[blindkid] Information from Under the Sun - albino murders inTanzania

Megan Schickling schicklingfamily at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 04:44:17 UTC 2009


Sadly, this truly is not a hoax.  All of us with connections to the
albinism community certainly wish it were, though...

The National Post is a large newspaper in Canada.

I understand the hesitation about online petitions, but under the
circumstances, I would hope folks would just take the moment, and
bandwidth, to visit this site, learn about the crisis, and if
compelled, sign the petition.  Its worth a shot.

- Megan Schickling, mama of a 2yo with albinism


On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Mike Freeman<k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> I suspect that this is a hoax. I've never heard of a newspaper called
> "The National Post". Also, links were not provided to the stories
> supposedly run by CBS News and Reuters. Moreover, on-line petitions
> aren't worth the time, effort and bandwidth needed to deal with them
> because there's no way for those to whom the petitions are addressed to
> verify that the signatures are valid. What's to stop one person from
> signing time after time after time using different names and fake
> Internet addresses?
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Cunningham" <kim at gulfimagesphoto.com>
> To: "Blindkid" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:57 AM
> Subject: [blindkid] Information from Under the Sun - albino murders
> inTanzania
>
>
> I have been asked to forward this article. It concerns the slayings of
> albino children in Tanzania. Please sign the petition and help to stop
> this madness.
> Regards,
> Kim Cunningham
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/11/09, UnderTheSameSun.com <media at underthesamesun.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> From: UnderTheSameSun.com <media at underthesamesun.com>
> Subject: Information from UNDER THE SAME SUN re: albino murders in
> Tanzania
> To: kim at gulfimagesphoto.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:45 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> You are receiving this email and Press Release because you have
> previously signed the Under The Same Sun petition.
> On August 6/09, this Press Release was sent to thousands of journalists
> resulting in immediate interviews and citations by CBS News, Reuters and
> The National Post.
> In it, PETER ASH protests about the Tanzanian Court's decision to drop
> on-going cases against alleged murderers of albinos. The reason cited by
> the Tanzanian Courts for this action is "lack of funds"!!
> For your information, Under The Same Sun is returning to Tanzania in
> September. Therefore please:
> 1) Promote the Petition at www.underthesamesun.com as much as possible
> to your friends, colleagues, relatives - anyone whom you think will sign
> against these murders. The hard-copy petition will be taken again and
> given to the Tanzanian Government - with all signatures since the
> petition began in 2008.
> 2) Forward/email our Petition and Press Release to any media outlets in
> your local area.
> 3) Contact your local government officials making them aware of this
> genocide and asking them to contact/pressure the Tanzanian Government to
> resume the court trials.
> NB: Please note that we have modified this Press Release by removing
> actual photographs of a Tanzanian albino child's mutilated body.
> However, the exact Press Release sent to the media last week is
> available at www.underthesamesun.com - with a distinct content warning
> attached.
> To view the Press Release, please click the link below:
> http://www.underthesamesun.com/press-release/press-release2-august2009.pdf
>
> Yours truly,
> UNDER THE SAME SUN
> Surrey, BC Canada
>
>
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