各位朋友，
1200位防暴警察被派至江汀洞，有就是反抗美/韓海軍基地建設的地點;500位警察來自韓半島，700位警察來自濟州島。
上禮拜，便衣刑警逮捕3位領袖。村長Kang Dong Kyun被釋放，但Song, KangHo教授和Ko, KwonIl仍在監獄中，同時另一位和平活動家 Choi Sung-hee也仍在監獄中， Choi Sung-hee自從5月19日起就先行被逮捕至監獄。
村民和活動家說，他們已經準備好採取非暴力反抗將他們從江汀洞移除的強制行為。他們在那保護他們的土地，並防衛村民的權利：保護他們的社區，以及保護他們的生活方式。
請花三分鐘的時間，採取三件簡單的行動：
2. Email國際特赦組織秘書處，並要求他們立刻遣送人權觀察員到江汀洞：http://www.amnesty.org/en/
3. 請將這封請願書寄送給5位朋友或家人。4位美國公民將於7月28日來到江汀洞，屆時，他們將於藍宮(韓國總統府)前舉辦一場記者會，並遞送請願書給韓國李明博政府。我們需要一萬個簽名聯署。至今，我們有幾乎2300個簽名聯署。你可以幫我們在星期四(7月28日)以前達到一萬人聯署的目標： http://signon.org/sign/save-
如果我們希望世界和平，我們必須採取行動，以全球社區的名義，防止聯合國教科文組織公認的世界自然遺產成為為了戰爭而準備的海軍航空母艦的停泊地。
這裡有一段擷取至Brother Song從監獄中所寫的書信的一段話：
"如果海軍和政府聽取當地人民的聲音，並以適當的程序進行，村民不會花五年的時間來抵抗嗨軍基地的建設...海軍不顧毀壞江汀洞的社區，強制執行海軍軍港建設。不知道法律，超過50名無辜的農民成為'違法者'，並遭受到懲罰。支付了超過5千萬韓幣的罰款"。我也生平第一次被關進監獄。在1970年代到1980年代之間，我是一個懦弱的青年，躲在軍事獨裁的背後。為了贖罪，我到印尼亞齊、海地以及其它在世界各地的衝突地區服務。現在，為了我們國家的正義，以及東北亞的和平，並為了向全球社會承諾保護生物圈，我試圖阻止這瘋狂的海軍軍港建設。
請現在立刻採取行動!
The Global Campaign to Save Jeju Island
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Dear friend,
As you read this, 1,200 police in riot gear are descending upon Gangjeong village, the site of resistance to the US/ROK naval base; 500 are from the mainland peninsula and 700 from Jeju.
Last week, undercover police arrested three leaders. The village Chief Kang Dong Kyun was released, but Brother Song Kang Ho and Ko Kwon Il still remain in prison along with peace activist Choi Sung-hee, who has been in prison since May 19.
The villagers and activists say that they are ready for nonviolent resistance to the forceful removal of their bodies from Gangjeong village. They are there to protect the land and defend the villagers of their right to preserve their community and way of life.
Please, take 3 minutes and do three simple actions:
1. Contact Un General Secretary Ban Ki Moon and let him know that he cannot ignore the grave human rights violations taking place in his homeland against the villagers of Gangjeong village: ecu@un.org
2. Email the International Secretariat of Amnesty International and urge them to send human rights monitors to Gangjeong Village immediately: http://www.amnesty.org/en/
3. Please forward this petition to 5 friends and family. Four Americans will be traveling to Gangjeong village on July 28. That morning, we will hold a press conference outside of the Blue House and deliver this petition to the South Korean President Lee’s administration. We need to have 10,000 signatures. As of now, we have nearly 2,300. You can help us reach the 10,000 goal by Thursday, July 28th. http://signon.org/sign/save-
If we want world peace, we must take action together as a global community to save this island from becoming an ecologically majestic UNESCO world heritage site to a naval base staging Aegis warship destroyers preparing for war.
Here’s an excerpt of a letter from Brother Song from prison:
“If the Navy and government listened to local residents and proceeded with proper steps, the villagers would not have fought against the naval base construction for five years… The Navy pushes the construction of the naval base regardless of the destruction of the Gangjeong community. Not knowing the law, more than 50 innocent farmers became law-breakers and were punished. More than 50 million won has been paid in fines. And I also went to prison for the first time in my entire life. I was a coward young man hiding myself in the times of military dictatorship during the 1970s~1980s. For atonement I served in places in Ache, Haiti and all kinds of conflict areas over the world. Now I am trying to stop the insane construction of this naval base for the sake of the justice of our nation and the peace of Northeast Asia, as well as to keep the promise to the global society of preserving the ecosphere.”
Please take action now. We must spring into action now.
In solidarity,
The Global Campaign to Save Jeju Island
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