Mari petition</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Mari petition"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Mari,petition"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">08-07-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Mari petition</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_wm9UILkmA8x3gm2isYOj_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Hague, Netherlands (UNPO): The Appeal on Behalf of the Mari people, which openly condemns the Russian Federation authorities for their continued persecution of the Mari people and violation of their rights, has been gaining momentum in the international community and has won the support of 10.000 signatories. The Mari people, who mainly inhabit an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, face constant discrimination, violence and abuse of their rights and freedoms, including the suppression of the Mari language instruction in schools and use in the public and media. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=38&par=2743 " target="blank">www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=38&par=2743 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show