Petition: Relieve Poverty & Release Political Prisoners
Aug 23rd, 2007
| Relieve Poverty & Release Political Prisoners |
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To: Military Regime of Burma
As the situation of the lives of people of Burma are further worsened by recent dramatic increases in petrol and other fuel prices, the people on the brink of starvation in Burma are starting to express their concerns. Many hundreds of well-wishing people on 19.08.2007 made a silent and peaceful marching through the streets of Burma?s biggest city, Rangoon, to demonstrate their anxieties concerning the sky high inflations and utter poverty which was deteriorated further by recent fuel price hikes.
There was again a small protest on 21.08.2007. And at midnight 21.08.2007 more than a dozen leaders and organizers of this anti-inflation movement were arrested by military authorities in Rangoon. But some of the yet un-detained leaders went on with their plans of demonstrations on 22.08.2007, which was participated by hundreds of people.
Nearly 50 pro-democracy protesters launched a new rally again on Thursday, 23.08.2007, against hyper inflations in Burma induced by military government’s fuel price hikes. Most of the protesters were members of National League for Democracy (NLD). Just five minutes after the protesters began their march, a group of about 20 supporters of Myanmar’s ruling junta blocked their path. The two sides began shouting at each other in a tense standoff, and about 10 protesters were loaded into a truck and driven away.
So here we express our sympathy for the suffering of tens of millions of our fellow citizens in Burma; and we also like to give our unreserved support for those demonstrators who bravely risked imprisonment and other cruelties by military authorities by peacefully marching through the streets of Rangoon as a form of protest on fuel price increases and over all inflations in the prices of all essential commodities.
And to relieve the worsening poverty and sufferings of the people of Burma we request the military regime of Burma to reverse their cruel decision of dramatically increasing fuel prices by multiple folds.
And we also demand the military regime of Burma to release all political prisoners right now.
Sincerely,
September 26th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Hi to everyone
I just want to show my support to the Burmese people, the whole world is watching what is happening in your country & the whole world is with you,demonstrations are being held here in the UK in support & its people are behind you all 100% our prime minister is now getting involved too.
I have been moved to tears at the bravery & selflessness of the demonstrators & monks, they are all in my prayers & I sincerely hope that Burma is soon free,that the suffering of the people is soon ended & that all political prisoners are freed,
you are all in my thoughts x