Once more and again, people being tossed around like so much flotsam and jetsam

From: Emma Ruby-Sachs - Avaaz <avaaz@avaaz.org> 
Date: 2018/07/12 21:31 (GMT+02:00) 
Subject: Deleting muslims 

In a few days India plans to delete millions of Muslims from its list of citizens and later throw them in prison camps. This is how genocides begin. But nearly nobody knows about it! If enough of us raise the alarm now we can get the United Nations and key countries to weigh in and stop it. Join now: SIGN THE PETITION Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email unsubscribe@avaaz.org. Dear friends, In a few days, India will delete up to 5 million Muslims in Assam State from its master list of “citizens” because they speak the wrong language and worship the wrong God. Husbands, wives, and children could be torn apart and left to rot in prison camps. This is how genocides begin - how the nightmare of the Rohingya began. But it’s all unfolding quietly -- if we raise a massive alarm calling for the UN Secretary-General and key governments to intervene - we can stop this horror before it starts: Raise the Alarm The Assam government has already begun quietly building another new prison camp and deploying troops.  Like the Burmese regime that attacked the Rohingya, the government claims they’re acting against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. But the vast majority of the people targeted are just poor, illiterate Muslim citizens without documentation. They’ve never needed it before! António Guterres, the Secretary General of the UN, has pledged to fight on behalf of those who can't: “I will raise my voice. I will take action. I will use my rights to stand up for your rights.” We need to hold him to those words because right now the Bengali Muslims in India have no one to speak for them -- except us. Sign the petition below and together we can stop a road to genocide in Assam: Raise the Alarm The rise of virulent Hindu nationalism in India is behind this aggressive move to render millions of Muslims stateless and vulnerable. History teaches us that these movements know no limits except the ones citizens set for them. Let’s draw a line in Assam, and send a message to governments everywhere - we’re watching. With hope and determination, Emma, Nate, Ricken, Antonia, Flora, Alice, Wissam, Danny and the entire Avaaz team More information: Nearly five million in India's Assam at risk of citizenship loss (Al Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/million-india-assam-risk-citizenship-loss-180328152649287.html Stateless in Assam (The Indian Express) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/national-register-of-citizens-5030603/ Assam CM: No fundamental rights for those failing NRC tests (Times of India) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/assam-cm-no-fundamental-rights-for-those-failing-nrc-test/articleshow/62344296.cms?from=mdr The dark side of humanity and legality: A glimpse inside Assam's detention centres for 'foreigners' (Scroll.in) https://scroll.in/article/883936/assam-citizens-register-detention-centres-for-foreigners-offer-a-glimpse-of-the-looming-tragedy With final NRC draft to be released in 20 days, Assam witnessing rise in suicides (NewsClick) https://newsclick.in/final-nrc-draft-be-released-20-days-assam-witnessing-rise-suicides Assam seeks 150 companies of central forces ahead of next NRC publication (The Economic Times) https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/assam-seeks-150-companies-of-central-forces-ahead-of-next-nrc-publication/articleshow/64394147.cms

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