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Date: 2013/12/10

Subject: A Letter to United Nations Human Rights Council

 

 

                                  Boston Forward

                                  Chinese Association for Progress and 

Equality

                                  Chinese United

                                  Chinese Young Professionals Network

                                                                            

       

 

A Letter to United Nations Human Rights Council

   

December 9, 2013

 

 

Dear United Nations Human Rights Council,

 

We are writing to inform you of an inhumane and uncivilized phenomenon going

 on in Argentina, a phenomenon that tramples and ravages the most basic 

human rights of thousands of people. More importantly, we are writing to 

inform you of the irresponsible and unconcerned attitude the Argentine 

government is adopting toward this crime against human rights.

 

We learned of these events from the social media on the world wide web. We 

saw at least two Facebook events where Argentine people are signing up to 

rob and loot Chinese supermarkets and stores in Argentina. The numbers were 

growing fast. As of today, one event has more than 1,000 people signed up. 

The other one has more than 4,600 people signed up. These criminals discuss 

and plot how to carry out their crimes on the internet, and the whole world 

can see these discussions and the details they cover.

 

Through the internet, we also learned the urgent cries for help from the 

people of Chinese descent in Argentina. Robberies of stores have already 

happened. A Chinese store owner picked up a gun in an effort to protect his 

family and his property. However, the criminals set fire to his store, and 

his body was found in the ruins. Other Argentine store owners have also been

 killed and injured.

 

Greatly and deeply disturbed, members of Chinese American organizations 

contacted the Argentine embassy and consulates in America, and to our 

surprise, the Argentine government showed us a cold, unconcerned and 

irresponsible attitude. On the night of Dec. 8, 2013, a letter with the 

Facebook event link attached was emailed to Argentine consulate in 

Washington, D.C., and got no reply. On the morning of Dec. 9, phone calls 

were again made to Argentine embassy and consulate in D.C., and the 

Argentine representative refused to give ANY assurance that Argentine 

government will do ANYTHING about these upcoming crimes involving thousands 

of criminals. Instead, they asked us to call American government instead.

 

In New York, some of us went to Argentine consulate in person and met with 

the Assistant Consular. However, he refused to give ANY assurance that the 

Argentine government will do ANYTHING about the upcoming crimes bound to 

happen on Dec. 20, right before this Christmas. It is just a small thing 

really, he said, nothing to be worried about. Is a mass crime involving 

almost 6,000 criminals a small thing, by Argentine standards, and nothing to

 be worried about? Markets and stores will be robbed and looted; store 

owners, their families, and innocent bystanders can be killed in the process

, and it is nothing to be worried about, according to the Assistant Consular

 of Argentine government in New York? Is this the world we live in today? Is

 Argentina still a civilized society, or is it just a wild jungle, where 

everyone's survival is left to chances, with no protection from the 

government and its forces? Again, the Assistant Consular asked our member to

 call Chinese embassy in Argentina instead and the meeting ended. This is 

their country and they refuse to do anything about a mass crime waiting to 

happen, and ask us to call other countries' embassies instead? For what?

 

We realized we can't trust the lives of hundreds, or even thousands of human

 beings, with the Argentine government. Only 10 days left before those 

planned mass crimes will happen. We need to do something quick and effective

 to keep this human tragedy from happening, instead of passively sitting and

 powerlessly waiting for it to happen. We can think of no one but United 

Nations Human Rights Council that can bring worldwide attention to this 

uncivilized phenomenon and the Argentine government's irresponsible attitude

, which puts into danger the citizens of all other countries who reside in 

Argentina at this moment.

 

We implore you to use all your resources and make best efforts to keep this 

disaster from happening. At this moment, Facebook seems to have taken down 

these events from the internet, but that doesn't mean the criminals won't 

keep plotting through phones and emails and personal contact to prepare for 

this crime that they have scheduled to happen on December 20, 2013.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

We sincerely hope the innocent people in danger in Argentina will survive 

and be able to celebrate this coming Christmas and New Year with all the 

rest of us. Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

                        Sincerely yours,

 

                        Members of Chinese American organizations:

 

                        Boston Forward

                        Chinese Association for Progress and Equality

                        Chinese United

                        Chinese Young Professionals Network

 

                          (in alphabetical order)