[Wamvan] Fwd: bangladeshi UBC student blinded by husband :( >> rally on sunday & fundraising efforts

[Urooba Jamal]

This is so disgusting and so appalling.
I will definitely be attending the rally.
-Urooba

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know Rumana.  She was a classmate of mine - we took a class on gender,
> violence and armed conflict in the fall of 2010.  She is a wonderful woman.
> So kind and full of incredible insight.
>
> If you can, please join me in showing our solidarity with her by gathering
> on Sunday at the art gallery, 3pm.
>
> The violence HAS to stop.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Miraj Khaled <miraj.khaled at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> FYI.
>>
>> it's just beyond belief & words.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>   ------------------------------
>> From: almaszakiuddin at gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:52:10 -0700
>> Subject: [p-i-e] Please support and for your information
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> You may have heard about this already -- Rumana Monzur is a graduate
>> student at UBC; she is a professor at Dhaka University Bangladesh, here on a
>> scholarship, doing her MA in Political Science. She was staying at St John's
>> College. I did not know her personally but I know of her through many
>> students at UBC who found her to be a wonderful warm and caring person. She
>> went home to see her daughter and husband. She was brutally attacked by her
>> husband AND IS NOW BLIND. He tried to gouge out her eyes and has permanently
>> damaged both her eyes.
>>
>> I am emailing you to ask for your support -- If you could attend the event
>> below, that would be great. Otherwise, please support the cause, distribute
>> to like minded people who can support Rumana. You can also contribute,
>> details given below:
>>
>> Thank you for your attention,
>> ALMAS
>>
>>  Almas Zakiuddin
>> PhD Candidate (ABD)
>> Centre for Women's & Gender Studies
>> The University of British Columbia
>> Mailing Address:
>>
>> *The latest news:*
>>
>> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=190568
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.facebook.com/l/c5dc5t-QgII5eJsnGNrKQ_RFnJQ/www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=190568> No
>> ray of light<http://www.facebook.com/l/c5dc51jPozluhE9SOkkzsdKc0Qg/www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=190568>  www.thedailystar.net<http://www.facebook.com/l/c5dc5uf_wBjZZ19mytsA_fuMRdg/www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=190568>Dhaka
>> University Assistant Professor Rumana Manzur is expected to return from
>> India tomorrow as doctors there have said there is little chance for her to
>> get back eyesight, family sources said.
>>
>>
>>
>> *UBC President's message*
>>
>> http://www.ubc.ca/bulletins/
>>
>>
>> *The event:*
>>
>> NO More Violence Against Women; Justice for Rumana Monzur
>>
>>   Time
>> Sunday, June 26 · 3:00pm - 4:00pm
>>  ------------------------------
>>   Location
>> Vancouver Art Gallery<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vancouver-Art-Gallery/115808495139991>
>> In front of the Gallery's stairs facing Howe St. on top of UBC Robson
>> Square
>>  ------------------------------
>>   Created By
>> Marleen de Ruiter <https://www.facebook.com/marleen.deruiter1>, Sotonye
>> Godwin Hart <https://www.facebook.com/sotonye.godwinhart>
>>   ------------------------------
>>   For Support Group for Rumana Monzur<https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_170014869728886>
>>
>> We are coming together to voice our rejection of violence against women
>> and call for justice for one of the members of the UBC student community who
>> has been brutally attacked in Bangladesh.
>> For more information on her case, see online:
>>
>> http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/se**rvlet/an/local/CTVNews/201**
>> 10617/bc_ubc_student_could**_lose_sight_110617/2011061**7/<http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110617/bc_ubc_student_could_lose_sight_110617/20110617/>
>>
>> Please join us on Sunday if you know Rumana, and even if you don't, join
>> to support the cause if you do not want to witness such brutality against
>> other human beings, women in particular.
>>
>>
>> *HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE:*
>>
>> We’ve now received some additional details from the UBC VP Students Office
>> regarding the collection of funds to assist Rumana. If you wish to
>> contribute to this fund, you can submit cheques or cash to either:
>>
>> 1. The Office of the VP Students, Old Administration Building, Room 123,
>> 6328 Memorial Road (just north of Koerner Library), or
>> 2. St. John’s College UBC, Main Office, 2111 Lower Mall.
>>
>> Cheques should be made out to “The University of British Columbia”.
>>
>> The VP Students Office will deposit the funds and wire a cheque to
>> Rumana’s family in about 10 days. Accordingly, any donations should be made
>> no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 27.
>>
>> AT this point in time, on-line donations are not possible. If that
>> changes, we will let you know.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Wamvan mailing list
>> Wamvan at lists.resist.ca
>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wamvan
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wamvan mailing list
> Wamvan at lists.resist.ca
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wamvan
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.resist.ca/pipermail/wamvan/attachments/20110623/131f6bdb/attachment.html>