Dear all
I'm a longtime lurker and occasional poster. I'm also a friend of the mum mentioned in the link above. If any of you would like to express your horror and disgust, please come to the protest she is organising. Alternatively, if you could share details of the protest, that would be wonderful. Details are below.
Stop Killing Children!
300 children and parents to protest at Syrian embassy as mum-of-two organises demonstration against the killing in Syria
On Sunday 10 June, from noon to 2pm, a protest against the massacre of 49 children and babies in Houla, Syria, as well as those killed before and since, will take place outside the Syrian Embassy, 8 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PH.
Louise Tickle, journalist and mum-of-two, has organised the Stop Killing Children protest and is urging families and children to join her, her partner and two young sons (aged four and 18 months) in demanding that the Syrian regime and anyone else killing children in this conflict must stop.
She says, ?We have arranged this protest as a family because we are so appalled at the summary execution of 49 completely innocent children in Houla, as well as the killing of many thousands more over the past year.
?This is about preventing the murder of children and we want to make it a mark of the protest that our children, who live in a country where they can speak out without risking their lives, are visibly present.
?I?ve seen footage of toddlers - some of them barely nursery age children - who had their hands bound before they were slaughtered and it's not something we can ignore. We hope that other families feel the same and will join us outside the Syrian Embassy with their children. We have no other agenda than to urge that the organised killing of children must stop.
?I want the government here and in Syria to understand that people care enough to protest. I want parents of those children who were killed last weekend - and over the past year - to know that we care enough about their dead and injured children to shout our anger and disgust. I want all the Syrian children who are still alive today to stay alive. And I want as many people as possible to join me, Jim, Sam and Mungo at noon, this coming Sunday 10 June, to support our plea to Stop Killing Children.?
Over 300 people have already committed to join the protest, many with their children aged from a baby of five months to teenage boys and girls.
In keeping with the child-focused protest, the event will be followed with an informal picnic in Hyde Park. Supporters can follow the protest on the Twitter hashtag #stopkillingSyrianchildren