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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!