Amnesty.ca | Help Protect Civilians in DRC

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	Brianne Nettelfield Kelowna, BC

	Samuel Mulenga Montréal, QC

	Tania Fanelli Montreal, QC

	Ron Wilson Smethwick, England, AB	We must not have another Rwanda. Please act promptly.

	Andrea Jacobs Calgary, AB

	Michelle Gibbon Kanata, ON

	Debra Fawcett Prince George, BC	It is imperative that Canada continues as a beacon of advocacy and justice throughout the world. Please ensure your policies and your actions do not undermine this legacy!

	Dwayne Culley Mississauga, ON	All I say is that it is evident that the worlds leaders (including you Mr.Harper) does not care for the poor nations or the well being of citizens. When we sent our troops to Iraq this was like a "slap in the face" to all citizens suffering in Africa (who I remind you have been suffering for a long long time) because they people are going through the same struggles as those in Iraq if not worse. Not to discredit the importance of Iraqs' mission but how was this cause any more important then what is happening to women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, actually if you look at the two countries problems are almost identical so why the favortism I ask. Now that our troops are withdrawing from Iraq would it not make sense to deploy some in the Democratic Republic of Congo and continue to fight our supposed mission of bringing forth stable democratic governments to countries without them. Also to ensure that all rights and freedoms and granted to every individual in the world no matter their nationality or citizen. Frankly I hear a lot talk when it comes to issues like this in Africa and very little action in my mind and I think in the mind of many others the world has given up on Africa. I do applaud our previous efforts (Rwanda genocide) but as for our recent activities I cannot say the same. Would Africa have to become some type of terrorist threat or commit and act of terror against North America for us to finally go in and straighten things up because that seemed to get us into Iraq fairly quickly. Overall everyone should be treatly fairly and equally let us not forget The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Article 2, Article 5 & Article 20 #2 (forced training of child soldiers) and Article 28... Will we only care once their problems becomes ours please prove me wrong Mr.Harper

	Kyla McKee Guelph, ON

	Nicole Erickson Port au Port East, NL	We are so lucky to live in Canada where daily threats to our lives do not exist. It is our responsibility as a more fortunate country to help those who are endangered and tortured daily. When will Canada step up to the plate and open their eyes to the horror happening outside of our country?

	Candace Clarke St. John's, NL

	Camille Wu Portland, NU

	Elise Lonie Regina, SK	Something must be done in this situation; as a country that prides itself on our legacy of peace keeping and the promotion of good values in foreign affairs, we have no choice but to do all that we can. Please place a focus on this and other issues of conflict in the developing world. This is every bit as important as issues like the financial crisis.

	Alisha Sharma Winnipeg, MB

	erin masciangelo toronto,, ON

	Stacey Silverthorne Burnaby, BC	Don't allow Canada to fall into apathy, we are defined by our inactions as much as we are defined by our action.

	Dimpho Radebe Ottawa, ON

	Terri Hoddinott St. John's, NL

	Adria Mirabelli Toronto, ON

	Bernardo Rossi st. john's, NL

	Arabella Nowokowski White Rock, BC

	Jacelle Somerton st. john's, NL	fighting without reason is reason to stop fighting. Life is treasure. Humanity is treasure.

	Patricia Castle St. John's, NL

	Tracy Gale

	Kristine Kingston, ON

	Sarah Miller Victoria, BC	The fact that what is happening to civilians in the Congo is unthinkable for me, yet people are living through it and dying from it every day, is an incredibly unjust tragedy.

	Jacob Horbulyk Calgary, AB	Create an actual foreign policy for Canada; allow your government to have actual initiative in these matters.

	Maggie Burton St John's, NL

	Kayla Churchill St. John's, NL

	Rebecca Jackson St John's, NL

	Gillian Rose St.John's, NL

	Rachel Whalen St. John's, NL

	dianna brooks st john's , NL

	Samantha Pomroy CBS, NL	It's necessary to give the people, especially the children, in other countries the same opportunities us Canadians have here. It's unfair for us to be given the chance to help them and not take it. Please, please help to fight for the peace, however oxymoronic that may be, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

	Natalie Hunter St John's, NL

	Jessica Noel

	Kaitlyn Kean st. john,s, NL

	Kora Liegh Russell Bay Roberts, NL

	Ruth Bartlett salisbury, NB	Sir, I believe there are few petitions worth signing aside from those concerning the peace and comfort of innocent people across the world. We're all the same and I believe if we can make a difference and avoid violence, that is an extremely wrothy cause.

