Subject: [fem-women2000 423] EPSON CUP
From: "Epson Cup Trials" <resinas@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:49:03 +1200
Seq: 423

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  URGENT - PLEASE ACTION TODAY=20
  Suspension of Fiji from EPSON Cup Rugby Tournament
  We urgently look to your support to call off the Fiji/Canada rugby =
match to be held in Samoa tomorrow (24th June) and  the Fiji/ United =
States match on the 1st of July.=20
  These matches are part of the EPSON sponsored tournament (which is a =
global computer accessories company).=20

  As the advocate of  human rights pease support.=20

  Inform EPSON that failure to respond positively immediately there will =
be a sustained campaign to boycott EPSON products worldwide.=20

  This message will also have a demonstrable impact on other companies =
choosing to do business with Fiji Military or any interim government.=20

   As the advocates of the Movement for Democracy in Fiji, representing =
Fijians, keeping in mind the many who have been the victims of beating, =
looting, houses burnt and finally due to unbetold terrorism displaced in =
Fiji and globally, we call upon you to join the international community =
in helping us to ask EPSON announce an immediate sporting ban on =
official Fiji Islands teams and individuals.=20

  A Fiji Islands rugby team is participating in the EPSON Cup tournament =
now=20
  underway.=20

  We seek your help to ask EPSON take action to suspend Fiji from that =
tournament. Failing that, please ask that they=20
  withdraw sponsorship of that tournament .=20

  The most immediate contact between Fiji and Canada is the rugby match =
between Fiji and Canada to be held on the 24th of June. The match =
between the US and Fiji will be held on the 1st of July.=20

  Both these matches will be played in Apia, Western Samoa.=20

  Please tell them that the Governments of New Zealand and Australia =
have already approved sporting bans. They took this decision at the =
request of the Peoples Coalition Government which has called for =
activating smart sanctions to support the restoration of the 1997 =
Constitution of Fiji Islands and elected Peoples Coalition Government.=20

  We would appreciate your most urgent attention to this request.=20

  We look forward to your utmost cooperation in this matter. This will =
assist in isolating the military dictatorship that is now in effective =
control of government and in securing through coordinated international =
pressure (of which sporting isolation is an important part) the release =
of the democratically elected Government and its Prime Minister.=20

  Your help in this direction will also help arrest Fiji's rapid slide =
into a racist political and constitutional disorder.=20

  Please tell them that this request is actively supported by the =
Peoples' Coalition Government now being held hostage.=20
  =20


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size=3D3><STRONG>URGENT -=20
  PLEASE ACTION TODAY <BR>Suspension of Fiji from EPSON Cup Rugby=20
  Tournament</STRONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3D"CITE"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We =
urgently look=20
  to your support to call off the Fiji/Canada rugby match to be held in =
Samoa=20
  tomorrow (<B>24th June</B>) and&nbsp; the Fiji/ United States match on =
the=20
  <B>1st of July</B>. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>These matches are part of =
the EPSON=20
  sponsored tournament (which is a global computer accessories company). =
</FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>As the advocate of&nbsp; =
human rights=20
  pease support. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Inform EPSON that failure =
to respond=20
  positively immediately there will be a sustained campaign to boycott =
EPSON=20
  products worldwide. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>This message will also have =
a=20
  demonstrable impact on other companies choosing to do business with =
Fiji=20
  Military or any interim government. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>&nbsp;As the advocates of =
the Movement=20
  for Democracy in Fiji, representing Fijians, keeping in mind the many =
who have=20
  been the victims of beating, looting, houses burnt and finally due to =
unbetold=20
  terrorism displaced in Fiji and globally, we call upon you to join the =

  international community in helping us to ask EPSON announce an =
immediate=20
  sporting ban on official Fiji Islands teams and individuals. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A Fiji Islands rugby team =
is=20
  participating in the EPSON Cup tournament now <BR>underway. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We seek your help to ask =
EPSON take=20
  action to suspend Fiji from that tournament. Failing that, please ask =
that=20
  they <BR>withdraw sponsorship of that tournament . </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>The most immediate contact =
between Fiji=20
  and Canada is the rugby match between Fiji and Canada to be held on =
the 24th=20
  of June. The match between the US and Fiji will be held on the 1st of =
July.=20
  </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Both these matches will be =
played in=20
  Apia, Western Samoa. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Please tell them that the =
Governments=20
  of New Zealand and Australia have already approved sporting bans. They =
took=20
  this decision at the request of the Peoples Coalition Government which =
has=20
  called for activating smart sanctions to support the restoration of =
the 1997=20
  Constitution of Fiji Islands and elected Peoples Coalition Government. =
</FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We would appreciate your =
most urgent=20
  attention to this request. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>We look forward to your =
utmost=20
  cooperation in this matter. This will assist in isolating the military =

  dictatorship that is now in effective control of government and in =
securing=20
  through coordinated international pressure (of which sporting =
isolation is an=20
  important part) the release of the democratically elected Government =
and its=20
  Prime Minister. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Your help in this direction =
will also=20
  help arrest Fiji's rapid slide into a racist political and =
constitutional=20
  disorder. </FONT>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Please tell them that this =
request is=20
  actively supported by the Peoples' Coalition Government now being held =

  hostage.=20
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