Subject: [fem-women2000 423] EPSON CUP
From: "Epson Cup Trials" <resinas@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:49:03 +1200
Seq: 423
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0289_01BFDEBC.E37E8200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable URGENT - PLEASE ACTION TODAY=20 Suspension of Fiji from EPSON Cup Rugby Tournament We urgently look to your support to call off the Fiji/Canada rugby = match to be held in Samoa tomorrow (24th June) and the Fiji/ United = States match on the 1st of July.=20 These matches are part of the EPSON sponsored tournament (which is a = global computer accessories company).=20 As the advocate of human rights pease support.=20 Inform EPSON that failure to respond positively immediately there will = be a sustained campaign to boycott EPSON products worldwide.=20 This message will also have a demonstrable impact on other companies = choosing to do business with Fiji Military or any interim government.=20 As the advocates of the Movement for Democracy in Fiji, representing = Fijians, keeping in mind the many who have been the victims of beating, = looting, houses burnt and finally due to unbetold terrorism displaced in = Fiji and globally, we call upon you to join the international community = in helping us to ask EPSON announce an immediate sporting ban on = official Fiji Islands teams and individuals.=20 A Fiji Islands rugby team is participating in the EPSON Cup tournament = now=20 underway.=20 We seek your help to ask EPSON take action to suspend Fiji from that = tournament. Failing that, please ask that they=20 withdraw sponsorship of that tournament .=20 The most immediate contact between Fiji and Canada is the rugby match = between Fiji and Canada to be held on the 24th of June. The match = between the US and Fiji will be held on the 1st of July.=20 Both these matches will be played in Apia, Western Samoa.=20 Please tell them that the Governments of New Zealand and Australia = have already approved sporting bans. They took this decision at the = request of the Peoples Coalition Government which has called for = activating smart sanctions to support the restoration of the 1997 = Constitution of Fiji Islands and elected Peoples Coalition Government.=20 We would appreciate your most urgent attention to this request.=20 We look forward to your utmost cooperation in this matter. This will = assist in isolating the military dictatorship that is now in effective = control of government and in securing through coordinated international = pressure (of which sporting isolation is an important part) the release = of the democratically elected Government and its Prime Minister.=20 Your help in this direction will also help arrest Fiji's rapid slide = into a racist political and constitutional disorder.=20 Please tell them that this request is actively supported by the = Peoples' Coalition Government now being held hostage.=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0289_01BFDEBC.E37E8200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.3825.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3D"CITE"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3><STRONG>URGENT -=20 PLEASE ACTION TODAY <BR>Suspension of Fiji from EPSON Cup Rugby=20 Tournament</STRONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3D"CITE"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We = urgently look=20 to your support to call off the Fiji/Canada rugby match to be held in = Samoa=20 tomorrow (<B>24th June</B>) and the Fiji/ United States match on = the=20 <B>1st of July</B>. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>These matches are part of = the EPSON=20 sponsored tournament (which is a global computer accessories company). = </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>As the advocate of = human rights=20 pease support. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Inform EPSON that failure = to respond=20 positively immediately there will be a sustained campaign to boycott = EPSON=20 products worldwide. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>This message will also have = a=20 demonstrable impact on other companies choosing to do business with = Fiji=20 Military or any interim government. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> As the advocates of = the Movement=20 for Democracy in Fiji, representing Fijians, keeping in mind the many = who have=20 been the victims of beating, looting, houses burnt and finally due to = unbetold=20 terrorism displaced in Fiji and globally, we call upon you to join the = international community in helping us to ask EPSON announce an = immediate=20 sporting ban on official Fiji Islands teams and individuals. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A Fiji Islands rugby team = is=20 participating in the EPSON Cup tournament now <BR>underway. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We seek your help to ask = EPSON take=20 action to suspend Fiji from that tournament. Failing that, please ask = that=20 they <BR>withdraw sponsorship of that tournament . </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>The most immediate contact = between Fiji=20 and Canada is the rugby match between Fiji and Canada to be held on = the 24th=20 of June. The match between the US and Fiji will be held on the 1st of = July.=20 </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Both these matches will be = played in=20 Apia, Western Samoa. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Please tell them that the = Governments=20 of New Zealand and Australia have already approved sporting bans. They = took=20 this decision at the request of the Peoples Coalition Government which = has=20 called for activating smart sanctions to support the restoration of = the 1997=20 Constitution of Fiji Islands and elected Peoples Coalition Government. = </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We would appreciate your = most urgent=20 attention to this request. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We look forward to your = utmost=20 cooperation in this matter. This will assist in isolating the military = dictatorship that is now in effective control of government and in = securing=20 through coordinated international pressure (of which sporting = isolation is an=20 important part) the release of the democratically elected Government = and its=20 Prime Minister. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Your help in this direction = will also=20 help arrest Fiji's rapid slide into a racist political and = constitutional=20 disorder. </FONT> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Please tell them that this = request is=20 actively supported by the Peoples' Coalition Government now being held = hostage.=20 <BR> </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML= > ------=_NextPart_000_0289_01BFDEBC.E37E8200-- _________________________________________________________________________ fem-Women2000@jca.apc.org for Women 2000, UN Special Session on Beijing+5 Searcheable Archive http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/news/women2000/index.shtml visit fem-net HomePage for other mailing lists http://www.jca.apc.org/fem