URGENT ALERT: Chechnya – CAMPAIGN TO END THE GENOCIDE

For immediate release
7th December 1999

CAMPAIGN TO END THE GENOCIDE

The recent Russian campaign to eradicate Muslims from Chechnya has left the Muslim community stunned and almost helpless. No individual or group action seems to be adequate in the scale of disaster unfolding. HOWEVER our responsibility is to do whatever we can, as we will be judged according to our efforts in relation to our ability by Allah swt.

IHRC is requesting campaigners to send at least one letter to those listed below asking for immediate sanctions, including military, against Russia.

Please write to Ambassadors of Muslim Countries demanding action in support of Muslims in Chechnya either individually or through the 010:

Iran: 16 Princess Gate, London SW7 ( The Presidency of OIC)
Sudanese Embassy, 3 Cleveland Row, St. James, London, SWI
Malaysian Embassy, 45 Belgrave Square, London, SW1

Please write to the following demanding immediate action as in the case of Kosova, against Russia:

Secretary-General NATO, do Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom , 8A Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W OEN, Tel: 44 171 82810 12,
Fax: 44 171 828 10 14
British Foreign Secretary, Rt. Hon. Robin Cook MP, FCO, King Charles Street,London SW1A 2AA
OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE Norway, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
P.O. Box 8114 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, fax:+22-24 95 80/81, E-mail:osseenheten@ud.dep.telemax.no

OSCE SECRETARIAT, Kaerntnerring 5-7, 4th Floor, 1010 Vienna, Austria, fax: +43-1 5143696, telex: 112 966, E-Mail: pm@osce.org