IMC-USA requests American Express to withdraw sponsorhip of AAHOA event honoring Modi
Narendra Modi, the architect of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom has been invited by his supporters to be honored at the convention of the Asian American Hotel Owners association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His arrival coincides with the third anniversary of the Gujarat massacres in which more than 2000 people (most of them Muslims) were brutally killed, hundreds of women and girls were raped and sexually mutilated and over 150,000 were ethnically cleansed. The surviving victims continue to be persecuted in Gujarat.
The Coalition Against Genocide (CAG), is campaigning against Narendra Modi's felicitation in US. Narendra Modi's crimes are being whitewashed by honoring him in a convention attended and supported by US lawmakers and celebrities. A major step in the campaign against Narendra Modi involves reminding the attendees and sponsors of the aforementioned convention that he is an accused in heinous crimes against humanity.
Chris Matthews of MSNBC Hardball program who was scheduled to give a keynote address at the convention has already withdrawn. This announcement comes in the wake of a concerted campaign by CAG, seeking the withdrawal of Mr. Matthews from the AAHOA convention.
IMC-USA, a founding member of CAG, is asking American Express, founding sponsors of the AAHOA convention to withdraw their support. Please contact American Express and request them to withdraw from the AAHOA convention.
ACTIONS REQUESTED
Call and/or email American Express representatives. Please CLICK HERE to E-mail all of the representatives below
1- Ms Judy Tenzer - Media Spokesperson, Overseas Sponsorship
212-640-0555
2- Christine Brandt Jones - Vice President Global Media and Sponsorship
christine.brandtjones@aexp.com
212-640-5235
3- Nancy Smith - Vice President Global Media and Sponsorship
nancy.smith@aexp.com
212-640-0549
4- Mike O'Neil - Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Communications
212-640-5951
Send copies of correspondence to info@coalitionagainstgenocide.org
TALKING POINTS
Narendra Modi is the Chief Executive of the Gujarat State Government that was complicit in the massacres and rapes of thousands of people as documented by Amnesty International and the Indian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Supreme Court of India's bench statement has rebuked him calling him a "modern day Nero" for his actions during the pogroms.
The 2002 Gujarat pogroms specifically targeted women and children and used sexual mutilation as an ethnic cleansing tool.
State that we understand that American Express has been misled by AAHOA. And that American Express should withdraw from the convention so as not to stand in support of massacres and persecution of minorities and for the sake of his reputation and credibility.
Mr Chris Mathew of MSNBC Hardball has already withdrwan from the convention.
If you are an American Express Card holder please do mention it when you call American Express.
