CitizenGO pleads for disabled Lambert
Lambert |
The international human rights
non-governmental organization, CitizenGO, is currently pleading for a life in
France.
In its email to Oseyiza
Oogbodo Blog:
A disabled man is currently being
killed in France.
Vincent Lambert has been disabled
since a motorcycle accident in 2008. Now, France is withholding food and fluids
from him, which will kill him.
Even the United Nations has
spoken out against this travesty. Please sign now to let President Macron know
that the world is watching. France must stop killing Vincent Lambert.
This is perhaps the most
important and urgent message I have ever written to you.
On May 20, the hospital in Reims,
France where Lambert is living began to deeply sedate him and withdraw
the tube that provides him food and water. Later in the day, a Court of Appeals
in Paris ordered that he continue to receive food and fluids.
But on Friday, June 28, France’s
highest court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeals in Paris. Now,
since July 2nd, Lambert is once again being sedated and dehydrated. This forced
dehydration will eventually cause his death. He will die of thirst, and he will
suffer terribly.
Sign now:
http://www.citizengo.org/en/170802-protect-vincent-lamberts-life
Lambert, who has been living with
a cognitive disability since his accident, breathes on his own and does not
require medical treatment. He only requires basic care, including food and
fluids. His wife petitioned the court in 2015 to have food and fluids withheld,
but his parents have been trying to save his life.
A few weeks ago, the United
Nations Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities petitioned the
French government to prevent him from being killed. They stated that his death
by dehydration contravenes his rights as a person with disabilities. Section
25f of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
requires nations to:
25(f) Prevent discriminatory
denial of health care or health services or food and fluids on the basis of
disability.
Sign this petition to French
President Emmanuel Macron urging him to intervene in the case of Vincent
Lambert.
Sign here:
http://www.citizengo.org/en/170802-protect-vincent-lamberts-life
Lambert is not dying, but withholding
food and fluids will cause him to die of dehydration.
No human being should ever be
intentionally killed by euthanasia or dehydration.
Protect Vincent Lambert's life!
Sincerely,
Caroline Craddock and the entire
CitizenGO team
Click here to sign:
http://www.citizengo.org/en/170802-protect-vincent-lamberts-life
CitizenGO is a community of
active citizens that seeks to defend life, the family and fundamental rights
worldwide. To find out more about CitizenGO click here or follow us on Facebook
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To contact CitizenGO, do not
respond to this email, reply at this link: http://www.citizengo.org/en/contact
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