------- Forwarded message follows ------- Subject: Solidarity Sergio Yahni From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:34:12 -0300 (BRT)
Sergio Yahni, active partner of the World Social Forum and Co-Director of the Israeli Alternative Information Center (member of the World Social Forum�s International Council) was sentenced on march 19th to 28 days in prison for refusing to serve reserve duty in the Israeli military. Letters of objection to the Ministry of Defence can be send to: Minister of Defense: Mr. Benyamin Ben Eliezer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deputy Minister: Ms.Dalya Rabin-Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Managing Director: Mr.AmosYaron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spokesman: Mr.Shlomo Dror [EMAIL PROTECTED] Letters of solidarity to Yahni may be send to the Alternative Information Center\'s e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Alternative Information Center, POB 31417, Jerusalem. All letters will be taken to Sergio when he gets visit permission (in approximately ten days). Brazilian Organizing Committee FOLLOWS THE LETTER SENT TO THE MINISTER To: Minister of Defense Mr. Benyamin Ben Eliezer The Brazilian Organizing Committee of the World Social Forum strongly condemns the treatment given to Mr. Sergio Yahni, active partner of the World Social Forum and Co-Director of the Israeli Alternative Information Center (member of the World Social Forum\'s International Council), sentenced to 28 days in prison in behalf of his refusal to serve reserve duty in the Israeli military. We understand that the Middle East conflict will not be solved through military actions and violence. We also understand that it is the right of every human being, including the Israeli citizen, to defend a peaceful solution to the problem and to demand respect for the human rights of the Palestinian population, precisely as proposed by Mr. Yahni. That being so, we demand his immediate release and his freedom to collaborate in the peace process in the region by not joining any armed attacks against Palestine and its people. Brazilian Organizing Committee of the World Social Forum ------- End of forwarded message -------
