OnSeptember 27th, Global Citizen, an organization created on the basisof being a voice for justice and ending extreme poverty will hold the GlobalCitizen Festival. The festival will bring together musical entertainers,celebrities, political leaders, and activists to call on world leaders tocommit to ending extreme poverty by 2030. It has come to our attention thatBangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be attending the festival as oneof Global Citizen’s guests of honor.
Inorder to raise awareness of the human rights violations and attacks ondemocracy under the rule of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, we have created aTwitter campaign calling for Global Citizen to dis-invite Sheikh Hasina, andurge musical artists and celebrities to speak out against human rightsviolations in Bangladesh as well.
Belowis a list of twitter accounts/handles to direct tweets to as well as a numberof suggested tweets that can be used as guides and adapted to each individual.It is suggested that all members of the community direct tweets to each of thetwitter accounts/handles suggested once every day until the festival andheavily during the festival. Particularly, we would like to use the hashtag#notaglobalcitizen as much as possible. The more consistent the tweets are thebetter, as we want to make sure this type of social media attention outweighsany positive media attention being given to the festival.
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#NotAGlobalCitizen! Show your support by tweeting to the followinghandles!
Here is a list of individual Twitter accounts/handles to include in tweets:- · Global Citizen: @glblctzn
- · Global Poverty Project: @TheGPP
- · Jay Z: @s_c_
- · No Doubt: @nodoubt
- · Carrie Underwood: @carrieunderwood
- · Fun: @ournameisfun
- · The Roots: @theroots
- · Tiesto: @tiesto
- · Hugh Jackman: @realhughjackman
- · Jessica Alba: @jessicaalba
- · Katie Holmes: @katieholmes212
- · Citi Bank: @citibank
- · Catepillar: @caterpillarinc
- · MSNBC: @msnbc
- · NBC: @nbc
- · World Childhood Foundation: @ChildhoodUSA
- · H&M: @hm
- · iHeartRadio: @iheartradio
Suggested Tweets:- ·@glblctzn #GlobalCitizenFestival guest of honor,Bangladesh PM, responsible for human rights violations and attacks ondemocracy.
- ·@glblctzn #GlobalCitizenFestival guest of honor,Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, attacks democracy and silences any opposition.#badcompany
- ·@nodoubt did you know #GlobalCitizenFestivalguest of honor Bangladesh PM is responsible for extrajudicial killings?#notaglobalcitizen
- ·@realhughjackman did you know#GlobalCitizenFestival guest Bangladesh PM manipulated 2014 elections withfear/violence? #notaglobalcitizen
- ·@msnbc sponsoring #GlobalCitizenFestival meanssupporting the human rights violations of their guest, Bangladesh PM.#notaglobalcitizen
- ·@katieholmes212 speak out against violations ofdemocracy and extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh during #GlobalCitizenFestival
- ·@carrieunderwood ask #GlobalCitizenFestival todis-invite Bangladesh PM for atrocities committed under her leadership.#notaglobalcitizen
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For more information, please visit:
Human Rights Watch:
World Report 2013 - BangladeshAmnesty International:
Crimes Unseen - Extrajudicial Killings in BangladeshSupporters in the United States - if you have a moment, please write your Congressmen and urge them to act on behalf of the Bangladeshi people: