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Activists March on World Congress Headquarters to Demand Disarmament Now
The world cannot wait say activists
WHALE ISLAND -- Thousands of activists have taken to the streets of Whale Island to demand that the world's governments disarm Vanuku. 'They have just put all of us at risk,' said Tullia Sympronian, a Selucian activist who specializes in environmental causes. 'How many generations of Southern Majatran families are going to feel the effects of cancer, birth defects, and dislocation because of Vanuku's shenanigans,' Sympronian asked.
Since Vanuku struck Jelbanian borders with a nuclear warhead three years ago, humanitarian and health care observers have called the impacts devastating. Relatively minor symptoms like hair loss, vision impairment, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, though widespread, pale in comparison to the life-altering impacts of birth defects, infertility, and cancer. 'Wildlife in Jelbania is routinely being born with odd numbers of limbs, mass cases of conjoined births, and an array of incurable diseases,' Sympronian said. 'This has permanently crippled the Jelbanian ecosystem and food supply for 3 generations in a country where resources were already hard to come by.'
Asked what concessions would satisfy the international array of activists and civil society organizations gathered outside World Congress headquarters, Sympronian was indignant. 'Total disarmament! Disarm Vanuku now! We can chase behind Vanuku cleaning up its mess, but what happens the next time they're backed into a wall? What happens the next time they get themselves into a conflict they can't win? Who will they bomb next? Selucia? Istalia? Kazulia? The World Congress? Until we get these dangerous weapons out of their irresponsible hands, no one is safe. Disarm Vanuku Now!
-February 4421
Terran Global Newswire