CAABU Director in call for ceasefire

A message to Tony Blair: Call for a ceasefire now

Published on the frontpage of The Independent

We, the undersigned, call on the Prime Minister to tell President George Bush today that Britain can no longer support the US position on the unfolding human catastrophe in the Middle East. We urge that you ally Britain to the United Nations and the European Union and demand an immediate ceasefire. We call on you to make urgent representations to Israel to end its dispropotionate and counter-productive response to Hizbollah's aggression, and also to bring all pressure possible on Hizbollah to end its attack to Israel and return the abducted soldiers. Your government has left Britain isolated from world opinion over Iraq, and we refuse to countenance a repeat of such a foreign policy disaster.

Signatures:

• Damon Albarn, Musician
• Aamer Anwar, Civil rights lawyer
• Peter Atkins, Prof of chemistry, Oxford University
• Abdul Bari, President, Muslim Coucnil of Britain
• Geoffrey Bindman, Human rights lawyer
• Sir Menzies Campbell, Leader, Liberal Democrat Party
• Louise Christian, Guantanamo lawyer
• Sir James Craig, Former ambassador to Saudi Arabia
• Professor Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist
• Tom Devine, Prof of history, Edinburgh University
• Frank Dobson, Labour MP and former Cabinet minister
• Chris Doyle, Director, Council for Arab-British Understanding
• Basil Eastwood, Former ambassador to Syria
• Tracey Emin, artist
• Brian Eno, artist and musician
• Peter Gabriel, musician
• Antony Gormley, sculptor
• Katherine Hammnett, fashion designer
• Lord Healey, former defence secretary and deputy leader, Labour party
• Matthias Kelly QC, Former chairman of the Bar
• Simon Kelner, Editor-in-chief, The Independent
• Baroness Kennedy QC - Human Rights lawyer
• Lesley-Anne Knight, International Director of CAFOD
• Andy Love, Labour MP and chairman of the All-Party Lebanon Group
• Ian MacDonald, former special advocate
• Oliver Miles, former Ambassador to Libya
• Daleep Mukaraji, Director, Christian Aid
• Harold Pinter, Palywright and Nobel laureate
• Sir David Ratford, former Ambassador to Norway
• Alex Salmond, Leader of Scottish National Party
• Anthony Scrivener QC, former chairman of the Bar
• Will Self, author
• Clare Short, Labour MP and former cabinet minister
• Gillian Slovo, playwright
• Roger Smith, Director , Justice
• Barbara Stocking, Director, Oxfam
• Sir John Sulston, Scientist and Nobel laureate
• Derek Tonkin, Former ambassador to Thailand
• Sir Harold Walker, Former Ambassador to Iraq
• Professor Angus Wallace, Orthopaedic surgeon, Nottingham University
• Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive, Save the Children
• Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, former editor, The Sunday Telegraph