #Burma is recreating #Nazism's failed policies, only #Myanmar is succeeding at #genocide: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/nuremberg-revisited.html
History is #NeverForgotten
7) Help #BoycottBurma and tell @pepsi that #Myanmar's crimes will be #Neverforgotten: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/upon-backs-of-downtrodden.html #Rohingya @BoycottBurma
8) The #Rohingya have been made "Stateless In Their Own Country": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsg_7dc08t4&feature=share&list=PL7f_rHUnK_tiXjsLfKzq9FTGnXuyu4s5e via @RestlessBeings
But they are #NeverForgotten.
9) With the help of @PartnersRelief the #Rohingya will be #NeverForgotten: http://vimeo.com/54116531
10) Tell @CocaCola to leave #Myanmar and join the #BoycottBurma till #Rohingya are free from harm: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/no-ice-water-in-hell.html #NeverForgotten
11) Partner with @PartnersRelief and donate today to help save #Rohingya: http://www.partnersworld.org/donate
May the #Rohingya suffering be #NeverForgotten
12) #Myanmar on it's way to recreating #Cambodia's "Killing Fields": http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/03/burma-preparing-killing-fields.html
#Rohingya suffering should be #NeverForgotten
13) No rewards for #Myanmar till #Rohingya are safe and free: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-myanmar-rohingya-20130809,0,3167729.story Tell #Burma their crimes will be #NeverForgotten
14) #Thai government must provide security for #Rohingya fleeing #Genocide in #Myanmar: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/19/us-rohingya-exodus-reaction-idUSBRE96I09S20130719 We #NeverForget #NeverForgotten
15) #Rohingya seeking asylum in #Thailand receive only more suffering: http://www.unhcr.org/51fbc0d66.html You are #NeverForgotten #Rohingya.
16) #EastTimor faces the obligation of providing safe refuge for #Rohingya fleeing #Genocide in #Myanmar: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-ramoshorta/rohingya-refugees-east-timor_b_3626204.html #NeverForgotten
17) #Thai officials recreate abuses #Rohingya suffered in #Myanmar instead of providing refuge: http://www.mizzima.com/news/rohingya-issues/9811-thai-police-use-water-cannon-on-rohingya-asylum-seekers #NeverForgotten
18) #Rohingya in #Thai captivity become desperate for basic #HumanRights: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/08/09/rohingya-refugees-thailand-attempt-escape.html #NeverForgotten
19) #Rohingya Tears should be #NeverForgotten, video via @JamilaHanan: http://youtu.be/I6ub-PyJsYw Watch, Share, #Scream.
20) Every #Genocide follows 8 steps, #Myanmar's genocide of the #Rohingya is approaching step 8: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-look-at-murderers.html #NeverForgotten
These 20 tweets are basic suggestions and can be utilized to help generate some buzz about the tragic events currently plaguing the Rohingya people. With your help we can create a scream that echoes in the ears of the world around us. This is an attempt by Alder's Ledge to push the subject back out of the realm of silence and into the forefront of our conversations. We should never forget the pains inflicted upon the Rohingya people.
Please join us at 9am (New York) time on August 13th (Tuesday) 2013. The barrage of tweets is expected to last for one hour at least. But we would hope that this conversation and this fight does not end here or even with us alone. Engage everyone you know. Post this information to every outlet you have. Never stop, never relent, constantly... persistently scream for the Rohingya. Your voice may very well be the only one they have right now.
Times include 6am San Diego time, 7am Denver time, 8am Omaha time, 9am Chicago time, 2pm London time, 3pm Frankfurt Germany time, 4pm Jerusalem Time, 8pm Bangkok time, 9pm Shanghai, 10pm Seoul time. For all locations the day will be August 13th, 2013. That is Tuesday August 13th. [ read more at link]
clipped from article:situation in the Arakan has only been getting worse as Rohingya continue to starve under blockade by the government of Myanmar. Their access to food, clean water, and critic health care has been cut off for over a year now. If the situation does not change soon the Rohingya of Burma will be at risk of being expelled from their homeland. If this is allowed to happen the world will watch as Myanmar accomplishes it's aim of perpetrating genocide against it's Rohingya citizens.
For this reason Alder's Ledge would like to invite all of you to join us on August 13th (Tuesday) in tweeting on behalf of the Rohingya. United as one, we can make a noise that the world cannot easily ignore. We at Alder's Ledge call this simple act "Screaming". This allows the "Screamer" to come alongside the victims of genocide and spread the information to help raise awareness. It, in relation to the suffering of the victims, may not seem like much... but it sure as hell beats the deafening silence that has for far too long muffled the screams of the Rohingya themselves.
We ask that you read the links in the proposed tweets below and help educate yourself on the issue. This will help you scream more effectively. It will help you inform others. And it will make you a catalyst in this fight that those who support Burma cannot stop.
