International community urged to bring change to Burma
ICC Note:
Christian Solidarity Worldwide called on the international community to do more to stand up for the rights of Burmese people on Saturday, the 21st anniversary of "the military regime's suppression of pro-democracy protests."
8/8/09 Burma (ChristianToday) The call has been made to coincide with the 21st anniversary today of the military regime’s suppression of pro-democracy protests.
The military killed several thousand pro-democracy demonstrators, many of them students, in the uprising on 8 August 1988.
CSW said the regime has continued to perpetrate “gross violations” of human rights, including the use of human minesweepers and rape as a weapon of war, forced labour, and the forced conscription of child soldiers.
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CSW is calling on the UN, the Association of South-East Asian Nations, the EU, and countries like the US and China to put pressure on Burma’s military regime.
“It is essential that we do not simply remember this anniversary as yet another in Burma’s tragic history of brutal oppression,” said CSW’s East Asia team leader Benedict Rogers.
“The most fitting tribute the world could pay to those who sacrificed their lives would be to unite and take concrete steps to support the brave Burmese people in their struggle for freedom.”
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