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ACTION ALERT! ACTION LERT!
ACTION ALERT!
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Send a
letter to President Bush to stop
the unjust eviction of farmers for the planned
expansion of the U.S. military base Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek.
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8/21/2006 - The
South Korean government publicly announced that by the end of August it plans to forcibly remove ALL peace
defenders who have reclaimed empty houses in Daechuri and Doduri villages of
Pyeongtaek to support the villagers’ resistance against the U.S. military base
expansion. There are approximately 200 villagers still refusing to surrender
their land and homes. By removing all supporters, the government intends to use
an isolation tactic to intimidate the Pyeongtaek villagers. Without supporters acting as eyewitnesses to
the government’s brutality we can guarantee that the situation in Pyeongtaek
will worsen. Already, we have seen what
the government is capable of doing—with no remorse! In May, the government
deployed over 15,000 military and riot police to the village of Pyeongtaek,
resulting in serious injuries to more than 500 local farmers and activists, 524
arrests and a barbed wire fence all around the farmland.
KCPT urgently requests the international community to send a
letter to the U.S. President, South Korean President and South Korean Ministry
of Defense to demand (please refer to the
attached statement for more details):
STOP the Forced Eviction of
Pyeongtaek Farmer &
Re-negotiate the Planned
Expansion of the U.S. Military Base in Pyeongtaek
Please deliver your letter by August 28 (Friday, Korean time) to the South
Korean government, U.S government, and send a copy to KCPT via e-mail or fax.
By your simple actions, we can alert the government, public and media that
people around the world are keeping a close watch on Pyeongtaek. Your action
will have a tremendous impact. Please send your letter and circulate this
message far and wide. Also, stay tuned
as the situation in Pyeongtaek is critical and is in need of your attention--we
will keep you informed with more updates.
▶ White House
President
George W Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500
Comments : (1)
202-456-1111 Switchboard : (1) 202-456-1414
FAX : (1) 202-456-2461
▶ Blue House
President Roh
Moo-hyun
1 Sejongno
Jonno-gu Seoul, South Korea (110-820)
Fax : (82) 2
770 4943 E-mail : webmaster@president.go.kr
▶ Korea Ministry of Defense
Minister of
Defence, Yoon Kwang-woong
Ministry of
Defence 22 Itaewon road, Yongsan-gu Seoul, South Korea (104-701)
Fax: (82) 2 748
6026 E-mail: cyber@mnd.go.kr
▶ KCPT
E-mail : Korean and English at nobasept@yahoo.co.kr
Japanese at pt924peace@hotmail.com
Fax : (82)
2-723-7059
About Pan-S.
Korea Solution Committee Against US Base Extension in Pyeongtaek (KCPT):
KCPT was formed to oppose the
planned expansion of the U.S. Military Base Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. There are approximately 140 member organizations
in the committee, including farmers, labor and other civil society
organizations. KCPT successfully organized the 1st Pyeongtaek Peace
March, held on July 10, 2005 and has continued to raise awareness regarding the
dangers of the expansion of the U.S. Military Base in Pyeongtaek by
highlighting the effects of the plan on the community as well as on the
regional security.
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