Blair's government should take total responsibilities to compensate these women.The British troops committed a crime here and it should be brought to the international court's attention as any other atrocities. For Justice Niamorkono. Dear friends, AN AFRICAN LIBERATION SUPPORT CAMPAIGN NETWORK (ALISC NETWORK) SPECIAL APPEAL We are making this appeal on behalf of the Masai and Samburu women in Nanyuki, eastern Kenya who have been raped by British troops stationed there, over the past thirty years. As part of the women's long struggle for justice the several hundred affected women have decided to hold a demonstration in Nairobi on 8th March to draw attention to their government's failure both to protect them or assist them in their quest for justice. Many of the women have suffered physical illness and psychological trauma for up to thirty years. Others have had children as a result of the rapes. ALISC Network is in direct contact with the women and also with the community organisation IMPACT that supports them and is coordinating the arrangements for 8 March. We support the women's perseverance and struggle for justice in the face of the obvious subordination of the Kenyan government to the British government and the indifference of the UK British Ministry of Defence (MoD). This is not a struggle between two equally resourced parties. The most immediate challenge for the women is how to get from Nanyuki to the capital Nairobi. Nanyuki is several hundred kilometres from Nairobi, and the women live in a number of remote villages which are off the beaten track. Under normal circumstances in order to travel to Nairobi one must wait at the roadside in the hope that one can get a ride to the nearest town from a passing truck. IMPACT and ALISC Network have discussed the best way that we can provide support to ensure that this important demonstration takes place and we have agreed to raise £200.00 to send to the women for safe transport to and from Nairobi. We feel that this is the very least that we can do. In addition ALISC Network is also planning to organise an event simultaneously with the Nairobi event to draw attention to the struggle for justice of the Masai and Samburu women. We are therefore asking you to make a donation to the transport costs for the event on 8th March. No amount is too small. Please make cheques payable to ALISC Network and send your donations to: Eki Gbinigie ALISC Network P O Box 21266 London W9 3YR Thank you. Eki Gbinigie (on behalf of the African Liberation Support Campaign Network) ________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! ________________________________ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/networkafrica/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [log in to unmask] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