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 Stef78 rated 12 months ago - From the Avaaz newsletter:
Dear Avaaz member,
What Avaaz members have done so far:
789,479 petition signatures, hand-delivered to UK Prime Minister and UN Security Council member Gordon Brown. (Video here.)
$315,000 raised for the Burmese democracy movement.
33,403 emails to EU leader...
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- Stef78 rated 12 months ago
- From the Avaaz newsletter:
Dear Avaaz member,
What Avaaz members have done so far:
789,479 petition signatures, hand-delivered to UK Prime Minister and UN Security Council member Gordon Brown. (Video here.)
$315,000 raised for the Burmese democracy movement.
33,403 emails to EU leaders urging targeted sanctions.
1,952 messages sent to Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo.
100+ protests in cities worldwide against the Burmese regime.
1 global ad campaign, including a full-page ad in the Financial Times pushing China to act.
Burma's streets are quiet--no mass demonstrations, no riot police. But the calm is an illusion. Change is coming to Burma, and we are all a part of it.
Here's where we stand: The regime has massacred, tortured, and intimidated its critics at home, and continues its night arrests and brutal interrogations. But while it has momentarily silenced the domestic opposition, its attacks on the revered Buddhist monks ignited an anger amongst the Burmese people that cannot be extinguished. Contacts inside Burma tell us that the demonstrators are steadily regrouping, even in the face of the deadly crackdown.
And around the world, the roar has grown deafening--so powerful that governments are scrambling for ways to bring new pressure to bear on the junta. Government leaders and the media have publicly credited the outcry of global civil society. Look at the statistics in the box on the right to see how, working alongside allies around the world, Avaaz members have begun to make a difference.
Many Burmese members of Avaaz have written in. Here's a note from one of them--Trisa, now living abroad:
I am one of the 8888 uprising generation. Since the September uprising in Burma, I can't get good night sleep. I can't contact my remaining families and friends if they are ok... The voice of the world is very powerful. I have heartfelt thank you for all the supporters. Your voice can change our lives!
And here's a note from an Avaaz member, Lynn in London, who joined a group of Burmese monks to hand-deliver the Avaaz petition--contained in a big red box--to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, on the steps of 10 Downing Street last week:
When I put my hand on the red box, which held the 753,000 signatures from around the world collected by Avaaz, I imagined the outrage of the many people from every country in the world, every culture, every race, and every religion, contained within this box which was about to be presented to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. I thought about what it might mean for these Burmese monks whose religious brothers far away had been hurt and mistreated by the crackdown, to know that in every country in the world, people were supporting them.
And here's what May Ng, a Burmese writer, editorialized on the news site Mizzima after seeing our petition:
As their voices have been heard and their faces have been seen, Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma will no longer be alone. Avaaz.org, whose mission is to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decisions, will make sure that Burmese people will have a voice over their own fate from now on.
Avaaz will share the struggle of the Burmese people until the struggle is won. Our goals are constant: transition, dialogue, reconciliation, and democracy. We will also continue to take action together on many urgent issues, from climate change to peace in the Middle East to human rights--but we will not turn from the cause of the Burmese people. We believe that every human life has equal value, whether in Berlin, Beijing or Rangoon.
As Aung San Suu Kyi once urged, we will use our freedom to promote theirs.
With hope, Ben, Ricken, Paul, Galit, Graziela, Iain, Sarah, Pascal, and Milena
--the Avaaz team
- zaibatsu-SU rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "After decades of military dictatorship, the people of Burma are rising â€" and they need our help. Marches begun by monks and nuns snowballed, bringing hundreds of thousands to the streets. Now the crackdown has begun, but the protests are spreading.."
- Wavehunter rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "After decades of military dictatorship, the people of Burma are rising - and they need our help. Marches begun by monks and nuns are snowballing: today 100,000 have taken to the streets of Rangoon. When the Burmese last marched in 1988, the military massacred thousands. But if the world stands up for the protesters, this time it could be different."
Even George W Bush has condemned the Burmese military. Here's an on-line petition so we can do our little bit. The organisers have already used the power of numbers to place adverts calling on China to change its stance.
- silenus3milenio rated 12 months ago
- Please...
Look and...
sign.
Tankcias.
- Roby07 rated 12 months ago
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Global Day of Action for Burma
October 6, 2007
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Burma Campaign UK has called for October 6th 2007 to be designated a Global Day of Action for Burma beginning at 12:00 noon.[1] This event will be held in 30 Countries and nearly 100 cities including: Sydney (Australia), Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver (Canada), New York and San Diego (United States), Hong Kong and Norway.
Spurred by the global outcry as a result of the military crackdown on the peaceful protesters all over Burma, a number of independent groups, social service organisations and individuals have gotten together to raise their voice and make a stand for the Burmese populace. The concept for the day was developed by a coalition of Burma groups including - Burma Campaign UK, US Campaign for Burma, Amnesty International, Avaaz.org and many many more.
Much of the coordination for the protests is being done through Facebook.com, where a group called Support the Monk's Protest in Burma[2], working closely with Burma Campaign UK and Amnesty International, has steadily grown to over 300,000 members in a matter of weeks. It is currently serving as a hotbed of protest related news and as a flashpoint for Burma related activity on the Internet.[3]
An online petition hosted by Avaaz.org is being sent to the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, and the UN Security Council, urging them to "oppose a violent crackdown on the demonstrators" and "support genuine reconciliation and democracy". The petition includes a pledge to hold them "accountable for any further bloodshed". Initially it aimed to receive 500,000 signatures, having achieved that, a new target of 1,000,000 has been set.
International Bloggers' Day for Burma, a campaign for bloggers to not post to their blogs, was held on October 4. They were asked to simply put up one Banner, underlined with the words, "Free Burma!".[4]
- integrator rated 12 months ago
- Stand with the Burmese Protesters
Sign the petition
We must pressure China to act.
After all China DO mind if the rest of the World decides to boycott the Olympic Games.
China is very active about cleaning up its World reputation.
For the Chinese government it is much easier to pressure the Burmanese Junta ( to stop its military repression) than to deeply change their own politics when it comes to dissidence.
- Ariadelle rated 12 months ago
- Sign the petition!!!!
After decades of military dictatorship, the people of Burma are rising - and they need our help. Marches begun by monks and nuns snowballed, bringing hundreds of thousands to the streets. Now the crackdown has begun, but the protests are spreading...
- Sandmat rated 12 months ago
- After decades of military dictatorship, the people of Burma are rising - and they need our help. Marches begun by monks and nuns snowballed, bringing hundreds of thousands to the streets. Now the crackdown has begun, but the protests are spreading...
- tintsu rated 12 months ago
- They need our help! Please sign! Let's show them that we care about them.
- vpedrosarivas rated 13 months ago
- Todos contra todas las tiranías, contra el miedo, contra la violencia de cualquier índole.
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