Your URGENT attention is required

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Dear Friends,

 

Perhaps you know about the violent arrests and detention of 10 Austrian

Animal Rights activists since May 21st. without reasonable grounds.

 

In recent years, milestone reforms in animal law have been achieved in

Austria including bans on fur farms, battery cages for hens and the use of

wild animals in circuses.

 

A group of International animal rights organisations are working together in

order to press for a release for these activists, and they need your

support.

 

You are invited to read more about this incident at www.vgt.at

<http://www.vgt.at> and to add your name as well as that of your

organisation to the attached press release to express your concern about a

serious infringement of the right of legally registered NGOs to function

freely.

 

Why is it important to endorse this press release? Because the infringement

of civil liberties taking place in Austria at the moment could spread to our

own doorsteps if we are not vigilant.

 

Please do read this urgently and if you agree to endorse it, please send a

mail to that effect to Herma Caelen <herma.caelen by June 24

 

Should you wish to sign, she will require the following information:

 

The name of your organisation (if you are representing an organisation) or

your own name and email address

Your country

Your website address

 

(These details will be published. Please do not send information you do not

want to be distributed.)

 

Even though this alarming event is a European one, non-Europeans are urged

to support the press release.

 

 

The staff of the European Vegetarian and Animal News Agency (EVANA) will

publish the full list of endorsees on its website (http://www.evana.org) on

the afternoon of Wednesday, June 25 at the same time as the press statement

is released to the media.

Thank you for your concern and solidarity.

 

Nandita

SHARAN

 

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