Indian Sailors need your help!SOS!

The Issue

Save our sailors from the floating prison that is MV Anastasia.

My brother in law with other Indian sailors is currently serving on MV ANASTASIA and have been onboard for more than a year now, they are stuck on Anchorage in Caofeidian. The organization is not taking any steps to relieve them and this situation is detreating their mental as well as health condition.

This situation is created due to the trade issues in China and Australia, in which the crew has no part to play. 

We are very worried for their safety and wellbeing on the ship, they are facing mental as well as physical challenges every day. Sitting ideally can make any person think about worst things in this world. They roam around on the ship like ghosts.

We request you to sign this petition so that our Government takes immediate action for their safe return home and escalate this situation at every level possible. We cannot pass this human right infringement on our loved ones.

Help us get our family member safely home.

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https://twitter.com/HawkeyeShivrajS/status/1329361075129573376?s=19

 

Best Regards
Shivraj
Family member
Crew MV Anastasia

 

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The Issue

Save our sailors from the floating prison that is MV Anastasia.

My brother in law with other Indian sailors is currently serving on MV ANASTASIA and have been onboard for more than a year now, they are stuck on Anchorage in Caofeidian. The organization is not taking any steps to relieve them and this situation is detreating their mental as well as health condition.

This situation is created due to the trade issues in China and Australia, in which the crew has no part to play. 

We are very worried for their safety and wellbeing on the ship, they are facing mental as well as physical challenges every day. Sitting ideally can make any person think about worst things in this world. They roam around on the ship like ghosts.

We request you to sign this petition so that our Government takes immediate action for their safe return home and escalate this situation at every level possible. We cannot pass this human right infringement on our loved ones.

Help us get our family member safely home.

Please retweet the below tweets and make it more powerful.

https://twitter.com/HawkeyeShivrajS/status/1329361075129573376?s=19

 

Best Regards
Shivraj
Family member
Crew MV Anastasia

 

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The Decision Makers

Juhie Singh
Juhie Singh
Spokesperson, Samajwadi Party
Responded
“Dear Citizens, I have been following the developments related to the case of the MV Anastasia and the 16 Indian crew members on board in the news and also via frequent updates posted on this petition by Shivraj Singh Ghorpade, the family member of Gaurav Singh, one of the seafarers on board the merchant ship. It pains me to learn about the deteriorating condition of our fellow citizens who have been stuck for over 6 months in what they describe as a “floating jail” in the Caofeidian Port in China. Not many people may know that these sailors worked tirelessly to provide essential goods while the whole world was in lockdown. The least we can do to say thank you is to stand with them in their hour of need. As the Spokesperson for the Samajwadi Party, I express my solidarity with the sailors and their families. I am aware that the Government of India is working to secure their return. Today, I appeal to the Honourable Ministers for Shipping and External Affairs to urgently expedite the matter, announce a clear return date and to proactively communicate with their families so as to allay their fears and anxieties. Thank you, Juhie Singh Spokesperson, Samajwadi Party Twitter: @juhiesingh”
Priyanka Chaturvedi
Priyanka Chaturvedi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena
Responded
“Dear Citizens, I wanted to share an important update with the families of the stranded sailors and you all who have been supporting their efforts to bring them home. The Honourable Minister for Shipping Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has just tweeted that the crew of the MV Anastasia will be returning to India on 14th February. This amazing announcement comes less than a day after I raised the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha on 9th February and asked the Government to respond. The Honourable Minister had responded to me saying, both his ministry and the External Affairs Ministry are working together on this matter. Please see the video of Rajya Sabha TV from 0:20 onwards, which captured these proceedings. Thank you, Priyanka Chaturvedi Member of Parliament, Shiv Sena”
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
Mansukh Mandaviya
Union Shipping Minister
S. Jaishankar
S. Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister
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Petition created on 16 November 2020