Hare Krishna / Kazakstan

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

The following is a letter sent to me from a devotee I work closely with in

Mauritius. He is proposing international strategy Ideas. And he seems ready

to take it up and assist in its coordination.

 

Mr. Chairman, IC people, where do we go from here?

 

With affectionate regards,

 

BB Govinda Swami

 

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Dear Maharaja,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Sorry, I could not have access to my mail earlier and I can not get through

on your cell in India. If possible, please provide me with another number

where I can contact your holiness.

 

I'll work on the letter with some lawyers and some contacts from amnesty +

Human Rights division in Mauritius. I have already contacted my friends in

at the MBC to request the BBC and CNN for their intervention.

 

At PR level, we have also contacted the major hindu socio-religious

organizations in Mauritius for a common petition and appeal to the Indian

High Commissioner in Mauritius as well as the Prime Minister and the

minister of foreign affairs. We need to tactfully urge them to make this

matter international and get the Human Rights Commission as well as Amnesty

International involved in there.

 

Maharaja, I have been giving some further thoughts on the situation and I

think that we need to have a more strategic approach to this situation. Even

though they are trying to forcefully take the land from us, we will need to

fight in a more collegial manner and even though they do forcefully

confiscate the property, we will have to fight back till we get it back from

them including damages and interests.

 

I would suggest the following:

 

1. ISKCON and all its temples and centres worldwide should be involved at

different levels but I think that ISKCON Communications (IC) has got a VERY

IMPORTANT role to play in this situation as a main coordinator. IC should

prepare a petition template (legally vetted) and contact all temples and

centres worldwide and ensures that the letter is faxed/emailed to the Human

Rights Commission and copied to Secretary General of the UN, Amnesty

International, US President, Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister of UK

and the President of the Rep of Kazaksthan.

 

2. In parallel, request all temples and centres to contact other

socio-religious orgs or NGO's of their respective countries to send a letter

the same authorities mentioned above a gesture of support to ISKCON.

 

3. A serious and successful accept has to be made to get the major Hindu

organizations in USA, UK and France on board. IC Europe (ICE) can definitely

work on that. This will immediately give the situation an international

exposure and we can then force the Government of India to get involved in

this situation and act accordingly.

 

4. Apart from the Human Rights Commission, the hindu lobby from those

countries would also help raise the awareness and pressure on the different

authorities mentioned above and governments through the press including the

UN.

 

5. Press communiqués and international channels could be approached to

further cover the situation.

 

Maharaja, if you think that the above line of action sounds ok, I'm ready to

discuss this further with IC and ICE.

 

your servant,

shateeaum