If you would like to write your own tweets please just add the hashtag: #NeverForgotten
This will help show solidarity with all the Rohingya suffering in Burma and around the world. Let's show them that we are watching, we are fighting, and that we will never forget their suffering. Let us stand up to the murderers and lift our voices. Lets show Myanmar's regime that we will not forget their crimes.
Suggested tweets:
1) Four #Rohingya shot dead in #Sittwe. Their suffering, their lives, their story will never be forgot: http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2013/08/four-rohingyas-shot-dead-and-12-injured.html
#NeverForgotten
2) #Rohingya suffer #HumanTrafficking as world remains silent: http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2013/08/nightmare-island-where-traffickers.html
After today may their suffering be #NeverForgotten
3) Religious #Discrimination continues as #Myanmar bans #Rohingya from #Eid prayers: http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2013/08/no-congregational-eid-prayer-for.html
This abuse is #NeverForgotten
4) When dealing with the #Rohingya, #Myanmar has raised a black flag of #Genocide: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/07/beneath-black-flag.html
May their crimes be #NeverForgotten.
5) Preaching hate, 969 helps carry out the #Genocide of the #Rohingya in #Myanmar: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/myanmars-schutzstaffel.html #NeverForgotten
6) #Burma is recreating #Nazism's failed policies, only #Myanmar is succeeding at #genocide: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/nuremberg-revisited.html
History is #NeverForgotten
7) Help #BoycottBurma and tell @pepsi that #Myanmar's crimes will be #Neverforgotten: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/upon-backs-of-downtrodden.html #Rohingya @BoycottBurma
8) The #Rohingya have been made "Stateless In Their Own Country": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsg_7dc08t4&feature=share&list=PL7f_rHUnK_tiXjsLfKzq9FTGnXuyu4s5e via @RestlessBeings
But they are #NeverForgotten.
9) With the help of @PartnersRelief the #Rohingya will be #NeverForgotten: http://vimeo.com/54116531
10) Tell @CocaCola to leave #Myanmar and join the #BoycottBurma till #Rohingya are free from harm: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/no-ice-water-in-hell.html #NeverForgotten
11) Partner with @PartnersRelief and donate today to help save #Rohingya: http://www.partnersworld.org/donate
May the #Rohingya suffering be #NeverForgotten
12) #Myanmar on it's way to recreating #Cambodia's "Killing Fields": http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/03/burma-preparing-killing-fields.html
#Rohingya suffering should be #NeverForgotten
13) No rewards for #Myanmar till #Rohingya are safe and free: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-myanmar-rohingya-20130809,0,3167729.story Tell #Burma their crimes will be #NeverForgotten
14) #Thai government must provide security for #Rohingya fleeing #Genocide in #Myanmar: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/19/us-rohingya-exodus-reaction-idUSBRE96I09S20130719 We #NeverForget #NeverForgotten
15) #Rohingya seeking asylum in #Thailand receive only more suffering: http://www.unhcr.org/51fbc0d66.html You are #NeverForgotten #Rohingya.
16) #EastTimor faces the obligation of providing safe refuge for #Rohingya fleeing #Genocide in #Myanmar: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-ramoshorta/rohingya-refugees-east-timor_b_3626204.html #NeverForgotten
17) #Thai officials recreate abuses #Rohingya suffered in #Myanmar instead of providing refuge: http://www.mizzima.com/news/rohingya-issues/9811-thai-police-use-water-cannon-on-rohingya-asylum-seekers #NeverForgotten
18) #Rohingya in #Thai captivity become desperate for basic #HumanRights: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/08/09/rohingya-refugees-thailand-attempt-escape.html #NeverForgotten
19) #Rohingya Tears should be #NeverForgotten, video via @JamilaHanan: http://youtu.be/I6ub-PyJsYw Watch, Share, #Scream.
20) Every #Genocide follows 8 steps, #Myanmar's genocide of the #Rohingya is approaching step 8: http://aldersledge.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-look-at-murderers.html #NeverForgotten
These 20 tweets are basic suggestions and can be utilized to help generate some buzz about the tragic events currently plaguing the Rohingya people. With your help we can create a scream that echoes in the ears of the world around us. This is an attempt by Alder's Ledge to push the subject back out of the realm of silence and into the forefront of our conversations. We should never forget the pains inflicted upon the Rohingya people.
Please join us at 9am (New York) time on August 13th (Tuesday) 2013. The barrage of tweets is expected to last for one hour at least. But we would hope that this conversation and this fight does not end here or even with us alone. Engage everyone you know. Post this information to every outlet you have. Never stop, never relent, constantly... persistently scream for the Rohingya. Your voice may very well be the only one they have right now.
Times include 6am San Diego time, 7am Denver time, 8am Omaha time, 9am Chicago time, 2pm London time, 3pm Frankfurt Germany time, 4pm Jerusalem Time, 8pm Bangkok time, 9pm Shanghai, 10pm Seoul time. For all locations the day will be August 13th, 2013. That is Tuesday August 13th. [ read more at link]