Kinship Circle: HLS Customer Scios + SHAC & SPEAK Updates
December 16th, 2006 5:05 pm by Kelly Garbato———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
Date: Dec 12, 2006 3:49 PM
Subject: Target: HLS Customer Scios + SHAC & SPEAK Updates
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12/12/06 — Target: HLS Customer Scios + SHAC & SPEAK Updates
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN
IN THIS ALERT:
1. Scios Inc. CONTACT INFORMATION
2. Scios Inc. SAMPLE LETTER
3. SHAC 7 Days of Christmas
4. SPEAK Founders Facing Imprisonment
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (UK), www.shac.net
info [at] shac.net
RESOURCES:
Customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences
HLS EXPOSED FOR THE SIXTH TIME – WORKERS REVEAL THE TRUTH INSIDE HLS
Download report in PDF format: www.shac.net/ACTION/newsletters/Inside_HLS.pdf
Help the campaign: www.shac.net/MISC/Inside_HLS_What.html
Close HLS
WHO IS HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES?
Fact Sheet: www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/default.html
INSIDE/OUT: DIARY OF MADNESS
($10) Booklet with graphic images from HLS protests and investigations
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1. SCIOS INC. CONTACT INFORMATION
SAMPLE LETTER FOLLOWS
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Scios Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson Company)
www.sciosinc.com/home/?flash=true
MANAGEMENT
Tao Fu, Vice President, Business Development
ph: 510-248-2338; email: tfu [at] scius.jnj.com
Chris B. Ernst, Vice President Communications
ph: 510-248-2819 email: cernst1 [at] scius.jnj.com
Wendy Carhart, Associate Director of Investor Relations
ph: 408-616-8325; email: carhart [at] sciosinc.com
ALL SCIOS INC. EMAILS (2 blocks of 25 + 5)
tfu [at] scius.jnj.com, cernst1 [at] scius.jnj.com, carhart [at] sciosinc.com, li [at] sciosinc.com, Hollinger [at] sciosinc.com, isgarrett [at] sciosinc.com, hanson [at] sciosinc.com, Warren [at] sciosinc.com, boulton [at] sciosinc.com, smith [at] sciosinc.com, koch [at] sciosinc.com, reilly [at] sciosinc.com, barker [at] sciosinc.com, guzzetta [at] sciosinc.com, pang [at] sciosinc.com, endemann [at] sciosinc.com, chakravarty [at] sciosinc.com, giannousis [at] sciosinc.com, Iu [at] sciosinc.com, guthrie [at] sciosinc.com, protter [at] sciosinc.com, dowds [at] sciosinc.com, bellibas [at] sciosinc.com, runes [at] sciosinc.com, perumattam [at] sciosinc.com
Fung [at] sciosinc.com, medicherla [at] sciosinc.com, herrlinger [at] sciosinc.com, anderson [at] sciosinc.com, Laney [at] sciosinc.com, bhat [at] sciosinc.com, brown [at] sciosinc.com, carlson [at] sciosinc.com, white [at] sciosinc.com, schreiner [at] sciosinc.com, phalan [at] sciosinc.com, thama [at] sciosinc.com, ernst [at] sciosinc.com, Cordell [at] sciosinc.com, rbrewer [at] sciosinc.com, cohen [at] sciosinc.com, slee [at] sciosinc.com, cowger [at] sciosinc.com, zheng [at] sciosinc.com, lucas [at] sciosinc.com, roucek [at] sciosinc.com, marquez [at] sciosinc.com, fadis [at] sciosinc.com, higgins [at] sciosinc.com, doakeson [at] sciosinc.com
jobs [at] sciosinc.com, privacy [at] scius.jnj.com, adhereinfo [at] sciosinc.com, investor_relations [at] sciosinc.com, webmaster [at] sciosinc.com
STREET ADDRESS
Scios Inc., Corporate Headquarters
6500 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, CA 94555
ph: 510-248-2500; fax: 510-248-2389
Human Resources: 510-248-2405
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2. SCIOS INC. SAMPLE LETTER
Feel free to use portions of our letter, but please add some original thoughts. Hundreds of identical letters may lessen the impact.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I am concerned about the welfare of animals used in the development of Scios Inc. pharmaceutical products. I understand Scios still employs Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) to conduct animal experiments — even though your parent company, Johnson & Johnson, claimed via third party to no longer contract HLS services.
