DC – July 24th
Challenge China Rally with PEARL (People for equality and relief in Lanka)
Tentative Schedule for Friday, 8 August 2008
12PM -2 PM (
2PM -3PM (March from
3PM -7PM (
In addition, they will be hosting a welcoming event for Ko AThein and Ko Zaw Min Htwe of 88 Generation Students. Ko AThein and Ko Zaw Min Htwe have been walking across the
Contact: 88 Generation Students in Exile (88 GSE), National League for Democracy, Liberated Areas,
Rally outside
Rally in support of
11 am – Noon: Press Conference at
Tibetan communities together)� 2 PM on ward: Photo exhibition, acts, speeches, candle light vigils in front of the Chinese Consulate Office
Contact: zaw.w.kyaw@gmail.com; Burmese Democratic Forces -
· Proclamation of “Burma Day” in the City of
· Hoisting the symbol of Burmese democratic flag, “fighting peacock”
· Screening film and documentaries e.g. “Beyond Rangoon,” and “Inside Burma,
· Photo Exhibitions on “8.8.88 uprising” in
· Production of CD album (song tracks contributed by Canadian musicians)
· Demonstration in front of Burmese and Chinese Embassy
Contact CFOB office at 613-237-8056, or email at cfob@cfob.org
United Kingdom – August 8th
--A monument of glass by and dedicated to former prisoners, which will be unveiled by senior political figures in the morning, a big media-friendly demo at lunchtime at the Burmese embassy, and an exhibition on 88 and political prisoners in the evening.
Contact:
--Protest Place: In front Chinese Embassy in London Address:
Time: 10am to 12 pm
Contact:
Joint Rally at Chinese Embassy with Reporters Without Borders
Contact: Info Birmanie
A commemorative program in front of the fontaine du musee Olympique a
Contact: Association Suisse-Birmanie
Where: 10-11 am Chinese Embassy
12-13 pm Burmese Embassy
“The 2 Decades Overview on Changes in
This seminar will be co-organized by TACDB and
The seminar will be held on Sunday, 3 July 2008, at 12.00-17.00 hours, at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University-Tha Phrachan Campus. Expected audience include Thai public, Burmese groups in
Run up to August -from July 16 -August 2, we will have photo-petition sign up campaign in the factories and schools (people sign up and have their photos taken for the website gallery) for the "8888faces calling for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma" (kindly visit www.8888faces.org) this will be in factories where we have unions as FBC-Phils members and in schools where our members will set up their sign up booths with public exhibition (photos and campaign materials). This campaign started in August of last year and we're bound to complete the 8,888 names and faces this august.
August 3 -"Bike for
August 8 -morning -Torch relay for Democracy and human rights in
For ASEAN to pressure the SPDC junta to sit down on a tripartite dialogue towards genuine democratic reforms 3rd stop -Myanmar SPDC junta -in commemoration of the 20th year of the crushing of the popular uprising in Burma. Calls: Free Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners; tripartite dialogue for democratic transition; stop all forms of human rights violations 4th stop -Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to call on the Philippine government to lead the ASEAN in pressuring the SPDC junta to sit down on a dialogue and take concrete actions towards democratization
All these will happen the whole morning
August 8 -evening -
August 15 -Public exhibition of the 8888faces campaign at the Mehan garden public park in
Rally at Chinese Embassy: 12-5pm
Address:
Contact: John Howse-Burma Campaign
Global Justice Center-B8 GJB Locations
www.globaljusticeforburma.org
The
San Francisco Frey Norris Gallery 456
China is the #1 Supporter of Burma’s Dictatorship
China keeps Burma’s military regime — and its brutal human rights record — in power. Burma’s military regime has burned down or otherwise destroyed 3,200 ethnic minority villages, forcing 1.5 million refugees to flee their homes. Who is the #1 supplier of arms and weapons to the regime? China. supplying them with over 2 billion US Dollars worth of weapons and military equipment including tanks, fighter jets and military advisors for training. This has allowed Burma’s regime to quadruple its size to 450,000 men, including approximately 70,000 child soldiers.
China is also one of the largest economic supporters of the regime. China’s foreign direct investments exceed 281 million US Dollars, and they also have 2.1 billion US Dollars worth of companies and projects in the country. China gives Burma hundreds of millions of US Dollars of loans and grants, as well.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, is locked up in prison along with 2,000 other political dissidents. Despite its huge influence, China refuses to call for her release. It is one of the only countries in the world to refuse to back the Un Secretary General’s call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The United Nations has been completely paralyzed, unable to take any action to prevent genocide in Burma. Why? China has used its veto at the UN Security Council to block any meaningful action. As a result, the UN is making many of the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda.
www.uscampaignforburma.org
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