“၂၀၁၀ ကမၻာ့ လူအခြင့္အေရး၏ တိုက္ပြဲႏွစ္” ျမန္မာ့ေသြးအနီေရာင္ မညစ္ေစနဲ ့။ စစ္က်ြန္ဘ၀လႊတ္ေျမာက္ၾကဖို ့ ေတာ္လွန္ွေရးသို ့့ အသင့္ျပင္

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Support the Monks!


Remember the Saffron Revolution With ACTIONOne year ago the monks of Burma led 500,000 people in peaceful nation-wide protests calling for human rights and democracy. The response by Burma's ruling dictator Than Shwe was brutal; hundreds were killed, thousands were imprisoned, monasteries were raided, and countless demonstrators are still missing.

On the first anniversary of the crackdown on the peaceful protest, September 27th, we are asking our supporters to organize events for Burma across the United States in honor of the bravery and sacrifice of Burma's monks. Specifically, we are asking students to organize events on campuses, such as film screenings, educational presentations, or organizing fellow students to wear the color red in solidarity with Burmese monks. Even if you are not a student, we encourage you to still organize an event.

Start organizing today and once you sign up through our website we will send you materials to help (video about the Saffron Revolution, fliers, and petitions).
We hope that this event will be a great beginning to a strong campus chapter or a strong event to mobilize your community chapter. It is a year after the Saffron Revolution, but the fight for a Free Burma is stronger than ever.

Sign Up Here

In addition to your own actions, if you want to participate in other demonstrations for the anniversary, there are already events being planned in the United States. For example, The International Burmese Monks Organization is planning a "Peace Walk for Burma" in New York on September 26th. To learn more go here.

"Burma's Saffron Revolution is just the beginning. The regime's use of mass arrests, murder, torture and imprisonment has failed to extinguish our desire for the freedom that was stolen from us so many years ago. We have taken their best punch. Now it is the generals who must fear the consequences of their actions. We adhere to nonviolence, but our spine is made of steel. There is no turning back."

- U Gambira, one of the leaders of the All Burma Monks Alliance: Still a Political Prisoner

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