Scios Inc. stands to lose credibility by association with HLS, a research lab cited for falsification of data and habitual cruelty to animals. (www.shac.net/MISC/Inside_HLS.html)
Six investigations have exposed HLS for multiple breaches of the U.S. Animal Welfare Act, the arrest of workers on animal cruelty charges, more than 520 infringements of Good Laboratory Practice in England, and a $50,000 payoff to the U.S. Agriculture Department for misstated records and animal welfare violations.
I respectfully ask you to join the international list of HLS customers, suppliers, and financiers who made the responsible decision to sever ties with HLS.
As recently as late 2005, two former HLS employees from the Beagle Unit left their jobs distressed over the animal suffering they witnessed daily for 12 months. According to their tape-recorded testimonial, animals are improperly overdosed with test drugs. Dogs are inadequately anesthetized before invasive procedures, such as painful extraction of bone marrow from the chest bone.
Careless workers transfer blood into the wrong tubes. “One license holder would go in and out about five times with the same needle, not hitting the vein,” the one-time employee maintains. “I saw co-workers grab [dogs] by the scruff, shout and swear at them, swing them by the scruff and slap them.”
I’ve personally viewed substantiated accounts of HLS technicians who kill dogs by flooding their lungs with toxic materials meant for the animals’ stomachs. In one investigative video clip, a technician repeatedly punches a screaming 4-month-old beagle in the face. During a supposedly post-mortem dissection, another tech slices into the chest of a convulsing monkey.
You likely find the callous treatment of animals as unconscionable as I do. I urge you to issue a candid statement that conveys your refusal to do business with Huntingdon Life Sciences.
Thank you for your valuable time and consideration,
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3. SHAC 7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
SOURCE: Updates on the SHAC 7 updates [at] shac7.com
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12/8/06, from updates [at] shac7.com – It’s holiday time… Time to remember our friends in prison during the SHAC 7 Days of Christmas!
…While we’re stocking up on Tofurkeys with all the trimmings, buying and making gifts, and spending time with loved ones, the SHAC 7 are behind bars and unable to participate in any of the festivities we get to enjoy. Let’s let them know that they’re not forgotten!
That SHAC 7 Support Committee invites everyone to participate in a festive SHAC 7 Days of Christmas Celebration. From Monday December 11 – Sunday December 17 we’ll count down with you the days leading into Christmas week, with daily suggestions of small ways you can help Jake, Darius, Lauren, Josh, Kevin, and Andy feel a little less lonely this holiday season. We’ll post updates and resources on www.SHAC7.com to keep everyone in the loop, and to keep it FUN!
DECEMBER 11 – On the first day of Christmas, the SHAC 7 said to me, “It’d be great to get pictures- nice, inspiring, or funny!” DAY 1: Mail the SHAC 7 folks a picture or two to brighten their holiday. No polaroids, but usually computer prints and normal size photos are acceptable (tip: write their name and prisoner ID# on the back so they don’t get lost).
DECEMBER 12 – On the second day of Christmas, the SHAC 7 said to you, “Would you please send us a card or two?” DAY 2: Buy or make cards for the SHAC 7. Add a note inside and get ‘em in the mail (don’t forget not to send anything with glue, stickers, or gel-pen).
DECEMBER 13 – On the third day of Christmas, the SHAC 7 said to me, “Getting a book or magazine would make us so happy!” DAY 3: Check out the wishlists or contact the individual support contacts for info about how to buy a book or magazine subscription for the SHAC7 prisoners.
DECEMBER 14 – On the fourth day of Christmas, the SHAC 7 really meant, “Please have a donation to our support fund sent!” DAY 4: Donate to the SHAC 7 fund (www.shac7.com for details). Try to collect a few dollars from everyone you know, add in what you can afford, and send it off to help make things a little less hard for the SHAC 7.
DECEMBER 15 – On the fifth day of Christmas, the SHAC 7 said to me, “Organize a letter-writing party!” DAY 5: Organize a letter-writing party. Consider the upcoming weekend – easy enough to gather some folks and get letters out in time for Xmas!
