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Media Release (r)
Media Release
*5th September 1996*
In 1996 the 1st of September at Burmese Family Sydney Community Centre a
meeting took place about the 8th anniversary of the military crackdown
against the people's pro- democracy up rising in Burma.
The representatives from several pro-democracy organisations in Australia
joined the meeting. The meeting decided upon a range of resolutions to
organise a forum on Sunday the 15th of September to expose the brutalities
of the SLORC military dictatorship.
A march was also planed to take place on the 18th of September. This will be
on the 8th anniversary of the brutal massacre of students and pro-democracy
protesters in Burma. This massacre resulted in over 3000 deaths with several
thousands of other wounded and detained.
The march will meet at Martin Place in Sydney on 12:00pm and then move to
the NSW Parliament to demand economic sanctions against Burma.
The meetion also agreed to form a committee to coordinate the resolutions
which would included representatives from the various pro-democracy
organisaions.
ANTI-SLORC
ACTION
COMMITTEE