White Wave for Syria
A WHITE WAVE FOR SYRIA
With THE World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FRANCE,the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMANRIGHTS (FIDH),
the HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE (LDH), HUMANRIGHTS WATCH, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ACAT
Collectif duhttp://aerocms.omct.org/15 mars pour la démocratie en Syrie, LE COLLECTIF URGENCE SOLIDARTE SYRIE,
ORDRE DESAVOCATS DE PARIS, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CCRE),
LE RESEAU EURO-MEDITERRANEEN DESDROITS DE L’HOMME, Déclaration de Damas,
APPELD’AVIGNON, CGT, UNEF.
(and with the support of the international agency TBWA)
Friday 15 March 2013
The 15th of March will mark thesecond anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution which has seenmillions of people in Syria displaced, both inside and outside the country.
During these two years, according tothe United Nations, more than 70,000 persons were killed while tens ofthousands of others have been detained or disappeared.
Thousands of Syrians have beensubmitted to torture and ill-treatments, sexual violence and looting.
In order to saySTOP to these crimes against civilians, to demand justice for the victims andto let the Syrian people know they are not alone, the White Wave Committee,with the support of Amnesty International France, the FIDH, Human Rights Watch,the LDH, Reporters sans Frontières, Réseau Euromed pour les droits de l’Homme,Souria Houria, Déclaration deDamas, Collectif du 15 mars pour la démocratie en Syrie, OMCT, ACAT, Appel d’Avignon, Ordre des avocats deParis and Collecti urgence solidarité Syrie is organising an unprecedentedinternational event on that day in solidarity with the Syrian people:
“A White Wave for Syria”
2' pour la Syrie - Noémie Kocher par vagueblanchepourlasyrie
The idea is simple: to ask people allover the world to support the Syrian people, at the same local hour, from 7 to7.30 pm, by holding up a piece of white fabric or white paper with the wordSTOP written on it.
In this way, right across the world,from one time zone to the next, a huge white “ola” of protest will unfurl, to be broadcast throughout the dayby the media.
To ensure excellent visibility,meeting points in front of, or close to, city halls will be announced inadvance. Other assembly points will be left to individual initiatives in theworkplace or leisure areas.
On that evening, everyone can posthis or her photo, holding the word STOP, on the site: http://www.vagueblanchepourlasyrie.org, thus creating a huge demonstrationon the internet and social networks, in particular on the Facebook pagededicated to the event.
Everyone, everywhere, can be part ofthis mighty wave.
Over 500 personalities already tookpart in the “White Wave” organized on 17 April last (anniversary of Syria’sindependence), when the movement was launched at the Trocadéro in Paris, and inseveral other French cities. Thousands of photos were posted on the site.
Today the movement must be taken upin every corner of the globe to strengthenthe chain of NGOs defending humanrights, and to reach a maximum number of city halls, twinned cities, themedical world, the business community, the world of broadcasting andentertainment, the social networks and international celebrities.
We are appealing to individualinitiative, civil society, and the creative talents of all to raise white flagsworldwide, in demonstrations large and small, as an act of solidarity for therespect of the rights and dignity of the Syrian people, free of any political,state or partisan influence.