DECEMBER 16 – On the sixth day of Christmas, the SHAC 7′d like to hear, “Organize an event, kick injustice in the rear!” DAY 6: Get active! Perhaps organize a protest or outreach event in your area. Nothing helps support the SHAC 7 more than the use of our rights to speech and demonstration.
DECEMBER 17 – On the seventh day of Christmas, the SHAC 7 gave a clue, “Keep fighting and send some good news!” DAY 7: Don’t back down. Keep on rolling with support and protest efforts for the SHAC7, all political prisoners, and especially for the animals. Update the SHAC7 about interesting and positive things going on around the world – we are their only good news source!
Your support is the best and only gift the SHAC 7 can receive this year, so let’s make it great! For ideas, more info, and updates please visit www.SHAC7.com now and often.
Thanks! The SHAC7 Support Committee
Defend Free Speech! Free the SHAC 7!
shac7.com/mailman/listinfo/updates_shac7.com
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4. SPEAK FOUNDERS FACING IMPRISONMENT
Forwarded by: Renata Bartoli, renata [at] bartoli.fsworld.co.uk
SOURCE: SPEAK, www.speakcampaigns.org
info [at] speakcampaigns.org
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12/11/06 – For the past two years, SPEAK have insisted that the only reason Oxford University have sought injunctions against the group is not to protect themselves from illegal actions (since none but the most naive would believe an injunction can be an effective deterrent to someone intent on committing an illegal act), but to silence and ultimately destroy the legitimate campaign, which has proved a thorn in their side since 2004. The news that Oxford University is now seeking to imprison two of the founders of SPEAK – Robert Cogswell and Mel Broughton – merely serves to illustrate what SPEAK have maintained all along. The University’s self-serving agenda has consistently proved that they are not the “bastion of free speech” they claim to be; they have ridden roughshod over the democratic principles for which this country was once known, and have made a mockery of civil liberties in the pursuit of furthering the immoral and fraudulent science they practise.
At the heart of this legal fiasco is the question: why has it become illegal in this country to publicly oppose something of questionable morality and scientific value? What crimes are the two campaigners alleged to have committed? Have they been exposed for committing illegal actions in the pursuit of their goal? Well, here’s the odd thing: no. And that’s because SPEAK has always operated within a legal framework. The truth is that Robert Cogswell and Mel Broughton have been charged with no offence and have committed no illegal act. Given which, it does seem rather peculiar that they might end up serving a custodial sentence for crimes they haven’t
committed…
So what is their alleged crime? It’s quite simple really: they are facing imprisonment not for what they have done but for what they have said. Yes that’s right, in the 21st century in Blair’s Britain, two people are possibly facing prison because they have dared to speak out against something they object to, yet have broken no laws and committed no crime. Is this democracy?
The current proceedings were a knee-jerk response to a web posting on 16th October, when the campaign went public with the name of the builder of the Oxford animal torture lab. Solicitors for the University lost no time in scurrying to the High Court to seek an interim Order to ban SPEAK from naming the building contractor. Since the British legal system appears to have been hijacked by big business, the result was a foregone conclusion. Exploiting the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, initially put on the statute books to protect vulnerable women, corporations are being enabled to render illegal today what was legal yesterday. It would appear that if you have enough money, you are able to both abuse and misuse the English legal system, tailoring the law to suit your own needs at any given time.
Robert Cogswell and Mel Broughton were summoned to appear at the High Court in the Strand in London on the 19th October. In what can only be described as a complete travesty of justice of the sort more characteristic of oppressive regimes, the two were denied any legal representation, were not afforded the opportunity of seeing legal documents before the proceedings, and found themselves having to face the court without any legal knowledge or legal experience whatsoever, unaware of what charges were being made against them. Furthermore, the judge dismissed the media from the courtroom on the grounds that references would be made to the name of the laboratory builder. This was slightly flawed logic, given that the builders’ name is well known, and still appears on major news service websites. So, to recap: the two accused had no legal representation, had not received the legal papers they were entitled to see before going to Court, and were having to defend themselves in a closed courtroom against a team of lawyers representing Oxford University, who – lest it be forgotten – are being funded by the Government. That means taxpayers’ money – your money – is being used to facilitate a miscarriage of justice.
