LAUNCHING OF THE ASIA TO GAZA CARAVAN
500 civil resisters from 17 Asian countries are marching to Gaza to end the illegal Israeli Siege!
As you know, different people’s movements across the world are mobilizing to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip and to bring humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. We too are committed to and believe that there must be a strong Asian involvement in the international movement to end the siege of Gaza and for the liberation of Palestine.
It is in this context that many organizations and individuals in India & across Asia, have decided to come together to organize an Asian land & sea convoy to Gaza. This historic convoy will leave from New Delhi in December and will travel across Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and ultimately to Gaza-Palestine. The Asian convoy will be joined by delegations and vehicles in each of the countries through which it passes.
The Asian caravan will include Satyagrahi’s or civil resisters from more than 17 Asian countries – Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. And the list is only growing.
Introduction: Dr T A Rehmani (Muslim Political Council)
Speakers:
Zafarul-Islam Khan (Editor, Milli Gazette); Com Kavita Krishnan (CPI-ML); Feroze Mithiborwala (Asian Coordination Committee)
Bhim Singh (Bahujan Sevak Sangh)
Niaz Farooqi (Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Hind)
Com Sandeep Singh (AISA)
SQR Ilyas (Jamaat-i-Islami-i-Hind)
Com Vasudevan (New Trade Union Initiative)
Divya (Progress Students Union)
Shah Nawaz (Student Islamic Organisation of India)
In Solidarity,
Madhura, Purnima, Rakhi & Salman
On behalf of India Lifeline to Gaza
Jamal Kidwai 09810676740
Rakhi Sehgal 09911599955
Feroze Mithiborwala 09820897517
Tuesday, 5 October 2010, Time: 3pm
Venue: Press Club of India, Raisna Marg, New Delhi (Metro Station: Central Secretariat)
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