Kazakhstan Emergency

[Guest guest]

The reason there has not been a demonstration at the Kazakh Embassy in Delhi

is that we have been waiting to meet the Ambassador before conducting such a

program.

 

Yesterday we met with a consul in the embassy and he listened to our plight

sympathetically. He stated that in the post soviet era the biggest problem

is that the powerful people want to steal everything. Then he added, it sure

seems that someone has thier eyes on your property.

 

Today the Kazakh Ambassador phoned Mahamantra and fixed an appointment for

11 AM tomorrow Wednesday the 3rd April. Thus we will see how the situation

develops.

 

Also for 3 Pril 2006 we have a meeting with CNN-IBN at 9AM and a press

conference with the printed media at 1:30 PM.

 

Yesterday we spoke to the Indian Ambassador in kazakhstan and he said that

thier office was working on the situation as well.

 

There is also one Indian leader in the states, Biharilal Patel, who wants to

organise a march on the kazakh Embassy in washington, dc.

 

Anuttama prabhu said that his team was also going to organise something at

the kazakh consul in NYC.

 

I would suggest that all devotees in all countries of the world check with

their governments to see if the government has established diplomatic

relations with Kazakhstan.

 

Then, the devotees in that particular country should:

 

1. Lodge a complaint regarding the violation of human rights and religious

freedom that is being conducted against ISKCON in Kazakhstan. Ask the

foreign ministry to take it up with thier conterparts in kazakhstan.

 

2. If there is a Kazakhstan embassy in thier nation they should organise a

protest. Sivarama Swami is bringing a bulldozer, a few hundred devotees,

placards and all of the media. Devotees throughout the world should do the

same.

 

3. If there is an Indian consul in thier nation, the Indian Ambassador

should be approached and an official complaint be lodged with the request

that the Prime minister of India with take up this issue with President

Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.

 

4. There should be petition signing campaigns and all of the signatures

should be presented to you foreign ministries, kazakh embassy, and Indian

Embassy.

 

5. If any of you have contacts with any internation news agencies please

inform them and request that their offices in CIS, central Asia, of

specifically kazakhstan will take up the issue.

 

Thank you for being with us. Your support is giving us life.

 

With affectionate regards,

 

BB Govinda Swami