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Stand with the Burmese Protesters
Stand with the Burmese Protesters
Burma: more ways to take action now!Our movement is growing massively, and our petition is making waves around the world. This coming week we will be taking out provocative newspaper Ads in high profile international newspapers to amplify the global voice supporting the Burmese monks. As an illustration of how much people care about this issue we’ve been inundated with requests from people who want to do more! To help you take more action, we’ve created this resource – the Avaaz Activists’ guide! WHAT CAN YOU DO?1 – Tell your friends and family to support the monks by signing the Avaaz petition.2 - Protest - Look below for details of worldwide protests. 3 - Write to your elected official - they will respond if enough people contact them. 4 - Email the companies that still operate in Burma, their email addresses are listed here: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=24957770200&topic=3071 ***EMERGENCY NUMBER ISSUED BY UN IN BURMA*** Please be informed that the UN Designated Official in Rangoon has established a 24 hour hotline in case of emergency, especially during curfew hours. The numbers to call are: 01 554 597 or 01 554 625. Please pass this to all people inside Burma. This is a Rangoon hotline that should be reached immediately. Events:Global:International day of ActionOrganiser: Burma Campaign UK Date: Saturday 6th October Time: 12 noon Location: Worldwide Info: more to follow AUSTRALIASydneyOrganiser: Australian Coalition for Democracy in Burma Date: Thursday Oct 4th Time: 12.30pm Location: Martin place Info: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2441494766 **For enquiries on possible protests in Melbourne contact burmanetwork@gmail.com **Amnesty Australia are organising protests too: http://www.amnesty.org.au CANADAOttawaOrganiser: N/a Date: Nightly from 28th September Time: 7 pm nightly Location: in front of Parliament. Info: Nightly vigils Vancouver: Organiser: N/a Date: Friday 9/28 4:30 p.m. Sat 9/29 12:30 p.m Thurs 10/4 Time: 4.30pm on Fri, 12.30pm on Sat, 5pm on Thurs Location: Vancouver Art Gallery Info: http://trentu.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7458795762&ref=mf Organiser: N/a Date: Starting Friday Sept, 28th Time: 6pm Location: 3380 Granville Street Info: Nightly vigil outside of the Chinese Embassy **Amnesty Canada are organising protests too: http://www.amnesty.ca HONG KONG**Email your name to hk.support.burma.democracy@gmail.com to sign the petition urging President Hu Jintao to use China's influence in Burma!NORWAYNationwide - Please light candles in your windows on Friday night to honour the victims of the demonstrations.UNITED STATESRally for Human Rights in MyanmarMonday, October 1st 12:00pm - 1:00pm Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) to the United Nations 10 East 77th Street, New York, NY (near 5th avenue, east side of central park) New York, New York Closest Subway: "6" Train to 77th St., walk west towards central park Rally at the Myanmar Mission Amnesty International USA is organizing an urgent rally on October 1 st from Noon to 1PM in front of the Myanmar (Burmese) Mission, located at 10 East 77th Street in New York City. This rally is in response to the crackdown of peaceful protest by the Myanmar Military Junta. We are mobilizing to show our solidarity with the protesters in Burma, and call for the release of all Prisoners of Conscience currently detained, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. For questions, contact Matthew Kennis at mkennis@aiusa.org Possible Sign slogans if you plan to come: Stop The Killing Allow Peaceful Rallies Free Aung San Suu Kyi Human rights in Myanmar Free Political Prisoners San Diego 1:00 - 2:30 PM Sunday September 30 Alliance for African Asistance 5952 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92115 UNITED KINGDOMLondonThere is a demonstration outside the Burmese Embassy in London every day from 12-1pm. We had 300 outside the Embassy on 27th , we then marched through central London to the Chinese Embassy. Embassy of the Union of Myanmar 19 A CHARLES STREET LONDON W1J 5DX Nearest tube Green Park http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=538 The Trade Union movement is now helping organise protests, details: http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-13761-f0.cfm PROTEST MARCH THROUGH LONDON SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER - TRAFALGAR SQUARE TO THE BURMESE EMBASSY - PLEASE ARRIVE AT 11:30 AM, THE MARCH WILL BEGIN AT 12:00 PM http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18203329336 Cardiff More InformationBurma Campaign UK :http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/ US Campaign for Burma: http://www.uscampaignforburma.org Open Society Institute's Burma Project: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai Human Rights Watch, Burma: http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=asia&c=burma Free Burma Rangers: http://www.freeburmarangers.org/ The Irrawaddy: http://www.irrawaddy.org/ Canadian Friends of Burma: http://www.cfob.org/ Voices of Burma http://trentu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2241026779 Democratic Voice of Burma: http://www.dvb.no/ Aung San Suu Kyi's Pages: http://www.dassk.com/ National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (government-in-exile) website: http://www.ncgub.net/ Burmese language news (courtesy of Nay Shun Oo): http://burmese.dvb.no/ Blogs: http://myochitmyanmar.blogspot.com/ http://mmedwatch.blogspot.com/ http://www.niknayman.blogspot.com/ http://www.myitzima.co.cc/ http://kadaung.blogspot.com/ http://drlunswe.blogspot.com/ http://hittaing.org/ http://khitpyaing.org/ http://www.ko-htike.blogspot.com/ http://myatlone.blogspot.com/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://www.reuters.com/ http://www.voanews.com/burmese/ http://www.rfa.org/burmese/ http://redo8888.com/ http://tharkinwe.blogspot.com http://publicenemies.blogspot.com/ http://www.narinjara.com/burmese.ASP http://www.burmatoday.net/ http://www.yoma3.org/ http://thanshwe-hunter.blogspot.com/ http://yekyawaung.blogspot.com/ http://phyuphyuthin.blogspot.com/ http://maydar-wii.blogspot.com/ http://maynyane.blogspot.com/ |
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