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- Raise public awareness of the environmental and human rights issues raised by the proposed construction of the Ilisu Dam throughout the world;
- Conduct research into the implications of the proposed Ilisu Dam;
- Communicate with officials (including government officials and elected representatives) in Britain and abroad about the implications of the proposed Ilisu Dam;
- Expose any double standards on the part of companies involved in the Ilisu Dam and press for them to act abroad as they would at home;
- Press for the UK Export Credit Guarantee Department, and other national export credit agencies, to adopt mandatory environmental and development standards - so that other "Ilisus" do not get public support in the future;
- Publicise the Ilisu Dam’s potential to exacerbate existing tensions in Kurdish areas and the threat it poses to peace and security in the region.
Disclaimer:Any events organised
under the name of the Ilisu Dam Campaign must have prior approval from
the organising committee
Supporters of the Ilisu Dam Campaign include: Peace in Kurdistan
Campaign, Kurdistan National Congress, Lord Avebury, Lord Rea, Lord Dholakia,
Sarah Ludford MEP, John Austin MP, Rudi Vis MP, Harold Best MP, Jeremy
Corbyn MP, Dr Jenny Tonge MP, Dafyyd Wigley MP (President Plaid Cymru),
Elfyn Llwyd MP, Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru, Welsh National Assembly), Noam
Chomsky, Harold Pinter, Bruce Kent (President National Peace Council,
Pax Christi), Prof. Ken Coates (Chairman, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation),
David McDowall (writer, journalist), Desmond Fernandes (Lecturer, DeMontfort
University), Felicity Arbuthnot (journalist nominated for 1998 Lorenzo
Natai Award for Human Rights Journalism), Liz Davies (Member of LP National
Executive), Mark Steel (journalist), Vassilis Fouskas (European Research
Centre, Kingston University), Susan Kramer (LibDem London Assembly), Tommy
Sheridan MP (Scottish Socialist Party), Dr Maria O'Shea (SOAS, Middle
Eastern Study Centre), Ken Cameron (FBU General Secretary), David Rix
(ASLEF Gen Sec), Onay Kasab (UNISON Greenwich), Hugo Charlton (Home Affairs
and Human Rights spokesperson of Green Party), Mark Muller (Deputy chair,
Bar Human Rights Committee), Gareth Peirce (lawyer), Frances Webber (barrister/CARF),
Dave Bradney (Wales Green Party ), Jim Killock (Wales Green Party), Angela
Bowden (Ceredigion Green Party), Andreas Gavrielidis (Greek-Kurdish Solidarity
Committee), Chris Keene (Anti- Globalisation Network), People & Planet,
Cambridge Campaign for Peace, Spiral Women’s Centre, Armenian Rights Group,
Robert Wyatt, Alfie Benge, Darren Johnson (Green Party Candidate for Mayor
of London), Yen Chit Chong (Hackney Councillor, Green Party), Sheri Laizer
(writer/film-maker), Alain Hertzmann (MSF trade union, London Region),
Dr Roger Tompkins (lawyer), Peter Bosshard (Berne Declaration, Switzerland)
Dr Kamal Mirawdeli (Kurdish writer), Yekiti Gulbaran (journalist and writer),
Dr Rebwar Fata (Kurdish Media), Kurdistan Information Centre, Kurdish
Community Centre Haringey, Halkevi (Turkish-Kurdish Community Centre),
Kurdish Community Centre Croydon, Kurdistan Student Association, Kurdish
Cultural Centre, Kurdish Disability Organisation, Ali Manaz (Kurdish journalist),
Koray Duzgoren (Turkish journalist), Hewa Jaff (Peace in Kurdistan Campaign),
Dara Jamil (Peace in Kurdistan Campaign), Dr Mamoud Osman (Kurdish politician),
Umit Ozturk (Kurdish journalist) The Campaign for Human Rights in Turkey
(c/o Day-Mer Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre), Aynur Toraman, Ercan
Gok, Ali Bagdas, Unek Aziz, Veli Yadiryi, Arif Bektas, (Day-Mer ), Liz
Knight (Campaign for Human Rights in Turkey), Naser Razzazi (Kurdish singer),
Dr A Mohammed Ahmed (Ahmed Foundation for Kurdish Research, US), Dr Robert
Olson (Writer/Lecturer, University of Kentucky, US), Carl Dahlman (University
of South Carolina, US).
Ilisu Dam Campaign
Box 210
266 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 7DL
Email: ilisu@gn.apc.org
Tel: 01865 200550
Web: www.ilisu.org.uk