Fwd: [Oct. 9-10] Free speech is blocked in the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity), Pyeongchang JoYakGol, who leads the Gangjeong team joining the Korean civil networks participating in the CBD, COP 12, reported on Oct. 9. The below is the rough summary translation of his words: 1. We have prepared hard for days to come to the Convention for Biological Diversity. However, even before the start of our campaign, four of us (Br. Park Do-Hyun, Shining Lake, Hyun-Jin and me, JoYakGol) were expelled out from the event venue, due to the oppression by the UN Security officer in chief charge of the security in the CBD, Pyeongchang, The officer threatened us by saying that he would confiscate our campaign stuffs. We came to here in the name of red-feet crab, Indo-Pacific bottle-nose dolphins and Jeju fresh shrimp to inform the real situation of Jeju naval base construction(destruction) and to demand the prompt stop of such destructive project. We were very infuriated by such oppression. No communication is possible here. Here is the world of full of police. You can say the real nature of the CBD is that of horrible dictatorship under which none of opposing opinions are accepted. [..] It feels like a sterilized room. What an ideal world for the dictatorship to dream has been realized here! 2. We could demand the boycott of such capitalists’ party. But we came back into the venue again to call for life and peace, determined to chase the power-holders to the hell. Despite oppression by the CBD Office and police asked by the UN, the Gangjeong activists have successfully staged a campaign in opposition to the naval base project.[..] Currently meeting is in process. We are calling for no military base along with the residents of Takae and Henoko in Okinawa. We are Indo-Pacific bottle nose dolphins, soft corals, red-feet crabs, and Jeju fresh shrimps! Activists who oppose the construction of ski field in Gariwang Mt. also came. We encouraging one another, came here! ............................................................. Photos fwd by JoYakGol (1, 2, 5 ) and Green Korea United (3, 4) For more photos, see cafe.daum.net/peacekj/49kU/2705
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:03:54 +0000
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