	Simone Savard-Walsh St. John's, NL	put yourself in the place of a father grieving over his dead family. we are so spoiled here in canada. action must be taken.

	Marianne Rennie St. John's, NL

	Chris Loaiza St.John's , NL

	Meaghan Aylward Mount Pearl, NL

	Samantha Hussey Mount Pearl, NL	Please help !

	Leanne Joy Portugal Cove, NL

	Beth Peddle St. John's, NL

	Robin Whiffen St. John's, NL

	Tabita Holm

	Jennifer Dickson Victoria, BC

	Erin Heys St. John's, NL

	Gen Escobar St. John's, NL

	Nasreen Irfan St. John's, NL

	Liam O'Keefe St John's, NL	Come on - it's not difficult to take a stand.

	Melissa Legge Montreal, QC	I take this issue particularly personally because I just spent three months in South Africa, and saw, by the number of people who I became personally close with who were affected, the great reach of this crisis. I hope that you will understand the severety of the issue as well.

	Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas Calgary, AB

	Emily Power St. John's , NL

	William Stokes St. John's, NL, NL	"Be the change you wish to see in the world, and the world will react accordingly."

	Saad Rajput St. John's, NL

	Sarah Hutchings

	Lyle Dobbin

	Charlotte-Anne Malischewski St. John's, NL

	Erin Nolan St. John's, NL

	Stephen Brophy CBS, NL

	Amy Barrett St. John's, NL

	Desiree Baker

	Emily Oates St.Johns , NL	In a couple decades, we will look back on this occurrence.. just to think, how could we have let this go on for so long with out doing anything? Why did we let so many people die, when we have tools and power to help end this. we NEED to help our fellow man, before more innocent people are hurt and murdered.

	Jason Puddister Hr Grace , NL

	Cindy L St.John's, NL

	Andrew O'Dea St. John's, NL	The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country that has great potential to thrive if given the proper opportunities. Rape, slavery, and murder are all crimes here. Why shouldn't it be the treated with the same gravity for the innocent plebians of the DRC!

	Neil Hamilton

	Erin Marshall St. John's, NL

	Jordan Lester St.John's,NL, NL	I've written you before about the dire situation in Zimbabwe just last year. I thought I would also inform you of this on-going crisis that needs resolution.

	Meghan Hollett

	Tonya Hoddinott St. John's, NL	This is such a sad event and I hope that many more people sign this petition and spread the word. My heart is with all those involved in this tragedy.

	Jeremy Dyer St. John's, NL

	Jan-Olaf Kjølstad Pettersen Nervei, Norway, AB

	Cameron O'keeffe Winnipeg, MB	I Wanted to speak on about the name that canada has generated for itself as the peacekeeper,the justice bringer. I was wondering as to how we hope to maintain this name when we lack to bring efficent protection to those who are getting murdered so wrongly

	Andrew Chambers	Mr. Harper the Canadian government has an obligation to the world to prevent genocide. The millions of deaths that have occured as a result of this crisis fall to everyone and Canada must take a stand for what is right. After the genocide in WWII, the Rwanda genocide should have been prevented but the world fell silent. We said never again, but the indifference towards human rights continues today. As a country and a member of the UN Canada must intervene.

	Sean Nagasaka	Mr. Harper, all Canadians, including our highest ranking government officials like yourself must have a responsibilty to ask ourselves what would we do if our wife was in this situation, or our children were enslaved like the ones in congo? We sit here everyday and analyze how horrific this issue is, but yet make no effort to change it. I feel that with enough motivation, we can change, we can make a difference. But with no effort, we sit back everyday and watch as countries are literally dying for no reason.

