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FrançaisRally at the United Nations, NYC: Tuesday December 8, 11am – 3pm
"The ICC is watching." From the September 28 march in NYC
As demonstrated by the highly disappointing transition deal proposed by Blaise Campaore and recent arrest of the activist Mouctar Diallo in Conakry, the fight for justice and democratically-elected civilian rule in Guinea is far from over. The UN’s International Commission of Inquiry landed in Conakry last week and is currently conducting an initial 10-day investigation into the atrocities committed on September 28, trying “to establish the facts, classify the crimes and determine who was responsible.”
In order to express the need for the Commission of Inquiry to pursue its investigation to the end and make it possible for justice to be served – and to express the additional, urgent need for the UN to do everything in its powers to support the African Union and ECOWAS in designing and implementing a plan for a transition to democratic elections without delay – we must keep the UN, the US and the world aware of what is happening in Guinea. We cannot stand idly by as crimes against humanity go unpunished, a nation is kept hostage by its own military, and an entire sub-region is endangered by the very real threat of ethnic-based civil war. Not this time.
Join the newly-formed September 28 Coalition for Justice and Democracy in Guinea for a march and rally at the United Nations to add your voice to the thousands of Guineans and friends of Guinea, justice and democracy who will be marching to say “not this time.” Two months after the atrocities were committed and we first marched to the UN calling for an end to military rule, we must keep up the pressure and do so now with a diverse, united voice.
When: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 11am – 3pm
Details:
11am: Protest at the Guinean Consulate, E. 39th & Lexington
12noon: March down 3rd Ave. to Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
12:30pm – 3pm: Rally at the UN – E. 47th & UN Plaza
Speakers to include: Kadiatou Diallo, Mayor David Dinkins, Kevin Powell, Norman Siegel, award-winning Guinean activists such as Mme Doussou Conde, eye-witnesses to the 28 atrocities and Mme Magassouba direct from Conakry, representative of rape survivors.
Organized by the September 28 Coalition for Justice and Democracy in Guinea: The Guinean Forces Vives in the United States ♦ Alliance Guinea ♦ The Amadou Diallo Foundation