The two SPEAK representatives requested an adjournment so that they could mount a proper defence to challenge the accusations in the hefty legal bundles, which they had been given only 5 minutes to look through. However, despite this obvious injustice among a number of others, their request for an adjournment was denied and the hearing went ahead, with the outcome that Robert Cogswell and Mel Broughton were banned from naming the builder. Even more bizarre is the fact that the two were next ordered to disclose the names of all those who manage the SPEAK website, are responsible for the management of SPEAK and those responsible for writing the article in which the builder was named. SPEAK were also asked to hand over the list of those who have subscribed to its email alert list. Obviously, this had absolutely nothing to do with Oxford University protecting themselves from illegal action but was purely a fishing expedition and an attempt by the university to destroy SPEAK.
SPEAK would like to reassure those that have subscribed to our email alerts that your identities are totally safe; they are not controlled by SPEAK in the UK but by supporters outside the UK, so no matter what happens, our email alert list will never fall into the hands of Oxford University. Our supporters’ safety is paramount to us and every precaution has been taken to secure the civil liberties and freedoms to which you should be entitled in a real democracy.
When we began the campaign in March 2004, we predicted that the battle over the Oxford lab would be a David and Goliath struggle, and that has proved an accurate summation. Pitched against us are Oxford University, the British Government and all the institutions that the government controls. If they weren’t worried, they wouldn’t be trying to imprison two of SPEAK’s founders.
What we are seeing here is a possible taste of things to come. Make no mistake: the whole movement must be alert to the dirty tricks the animal abuse industries are prepared to use to ensure our silence. Today it might be SPEAK representatives facing imprisonment, but who will it be tomorrow?
SPEAK are confident that whatever happens in the High Court on the 19th December, it won’t be the end of the campaign. We firmly believe that strength comes from adversity and that these difficulties are merely stepping stones towards a consolidation of our strength as a growing global movement. We firmly believe that the campaign will become stronger and more determined to stop the torture, maiming and killing of more non-human animals. Oxford University’s misuse of the British legal system to pursue its own ends has exposed its rotten underbelly, but it has also done us the favour of increasing support for our cause. What Oxford University and the British government have failed to grasp is that an ideal is unstoppable – you cannot imprison it and you cannot kill it.
We ask that you stay with us for the journey ahead. It promises be an exciting one, and even if it may seem rocky at times, we have the end in sight. It is imperative – now more than ever before – that we do not falter in our commitment, and that we keep the prize in mind at all times. Victory will not only mean an end to the maiming and torture in vivisection laboratories of millions of sentient creatures; it will also offer real hope for those struck down with illness, who are being misled by the vivisection industry into believing that success in finding cures is guaranteed, as long as scientists continue to use animals for research. Half our battle is persuading people that the ‘facts’ presented by the scientific community are only a carefully selected portfolio of soundbites that conceal a great deal more than they ever reveal. Winning that battle is as important as the moral/ethical debate. The struggle for animal rights is also a struggle for human rights; it is a struggle that opposes a system, which places profits before the lives of both its human and non-human victims.
In pursuing this goal, SPEAK needs your support; just as importantly at this critical time, so do Robert Cogswell and Mel Broughton, SPEAK’s founder members. Oxford University and the Government want to hide behind the safety net of the closed court to conceal the repressive measures that are being used to stifle legitimate opposition to a moral and scientific outrage. We cannot and must not allow that to happen in a free and democratic society. A travesty of justice is taking place. Remember that it is not just our liberty that is at stake here – the repercussions extend to the wider animal rights movement and beyond. Do not become invisible, for if you become invisible, the animals will have no one left to champion their cause. Let your opposition to these proceedings be heard, and join those who refuse to be cowed into silence by the system.
A demonstration will be held outside the High Court in the Strand London on the 19th December. We need a big turnout, so please show your support by attending. More information about the demo will be posted in the next few days. Updates about the proceedings will be posted on the SPEAK website over the next week.
Together we can and will win.
Please cross post this article to as many friends, email lists and news service websites as possible and all subsequent postings. Thank you for your support.
RELATED KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS:
3/23/05 – Don’t Let Oxford Torture More Primates
7/15/04 – Stop Oxford University’s Animal Research Expansion
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