9/23/09 – United Nations General Assembly – Protest Rallies Against Dictators From Burma, Tibet , Iran and Others
Here is a link to a fantastic video of yesterday’s rally at the UN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SBdY_C5Lc
Please don’t kill people, Please don’t imprison people , please don’t torture people , please release the political prisoners. Those were our pleas from [...]
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Burma Needs Your Help.
Please visit these sites for more information.
http://www.bdcburma.org/
http://uscampaignforburma.org/
http://www.burmacampaign.co.uk/
http://www.freeburmarangers.org/
http://www.bloodfoundation.org/
http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM490mBF6aA
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Demonetization of certain bank notes in the currency, in September 1987 wiping out the savings of the vast majority of people. Burma’s admittance to Least Developed Country status by the UN the following December highlighted its economic bankruptcy. Triggered by brutal police repression of student-led protests causing the death of over a hundred students and [...]
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news photos from August-September 2009
Picase/Google video:-
From Kokang Refugees
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/R56ZI-4F7iHRWLtHio41BQ?feat=directlink
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmgzPwRf61w
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The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/4870219.cms
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1915-1947 (32 years) between of Myanmar and Bogyoke, his speech
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Memorial Martyr day ( 19-july 1947)Aung San in Japan
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The Guardian, Friday 17 July 2009
“Let us pray, to reduce the fear of death.” This is the heart-wrenching cry of one of the courageous demonstrators facing armed police during Burma’s failed protest-uprising in 2007 on the streets of Rangoon. It is captured by one of the no less [...]
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High Resolution Trailer of the soon to be released Documentary “Last Line of Defence… The K.N.L.A” based on the Karen National Liberation Army in Burma.
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I am writing because it would be great to enlist your support for the upcoming release of Burma VJ, which will be launched in 40 cinemas nationwide next Tuesday.
Burma VJ is one of the most powerful films you are likely to see this year. Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, [...]
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Chang W. Lee, amazing NY Times photographer presents
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/showcase-13/
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/secondchance/index.html
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/second-chance-burmese-monks/
if you have fast and powerful connection best view at high definition here
http://video1.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/30/5218_1_changlensmonk_wg_16×9_hd_bb.mp4
From PBS——————
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-refugee-escape-stories-from-around-the-world/5039/
and click on the monk’s picture or click on this and wait Refugees_BurmaMonk
after loaded click on full screen. It is slow you have to be patient but it is clear. Use escape button from full [...]
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Dear friend,
We’re very happy to invite you to the UK premiere of Burma VJ. It is a gripping documentary that traces the 2007 uprising in Burma by telling the story of the undercover video journalists (VJs) that recorded the uprising and the subsequent brutal crackdown. With journalists barred from the country, [...]
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Burma’s ’secret tunnels’ leaked
BBC- Page last updated at 16:01 GMT, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:01 UK
Several senior Burmese military officials have been detained for leaking pictures of secret tunnels under the new capital of the country.
The images were given to the Norwegian-based TV station, Democratic Voice of Burma.
It is thought the tunnels under Nay Pyi [...]
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