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I Vow to help as much as I can to bring Freedom to Burma. But, since I cannot do this alone, I'd like to share and update what is going on in the country so that you can HELP to Free Burma as well.
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Where is Burma?
What is Burma?
Burma is the second largest country in Southeast Asia and is located to the east of India and Bangladesh, to the southwest of China and to the west of Laos and Thailand. The country has a population of nearly 55 million. Burma was once the richest country in Asia and is now considered one of the poorest.
Burma is ruled by one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world. It spends half its budget on the military while the population goes without access to proper health care, education and food.
Today Burma is a country ruled by fear. The regime ruthlessly persecutes human rights and democracy activists, imprisoning at least 2100 political prisoners, many of whom are routinely tortured. There is widespread use of forced labor.
Burma has more child soldiers than any other country in the world with children as young as 11 snatched by soldiers on their way home from school and forced to join the army. One in ten babies die before their fifth birthday. In Eastern Burma, the regime is waging a war of ethnic cleansing and using rape as a weapon of war against ethnic women and children. More than 3,300 villages have been destroyed.
Elections were held in 1990, and the National League for Democracy, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, won 82% of seats in parliament. The regime refused to hand over power, and instead unleashed a new wave of oppression.
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- UN Confirms Cyclone Refugees Forced Back to Devast...
- Massive Forced Evictions in Burmese Refugee Camps
- Nargis: A Cash Cow for the Regime?
- Penang Sayadaw Damma Talk
- Weeks After Cyclone in Myanmar, Even Farmers Wait ...
- Burmese Cyclone Survivors Forcibly Evicted
- Junta Wants $11 Billion in Aid
- Suu Kyi Must be Freed, Say US Lawyers
- Maradona: ‘Set Her Free!’
- UN and Burma: A History of Suspicion and Failure
- Burmese Monks Coordinate Aid, as Private Donations...
- Join the Meditative March and Protest Regarding Bu...
- Asean to Handle Foreign Aid for Burma
- Save the Children Warns of Starvation in Burma
- No Time to Lose: Ban to Burmese General Assembly
- Fund-Raising Event for Burma's Cyclone Victims
- Cyclone Survivors Told to Return to Shattered Homes
- URGENT: Help us raise funds for Cyclone Victims in...
- Danger: Getting the Truth Out of Burma
- Most Cyclone Victims Without Relief; Regime Accuse...
- Regime Seals Off the Irrawaddy Delta to Foreigners
- Monks Help Cyclone Victims Despite Military Pressure
- May 18 Cyclone Nagris Fund raising Flyer (Burmese)...
- Tell your representatives: Save 1.5 millions Cyclo...
- ‘Unimaginable Tragedy’ if Burma Keeps Delaying Aid
- Junta Distributes Foreign Aid—But with Burmese Gen...
- Day 10: Answering Your Question on Aung San Suu Kyi
- Pledges for Burmese Cyclone Relief Reach $77 million
- UN Chief Urges Burma to Postpone Referendum
- Why Is Burma Junta Afraid of Letting Foreign Aid W...
- 'Eighty Thousand People Dead’; Cholera Cases Reported
- Thousands Dead; Burmese Leader Than Shwe in Hiding
- UN Frustrated over Visa, Custom Delays
- CNN: Rotting corpses pile up as Myanmar stall over...
- Survivors in Burma Delta Still Waiting for Aid
- Visa Formalities Holding Up UN Team
- Deadly Cyclone Poses Political Threat to Burma Rul...
- Please Donate to Cyclone Victims in Burma
- UN Aid Has Yet to Reach Burma
- Burma Death Toll Climbs Past 22,500
- BADA appeals for donations to help the Cyclone Vic...
- Nearly 4,000 People Dead; 3,000 People Missing in ...
- [badamember] Seattle Burma Mtg. Tuesday, May 6, pl...
- Hundreds feared dead in Burma (Myanmar) cyclone
- Massive Cyclone Hits Burma: Activists Call for US ...
- Number of Dead, Injured Expected to Climb in Burma
- Category 3 Cyclone Hammers, Burma Capital, Rangoon
- Day 3 for Burma: Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen Act ...
- Dangerous Cyclone Raking Across Burma
- Day 2: Jennifer Aniston and Woody Harrelson - Spre...
- Join (May 9) San Francisco Burma Rally & Vigil dur...
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi among 100 Most Influential Pe...
- Burma's Junta Adopts Dubious Means to Win Support ...
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Burma: It can't wait 30 Days Campaign
- Burma: It can't wait by James Cameron
- Burma: It can't wait by Sheryl Crow-Aung San Suu Kyi
- Burma: It can't wait by Jennifer Aniston-Day 29
- Burma: It can't wait by Kim Kardashian-Day 24
- Burma: It can't wait by Will Ferrell-Day 1
- Burma: It can't wait by Jim Carrey
- Burma: It can't wait by Sylvester Stallone-Day 21
- Burma: It can't wait by Steven Seagal Day 18
- Burma: It can't wait by Eva Longoria Parker- Day 16
- Burma: It can't wait by Julain Benz Day
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