| Please stop the killing of
innocent tribal peoples in the name of
conservation. |
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| Gaonbura Kealing, a
young tribesman with severe learning difficulties, was
gunned down after he entered Kaziranga National Park in
search of a missing cow. | | |
Dear Vladimir,
As
you may already know, Survival's "Tribal
Conservationists" campaign is vociferously protesting
the horrific human cost of militarized conservation –
with tribal people around the world being arrested,
beaten, tortured and killed in the name of
conservation.
Kaziranga National Park in
India is the most infamous example of this inhuman
trend... at least 50 people have been executed in the
last three years, including innocent
tribespeople.
Conservation organizations
are complicit in the human rights violations; they
provide training and equipment to forest guards and
never speak out to condemn the violence. But
extrajudicial killing is wrong, in any circumstance:
International law and UN guidelines are clear on
this.
Alerted to our work, the BBC commissioned
an investigation. Here's what they discovered...
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Tribal children have been
shot and innocent lives lost in the name of
conservation. | |
This extraordinarily
moving piece is a huge step forward in bringing
worldwide attention to a grossly under-reported
humanitarian crisis. We urge you to watch and share the
video, also available as an extended radio program for those who
would like to find out more.
Please then
take action to stop this abuse by writing to the Indian
authorities using our template
below.
Tribal peoples are not enemies of
wildlife. They have been dependent on and managed
their environments for millennia. They are the best
conservationists and guardians of the natural
world.
If like us, you care about the
environment and tribal peoples, help put an end to these
horrific human rights abuses. For tribal peoples,
for nature, for all
humanity.
Yours, in
gratitude,
Survival
International | |
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To:
anil...@sansad.nic.in
Cc:
jual...@hotmail.com, jual...@nic.in,
dir.kaz...@gmail.com, ms-...@nic.in,
Ravi...@wwfindia.net,
mlamb...@wwfint.org
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advo...@survivalinternational.org (optional, but useful for
our records)Subject: Stop
brutal "shoot on sight" To
Minister Anil Dave, I am extremely alarmed
by the human cost of militarized conservation in
Kaziranga National Park. Innocent tribal people
are being shot and even killed as a direct result
of the park’s shoot on sight policy. These are
extrajudicial executions which should not be
tolerated. I am also very concerned
at plans, announced by your predecessor, to
introduce this policy in tiger reserves across
India. Tribal people are already being tricked,
threatened and harassed into leaving their forest
homes by forest officials. Arming the
guards would result in even more violence against
India’s tribes and even more illegal and forced
evictions. Please issue an immediate ban on
shoot on sight policies in protected areas and
ensure that no further evictions take place
without the genuine consent of the tribal
people. Yours
sincerely, | | |
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 8:09
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Subject: BBC film confirms extrajudicial
killing in the name of conservation
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