	Amanda Morrison Winnipeg, MB	After spending a great deal of time in my English class studying the Holocaust, I was inspired by Elie Wiesel the author of Night who suffered through unimaginable times, and yet uses his experiences and memories from this horrific event to speak out. He attempts to teach our generations of the horrible consequences of genocide. But are we listening? Right now across the world, away from safe and content Canada, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children are being murdered in the Democratic Republic of Congo conflict. During the Holocaust the Allies freed many European Countries from Nazi dictatorship, and till this day Canadian's are welcomed with great gratitude into these countries. So what is stopping us from doing the same in the Congo? The violence that has turned towards these innocent victims over resources is unacceptable. We do not choose our resources. In Canada we are very fortunate to have what we need in order to supply our population. But in the Congo, there is no need for added suffering. We need to step in and prevent this from continuing, it is not enough to make peace settlements that will not be followed through on. We cannot have them sign a piece of paper and then walk away, leaving them to face these atrocities on there own. We would not leave our children in a war zone, what is the difference for those children in the Congo? Each life is equal. Each country should stand together to ensure this. We cannot turn our back on those in times of need. I believe it's time we reached out, time we took a stand, time we stopped this. I don't know if the Prime Minister will read this or not. I hope he does, because as hard as these economic times in Canada may be, it is nothing compared to what he should see in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thank you.

	Pavitra Patel Winnipeg, MB	It comes to my concern that Canadians, being the peace keepers we are, fail to provide any sort of aid or support to help our fellow global citizens from this horrific genocide currently going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It's a matter of protecting the humanity of our World. Mr. Harper you are the one who sets the tone for our nation. If you take a step to take action we as a nation can save the lives of hundreds and thousand of innocent people. We cannot sit around and say "oh this is horrifying" and just go back to our dinner. Events like this has happened in the past and we all had stood up and promised this will not happen again. With Nazi Germany and Rwanada we cannot fall flat on our faces again. We need hope, we need to create a new generation of peace and this is our opportunity.

	Jordan Rosenberg	I am writing to express my concern and distress regarding the continued atrosoties occuring in the Democratic Repulic of Congo. A major change in the condition of the lives of the individuals residing in Congo must be made soon, before this genocide escalates to a horrific and uncontrolable level from which it cannot recover.

	Barbora L.	Prime Minister, I am writing to you as a concerned high school student of Canada. I truly bellieve that the citizens of this country need to come together and help make a difference. It is important to provide help to others in need. We need to treat others the way that we would want to be treated if this same conflict were happening in our country. We would want others to help us in a similar situation, therefore we have to take action and help.

	Kathleen Goetting Winnipeg, MB	We live in a country where evil is not so abundant. But we cannot take that for granted. We, the people, are the only ones who can perpetrate evil; therefore we have a moral responsibility to help stop it. Would you not agree? We cannot sit idly by while people are being raped, murdered, tortured, displaced; we have the power to save lives and we must use it. Let us become heroes.

	Allison Torbiak Winnipeg, MB

	Ashley Kotelmach

	Elizabeth Wood Winnipeg, MB	As Canada's future i'm concerned about the people suffering around the world. We must insist that out governemnt use its influence to ensure the safety of innocent civilians in the Congo. We must help and keep peace in our world.

	Tyler Epp	I believe that action must be taken in this cause. I know we would not allow it to happen in Canada, so why would we allow it to happen somewhere else. Human lives take presidence over political roadblocks and we owe it to the world to help.

	Peter Bridgeman Winnipeg, MB

	Jay Sherwin Baltimore, ON

	Sherry MacAskill-Brand Manitouwadge, ON

	Ayman Arain Toronto, ON

	Soyeb AHmed Toronto, ON

	Monica Akula Toronto, ON

	joanne flint

	Christien van Helsdingen Bolsover, ON	Please Mr. Harper,with all your influences and power/ position as prime Minister,put some actions in practice and help with deeds! DRC needs global help asap! Every second counts! Too many innocent people lost their lives and too many lives already ruined and at stake! Let Canada show loyalty to the civilians that needs the help of the whole world,but we can start here from Canada. Come on help now and don't wait any longer,because you know what's going on over there every minute! We are talking about people here and not dead items. Human rights. It seems that they haven't heard this for a long time! If you do something about it Mr. Harper, My thanks in advance. Yours truly, Christien van Helsdingen.

	Keith Gregoire Belleville, ON

	Irene Spithoff Burlington, ON	It is my prayer that the government of Canada will take a strong stand to protect orphans and widows around the world, as God has commanded in His Word...the Bible.

	Jennifer Dunnett Brantford, ON

	Robert Payne Dundas, ON	I serve yearly in Burkina Faso, not affected by this type of criminal act. I feel a definitive sympathy for all in this war torn region and trust that Canada will stand against the regime!

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