International Protest Against China’s Violent Treatment of North Korean Refugees
By Suzanne Scholte
Dear Friends:
We are releasing this summary report of information on the escalating crisis facing the North Korean refugees and to urge you to take part in the International Protest Against China’s Violent Treatment of North Korean Refugees occuring around the world at noon on November 30 and December 1. Below is an update on the events in different US cities and countries — every U.S. city with a Chinese embassy or consulate will have a demonstration
and eleven nations have joined so far.
Whereever you are in the world, please remember we need your voice!
Warm regards,
Suzanne Scholte
Please join these events! For more information on a specific event, please contact NKFC at sueyoonlogan@gmail.com. She will direct your email inquiry to the appropriate coordinator.
In the United States:
Chicago: demonstration at 12:00 noon on Sat, Dec 1 at Chinese consulate at 100 West Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60610 (contact Mary Glass)
Houston: demonstration at 12:00 Noon on Sat, Dec 1 at Chinese consulate at 3417 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006 (contact Casey Youn)
Los Angeles: demonstration planned for 12:00 noon, Fri, Nov 30 at Chinese consulate at 443 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, CA 90020 (contact: Tom Byun, Youngsohk Choe, or Lindsay Vessey)
New York: protest and prayer rally at 11:30 am (gather) for 12:00 noon (protest) on Fri, Nov 30 — at Chinese consulate at 520 12th Avenue [Corner of 12th Ave. & 42nd St.] New York, NY 10036 (contact Paul or Hyun)
San Francisco: protest at 12:00 noon on Sat., Dec 1 at the Chinese consulate at 1450 Laguna St. San Francisco, CA 94115 (contact Sam Kim)
Washington DC: dramatization of plight of North Korean refugees and petition delivery at 12:00 noon on Friday, Nov 30 AND protest at 12:00 noon on Dec 1 both events at Chinese Embassy at 2300 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, DC, 20008 (contacts: Pastor Heemoon Lee and Sin U Nam and Suzanne Scholte)
Country Coordinators so far!
BELGIUM: petition to PRC embassy in Brussels at noon on Friday, Nov 30, (contact Willy Fautre)
CANADA: demonstration at PRC consulate in Toronto at 12:00 noon on Nov 30: (contact Kyung B. Lee)
FRANCE: 12:00 noon on Dec 1: contact Open Doors/France
GERMANY: 12:00 noon on Dec 1: contact Open Doors/Germany
JAPAN: demonstration at 12:00 noon on Dec 1: contact Kan Ando)
NORWAY: 12:00 noon on Nov 30: working to activate people in Oslo to deliver petition contact Therese Jebsen
SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: Thanks to the tremendous efforts of the 444 Campaign in Seoul led by Peter Jung and Ji-Hye Park — there’s been a protest every day and demonstration every weekend in Seoul, South Korea, for the North Korean refugees. Information on their ongoing protest see http://en.444days.org/
SPAIN: Open Doors/Spain
NETHERLANDS: press release in solidarity with event (contact Marianne Bruning)
NEPAL: contact the Honorable Mohan Basnet, Member of Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: press release in solidarity with event (contact Alice Jones)
June 24th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
mad cow message
The candle light demonstrators are going to continue the anti beef march, eventually “You don’t have to eat American beef.” The demonstrators should know that Americans eat beef every day without mad cow disease yet. You think that you can stop buying American beef in anti American sentiment. If you want to have trade war with America, you will fail because Americans could avoid Korean goods very easily, such as cell phone, Samsung TV, radio, computer, etc. You can reject one item of American good, beef. But Koreans will lose the American market which feed you beef and other good things.
You hate Americans. Then, who would love you Koreans? Russians, Chinese or Japanese? Even if they do, they could not feed you beef.
You shook up the new Korean government. Communists and mad cow ghosts have immensely damaged South Korea. President Lee Myung Baek seems to be very weak, showing just gentleness. He should have shown his tough stand. If the civilian government loses the control, the communists could walk down to South.
If anyone thinks Kim Jong IL would bring his own workers’ paradise to South, he is absolutely empty headed. There is no mad cow in America but in the empty Korean heads.
You have had enough demonstrations. The president, the people and the world got your message.
If South Korea loses American market, do you think Russians or Chinese could help you?
I hope that they would understand the situation of South is always in a danger. Do you know that only a small piece of the land is left in the South Korean hands?
The weak Korean government could not help the 6 nation de-nuclearization conference. Who can unify the divided Korea? It is you.
Submitted by: CHAE S. SONE