Sign Online Petition
The 16 August Union are asking everyone to sign this online petition in support of their indigenous rights to mine ruby on the island of Greenland and to make a living out of responsible small scale mining. The petition request is as follows and will be sent to the Home Rule Parliament of Greenland.
In the summer month of August 2007, five local gemstone collectors on Greenland were forced to abandon their ruby prospecting camp in the field, by the Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) and the Greenland Police, and banned from all collection and trade in all of Greenland.
The authorities denied the five local people permission to continue practicing their historical and traditional rights of collecting the stones out in nature as their ancestors have done through generations, and centuries.
Since then members of the 16th August Union have had their stones confiscated from them by the BMP and have been effectively criminalized and prevented from earning an honest living through collecting and jewellery activities.
As a union we believe this criminalization, obstruction and breach on our historical and traditional right to collect rocks is an unconstitutional, abuse of power on behalf of the authorities.
We therefore respectfully request that everybody support our petition on behalf of the whole population of Greenland to enshrine our rights in a clear, transparent law that secures the following simple idea.
“The fundamental rights for indigenous and native Greenlanders under section 32 of the current Constitution to be able to collect, transform, commercialize and export all natural minerals of any sort.
(Except oil, gas and radioactive elements in areas with a monopoly).
Petition Submissions
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JEAN
ST18 9BT
(GB)
Ifully support this petition
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linsey
le15 6sx
(GB)
I fully support these people and wish them good luck with their cause
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matteo
40138
(IT)
Good luck from Italy, i support your fight.
- jean de11 9rt (GB)
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Warren
97886
(US)
I know this depends on who has the "bigger stick"; the little guy through an organization like this or the big corprate world who owns us in this modern age.
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Katherine
48080
(US)
Green Diva will purchase from small scale responsible miners over large conglomerates. Please restore the Inuit's right to their homeland resources.
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Häggström
E2 7HB
(GB)
I fully support the cause and the petition.
This is not right. Human Rights!
Good luck!!
- elizabeth 47408 (US)
- Jessica 02459 (US)
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Charlee
61701
(US)
I fully support this cause and petition.
- olivia 89138 (US)
- Sarah 15210 (US)
- Kristina 65742 (US)
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Sophia
55454
(US)
Thank you for mining ethically!
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Jackie
19802
(US)
Give the power to the PEOPLE not the CORPORATIONS!
- blaire 44718 (US)
- Kate 20002 (US)
- Bailey M6E 1B3 (CA)
- Elizabeth 08108 (US)
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Danny
M6E 2S2
(CA)
Adding my full support to this cause.
- Talis Lv-1048 (LV)
- Julie M5T 1B3 (CA)
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Mark
90320
(CA)
Stop mining like assholes!!!
- Josie M4M2E6 (CA)
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Helen
RG2 7JG
(GB)
These people have ancestral rights to mine these rubies, which must be respected! Goverments and companies have no right to take away their rights just to persue profits.
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Michael
RG2 7JG
(GB)
This is blatant government seizure of mineral resources from the people who have long used them to make an honest livelihood. This is unambiguously unjust. I call upon the Greenland government to restore these people's rights immediately.
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Robert
06457
(US)
forever Greenland
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Kay
DD8 5JJ
(GB)
I do not wear jewellry and had not given a thought to how gems were obtained. Nor had I any idea that Greenland was still subjected to the pressures and deceits of a 'ruling' country.
In adding my name to this petition I show my support of the Inuit and their right to mine their Gemstones in their traditional and environmentally caring way.
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Chuck
S0E1P0
(CA)
The land and its resources belong to the original inhabitants to use as they see fit not to money hungry mining companies and governments
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Helen
GU8 5NW
(GB)
Discraceful behaviour of BMP (interesting that its close to the letters used for the BNP in u.k.)
Good luck to you, right will always win, and God blesses people on the side of right. I wouldn't trade all their wealth for the shame they will have to live with as they get older.
Evil has two enemies, good and itself (and time- its running out for them!)
Very best wishes in all your efforts.
Helen U.K.
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nancy
65804
(US)
It is time to end this kind of discrimination.
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Ian
KT1 1HX
(GB)
Appaling situation to exist in today's world
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Elizabeth
94118
(US)
The products of Greenland should belong to Grenlanders.
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Margaret
11375
(US)
I fully support this petition and the cause of the 16th August Union.
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Lauren
SO19 8NZ
(GB)
I support the Inuits 100% in their right to mine.
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Todd
76108
(US)
Greenland's Government should honor the rights of its citizens to engage in small scale mining. It should also ensure that the country and its people receive benefits from any large scale, commercial mining.
- Evan 60016 (US)
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Danny
M5T 1B3
(CA)
I support this petition fully. We cannot allow fundamental human rights to be trampled on like this.
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