From aiindex at gmail.com Fri Mar 1 06:35:22 2019 From: aiindex at gmail.com (Harsh Kapoor) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 17:05:22 +0530 Subject: SACW - 1 March 2019 | India-Pakistan: Escalating Tensions - "Appeal for Reason" from 600+ concerned Indian citizens / Step back from the Brink Message-ID: <1D0A989B-93B5-44BB-A7CF-51012F08DE4C@gmail.com> South Asia Citizens Wire - 1 March 2019 - No. 3007 [via South Asia Citizens Web - sacw.net since 1996] Contents: 1. To Govt?s of Pakistan and India: "Appeal for Reason" from 600+ concerned Indian citizens 2. India and Pakistan: Step Back from the Brink - Calls by Concerned Citizens for Restraint and De-escalation | Select Statements, Op-eds etc [Feb 2019] 3. CNDP Statement on Ongoing Indo-Pak Armed Conflict (28 February 2019) ======================================== 1. To Govt?s of Pakistan and India: "Appeal for Reason" from 600+ concerned Indian citizens ======================================== [1 March 2019] We, citizens of India, are deeply concerned at the recent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan, and at the climate of intolerance that is developing around it. . . . We appeal to the governments on both sides to refrain from further hostilities, overt or covert, and to resolve their differences within the framework of international law and human rights. http://www.sacw.net/article14030.html ======================================== 2. India and Pakistan: Step Back from the Brink - Calls by Concerned Citizens for Restraint and De-escalation | Select Statements, Op-eds etc [Feb 2019] ======================================== [28 February] Calls from concerned citizens and civil society groups to Govts of India and Pakistan to step away from military confrontation http://www.sacw.net/article14026.html ======================================== 3. CNDP Statement on Ongoing Indo-Pak Armed Conflict (28 February 2019) ======================================== The breach of airspace, in the context of a conflict between two nuclear-weaponised countries, clearly constitutes the crossing of a long established redline. The wisdom underlying the convention has been chillingly demonstrated by way of Pakistan, almost immediately, following the Indian lead. http://www.sacw.net/article14029.html _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ South Asia Citizens Wire Buzz for secularism, on the dangers of fundamentalism(s), on matters of peace and democratisation in South Asia. Newsletter of South Asia Citizens Web: www.sacw.net/ ##### #### _\_ ________ ##=-[.].]| \ \ #( _\ | |------| # __| | |||||||| \ _/ | |||||||| .--'--'-. | | ____ | / __ `|__|[o__o]| _(____nm_______ /____\____ DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed in materials carried in the posts do not necessarily reflect the views of SACW compilers. =====================================