FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 24, 2008http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=85968dd1-cc03-907f-1e0b-27b9f65dab39 Senate Approves Measure to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of Burma’s Democratic Movement Senators Feinstein and McConnell co-author legislation honoring Suu Kyi - Washington, DC – The Senate today approved a measure to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democratic […]

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You can also read this posting online: http://www.badasf.org/2008/torchactionssuccess.htm From Nyunt Than: On April 9, hundreds of you — some as far away as from Chicago, Los Angels and Santa Cruz, Fresno, joined the Peace Walk for Burma across the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge and other actions despite being on work day and uneasy commute. You do […]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/06/AR2008040600398.html?nav=rss_world/asia http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/world/europe/08torch.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1&hp http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3334213 With the Olympic Games approaching and four months away, normally the attention would be on the athlete’s training and competitions leading up to their performances.  But with these Olympics, the daily headlines are focused on the protests and human rights.  These Olympics offer a unique opportunity for human rights causes to be heard with China […]

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Question: Will Turning Off My Television Make Any Difference in Stopping China from Propping Up Burma’s Military Regime? Three Answers: 1) It will help with media.  It will help us bring media attention to China’s policy on Burma before the Olympics.  If one million people sign up to turn off their televisions, we can issue press releases […]

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Women’s League of Burma Statement on International Women Day 8th March 2008 Today we observe the historical day of our global movement to end the discrimination against the women arisen out of deeply rooted culture and custom. We ‘Women League of Burma’ (WLB) is striving for the justice and lasting peace in the whole world in hand in […]

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Burma Democracy Leader Assassinated Dear friends, We write with great sadness to tell you of the assassinaton of one of Burma’s most prominent leaders.  Phado Mahn Sha, a leader of the Karen people, was killed last night while resting at his home.  He was 64 years old. While details are still unclear, it is likely that the assassination […]

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We are very sad to lose a great father and a great leader. We were lucky to have a father who was caring and full of love. He gave us guidance and support, and taught us tolerance and to stand against injustice. He could not give us wealth or luxury, but ensured that we had an […]

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So I saw Rambo with 3 guys, and when we walked out of the theater they were remarking on the awesomeness of the different shots when Rambo slaughtered Burmese soldiers, but then the conversation turned – “wait Thelma, does that stuff actually happen?” So for everyone who saw Rambo and wants to learn more than just […]

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As surprising as it sounds, Rambo does a decent job of portraying the level of violence and human rights abuses currently occurring in Burma.  A montage at the very beginning of the film of actual footage taken from inside Burma fills the screen with horrific images of peaceful protesters being shot at and people fleeing […]

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So not too long ago, if you looked up “Burma” on Youtube or Google, I’m pretty sure that there were be more links about Mission of Burma than about the country. The band got their name off of the consulate building in New York over two decades ago, having no idea what this meant […]

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This post comes from APPPB (Asia-Pacific People’s Partnership on Burma) http://apppb.blogspot.com/

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Burma Digest held a poll for Burma’s Person of the Year 2007, and after thousands of votes, U Gambira and hisfellow monks, who led Burma’s Saffron Revolution in 2007 got highest number of votes; and accordingly, won the vote. U Gambira, the 29-year old leader of the All-Burma Monks’ Alliance that spearheaded nationwide protests in […]

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