Five vigils from history to inspire 100-day vigils for Chibok girls
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Vigils for the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will be held around the world on July 23 国产视频 100 days after they were taken by Boko Haram.
We want to stand with those who are suffering. We don国产视频檛 want the perpetrators of crimes to think we have forgotten. And we want to make change happen.
By holding vigils, we hope to increase pressure on those who can help to free the 219 girls of Chibok still missing.
A new online petition by A World at School will also call for the safe return of the girls. All messages of support from that petition will be passed to Chibok community leaders and families of the girls.
The petition will also be sent, by United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.听The Chibok Girls国产视频 families are also expected to sign the petition and offer their full support for the Safe Schools Initative.
OTHER 100-DAY VIGILS COVERAGE:听 Worldwide vigils on July 23 and your messages of support for the girls.
Vigils are a way to peacefully show support for a cause. They can take many forms 国产视频 a silent moment of reflection, a pause for prayer, or the lighting of a candle to demonstrate the issue is in our thoughts.
Events will be held across the globe on July 23 国产视频 from Hackney Town Hall in London to the Nigerian capital Abuja 国产视频 听as communities come together to stand in solidarity.听They will be marking the 100 days in different ways.
Here we look at five famous vigils which show how people around the world have demonstrated support for issues they care about and made their voices heard.
Tiananmen Square
Every year since 1990, people have gathered on June 4 in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, to honour those massacred at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, in 1989. This year, on the 25th anniversary, 180,000 people gathered with candles.
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
During the 国产视频淒irty War国产视频 in Argentina (1976 to 1983), the military government abducted and killed thousands. In 1977 a group of mothers met each Thursday in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. They walked in non-violent demonstrations and chanted: 国产视频淲e want our children; we want them to tell us where they are.国产视频 听They walked each week until 1983 when the military were overthrown.
Chilean miners
When 33 miners were trapped underground in Copiap贸, Chile, in October 2010 churches across the country held 24-hour prayer vigils for more than two months until the last miner was rescued. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera thanked the families of the miners 国产视频渨ho maintained faith 国产视频 this faith that ended up moving mountains国产视频.
Flower power and the Pentagon
In 1967 30,000 people marched from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, to the Pentagon where they held an all-night vigil against the Vietnam war. When a plan to airdrop 10,000 flowers on the Pentagon was foiled by undercover agents, some of these flowers were placed in the barrels of police rifles and the term 国产视频渇lower power国产视频 was coined.
Al Jazeera journalists
To protest against the jail sentences of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, journalists across the world held a minute国产视频檚 silence on June 24, 2014. Journalists stood with black tape across their mouths outside the BBC studios in London and in Al Jazeera offices in the Middle East, holding signs with the slogan 国产视频淛ournalism is not a crime国产视频.