From: Robert Dorman <redorman@theofficenet.com>

>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 23:23:44 +0200
>From: Harald Ihmig <ihmig@iname.com>
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>To: Robert Dorman <redorman@theofficenet.com>
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>Vigil for Dineh
>On October 12, 1999 indigenous peoples day, about 20 members of FIAN,
>the Society of Threatened Peoples and a Berlin solidarity group for
>American indians gathered in front of the US embassy in Berlin.
>With banners "No ethnical cleaning in Arizona", "Respect human rights in
>America", they drew the attention to the threatening situation of the
>Dineh in the Big Mountain area.
>The embassy of the USA is hidden in a small side street behind fences
>barriers and rolls of barbed wire. Demonstrations in front of the
>building are not allowed. A Berlin policeman mentioned that they would
>not open the door even if a US-citizen in danger would ring the bell.
>Nevertheless the Hamburg FIAN group and the Society of Threatened
>Peoples succeeded with the help of the embassy's employees - after a
>phone call - to submit an open letter to US ambassador Kornblum.
>In the letter they demand - supported by more than 500 undersigners -
>that the reprisals on the Dineh, as e.g. conficscation of lifestock and
>the freeze for construction and repair, should be stopped immediately
>and the dislocation date of February 1st, 2000 should be set aside. It
>is hoped that this protest will reach the US-authorities in charge and
>contribute to a reconsideration of their policy.
>The vigil itself was than located a corner away from the embassy, at the
>big street "Unter den Linden", where many interested people learned
>about the fate of the Dineh people, many of them for the first time.
>
>Nathalie.
>
>--
>Harald Ihmig
>Beim Rauhen Hause 30
>22111 Hamburg
>T. 040-6518393; Fax 040-65901168
>e-mail ihmig@iname.com

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