Subject: passing this along
From: "beverly spector" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:17:58 -0800

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From: Bill McKibben - 350.org <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Subject: Maldives Update: more solidarity needed!
To: bev lipson <[email-masked]>

 Dear friends,

Since you signed the petition calling for a peaceful resolution to the
situation in the Maldives, we thought you might appreciate this update.

We've spent the last 36 hours talking with many of our 350.org friends in
the Maldives. The situation changes frequently, but its basic outlines are
clear: our ally President Nasheed was forced at gunpoint to resign in what
seems to be a coup carried out by police forces. Several of his aides and
associates have been hospitalized after beatings, and an arrest warrant has
been issued for Nasheed -- with one official for the new government
promising that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.

*At a moment like this, we need to show the kind of solidarity we'd all
hope for from our friends and allies. Please spread this action to get more
people to sign onto our statement of support. **You can share it on
Facebook here <http://act.350.org/go/1067?akid=1589.173417.uq5-sv&t=1>, spread
it on Twitter here <http://act.350.org/go/1068?akid=1589.173417.uq5-sv&t=2>,
or just pass along this link:
www.350.org/nasheed<http://act.350.org/go/1050?akid=1589.173417.uq5-sv&t=3>
*

We're communicating urgently the US State Department and other key
diplomats in the UK, EU and India to press for a peaceful and democratic
resolution of the struggles in the Maldives. The surge of democracy that
swept the Arab world last year really began a few years before in the
Maldives, an entirely Muslim nation -- and Nasheed's op-ed in the New York
Times <http://act.350.org/go/1069?akid=1589.173417.uq5-sv&t=4> explains
just how difficult this kind of transition can be. A new video (which you
can see on our website)<http://act.350.org/go/1070?akid=1589.173417.uq5-sv&t=5>provides
a chilling glimpse of the challenges that face this threatened,
fragile country:

[image: Watch the Video About
Nasheed]go.350.org/wgh9uS<http://act.350.org/go/1070?akid=1589.173417.uq5-sv&t=6>

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