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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.
Free Burma Free Aung San Suu Kyi
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.
Blog Archive
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January
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- U.S. Arms for Taiwan Send Beijing a Message
- Burmese Soldiers Still Recruit Underage Youth
- Detained US Citizen's Trial Postponed
- Myanmar says Suu Kyi to be freed in November: witn...
- Human Rights 'Deteriorating' in Burma: HRW
- US Seeks Ban on Importing Burmese Python
- Burma's Youth Take The Lead, We Should Follow
- US Not 'Unendingly Patient' with Burmese Junta
- More than 140 MPs call for investigation into crim...
- All Monks' Alliance urged to release two person wi...
- Invitation to BADA's 2010 ANNUAL MEETING
- ANTI-DICTATORSHIP PEOPLES’ FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN BURMA
- Holding camera or using Internet: New Enemies of t...
- Looking for an Election in Burma's Political Fog
- Karen Girl, 7, Raped and Killed: KWO
- Burmese Regime Privatizing to Retain Control of Re...
- Burmese American Women Alliance Annual Meeting and...
- Burmese-American Makes Court Appearance in Rangoon
- US renews hand to Myanmar
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January
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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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Monk Saffron Revolution in Burma
Free Burma From Under Military Dictators Dogs
On Burma's 62nd Independence Day (January 4th), residents of Mon and Shan states woke up to find anti-regime graffiti sprawled across the main roads and public spaces: the work of brave Mon and Shan youth. In another part of the country, a group of young Burmese artists, called Generation Wave, use hip-hop and graffiti to inspire the youth to stand up to authority. Such acts of defiance can lead to arrest, torture, and lengthy jail sentences.
Despite this reality, Burma's youth continue to dare to do what is right for their country, unfazed by the enormity of the risks involved. The destruction of villages, systematic rape against ethnic women, forced labor, forced conscription, and arbitrary killings by the Burma Army are an everyday reality for many of these youth.
Show your solidarity with these brave youth by supporting international action to end mass atrocities in Burma. One way to help halt the violence is to establish a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma.
Email your Representative and urge them to co-sponsor House Resolution 898, which calls on the Obama administration to take concrete action on Burma by establishing a UN Commission of Inquiry. The culture of impunity in Burma needs to end! Do your part to make it happen!
Sincerely,
Campaigns Coordinator
U.S. Campaign for Burma