Wednesday, January 13, 2016

UN Secretary General: Save Madaya from starvation - ONLINE PETITION

Avaaz
     In the besieged town of Madaya, starving children are eating tree leaves, cats and insects. The Assad regime is literally starving over 40,000 people to death. It's hard to imagine the suffering of parents watching their kids die from hunger -- but we have a way to help them.
     A truce to lift the siege on Madaya and other cities was brokered in September, but civilians are still trapped inside without food and medicine. Aid conveys are right now entering the town, and with all the world's attention on Madaya, we finally have a chance to get the siege lifted entirely to save the people of Madaya.
     Turkey and Iran can work with their allies to do this, but won’t act on their own. If we raise a one million strong outcry calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene and work with all sides, we could save thousands of families from starving to death in Madaya.  
     Ban Ki-moon can do this...
Click here for ONLINE PETITION.