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Fast and Protest in NYC



************PROTEST & FAST FOR A FREE BURMA**********

+++++++++HELP NYC PASS BURMA SANCTIONS BILL++++++++

STOP SLORC'S REPRESSION OF BURMESE PEOPLE

JOIN THE FAST & PROTEST IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, NYC

(AT THE FOUNTAIN IN THE PARK JUST SOUTH OF CITY HALL)
STARTING AT 6AM ON WEDNESDAY, OCT 23 AND
CONTINUING UNTIL SUNDOWN FRIDAY, OCT 25

+    THE STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL (SLORC), 
THE MILITARY JUNTA NOW RULING BURMA, HAS ARRESTED 
NEARLY 500 CIVILIANS, INCLUDING A MAJORITY OF THE PRO-
DEMOCRACY PARTY NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY 
(NLD) AND 200 STUDENTS.THIS MOST RECENT WAVE OF 
OPPRESSION WAS INITIATED TWO WEEKS AGO, AFTER NOBEL 
PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT AND NLD LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI 
ANNOUNCED A MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY 
OF THE NLD'S FOUNDING.

+   REPRESSION IN BURMA IS ENDEMIC SINCE THE MILITARY 
COUP IN 1962. IN 1990 THE MILITARY WAS FORCED TO HAVE 
FREE ELECTIONS, BUT THE DEMOCRACY PARTY WON 82% 
OF THE SEATS, SO THE MILITARY REFUSED TO YIELD POWER 
AND FORCED THE ELECTED LEADERS INTO EXILE.

+   SINCE SLORC'S ANNULMENT OF THE ELECTION RESULTS, 
IT HAS PERPETRATED WHAT ARE AMONG THE WORST HUMAN 
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING INSTITUTIONALIZED 
SLAVERY, RAPE, TORTURE AND MURDER AGAINST MILLIONS 
OF CIVILIANS, EVEN CHILDREN.

+   SIXTY PERCENT OF THE HEROIN COMING INTO NYC ORIGINATES 
IN BURMA. SLORC HAS TRIPLED ITS PRODUCTION TO BECOME THE 
WORLD'S LARGEST HEROIN SUPPLIER, THE DRUG MONEY ENABLING 
THEM TO PURCHASE ARMS AND AMMUNITION.

NYC COUNCIL MUST PASS BILL 647, SELECTIVE PURCHASING 
LEGISLATION AGAINST BURMA. OTHER CITIES SUCH AS SANTA MONICA 
AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, AND THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
HAVE ALREADY ENACTED SUCH LEGISLATION. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE BURMA UN SERVICE OFFICE AT 
212/338-0048

BY SUBWAY, TAKE THE N/R TO CITY HALL OR THE 4/5/6 TO BROOKLYN 
BRIDGE-CITY HALL

PLEASE POST AND CIRCULATE THIS FLYER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!