Afghanistan war protest
THREE PROTEST AT CENOTAPH OVER AFGHANISTAN WAR
229 minute silent protest – one minute for each British war dead
At 2pm this afternoon, three people began a protest at the Cenotaph, the monument to British war dead in Whitehall, London, about the escalating war in Afghanistan.
Holding a banner saying ‘End Afghanistan corporate war. Honour our troops. Bring them home’, the three intend to remain for 229 minutes (3 hours and 49 minutes). Each minute represents one British soldier killed since the conflict began in 2001. The protest will be carried out in silence.
This year alone, 92 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan. (1).
The protest will also honour the many thousands of Afghanistan civilian deaths as a direct result of the war (2) with indiscriminate airstrikes accounting for a large increase in deaths of Afghans since 2006 (3).
NOTES
3. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/09/07/afghanistan-civilian-deaths-airstrikes
Presenting a petition to the Prime Minister earlier in the day
The statement signed by those taking part in the protest – 229 minutes silence
More protest in Parliament Square
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