Saturday, May 30, 2009

California, Burma needs You! Please call your representatives to get UNSC Act on Burma

 Please read this posting online: http://www.badasf. org/2009/ dawsuu.htm

Dear All,

No news from Burma is a good news. The people's suffering in Burma has been so much for so long. It will continue to be that way unless the international community act decisively. In fact, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is now on the verge of being punished even harsher than ever. However, amid this situation, there are anew efforts to pressure the regime more decisively --- to get UN Security Council to act:

1. A recent report by Five of the world’s leading international jurists from the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, calls for the UN Security Council to act on Burma.
2. In his NY Time article last Wednesday, May 27 (The anniversary of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 1990 election victory), Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar from 2000 to 2008 also urged to end Burma's System of Impunity.
3. A group of US representatives in the Congress are circulating a letter to president Obama to seek for a Commission of Inquiry on Burma by UNSC.

Now, these representatives needs our help to get our own representatives to join in and sing onto the letter. You can help so that a good news could come out of Burma soon. So, please call your representatives to seize this important moment of opportunity and help free Burma by joining in. Burma really needs you all again and please act now!

Here are the helpful instructions on how to call the offices in California: http://salsa. democracyinactio n.org/o/1189/ t/8252/blastCont ent.jsp?email_ blast_KEY= 1141836&t=. And the general instruction can be found here: uscampaignforburma. org/callcongress.
Please also find below the relegated letter, news articles and the list of California representatives.