Candlelight Vigil in Washington DC

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Media Advisory
March 11, 1998

Media Contacts:  Zaw Zaw, 301-424-6009
		  Min Min,  301-424-6077 

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL COMMEMORATES THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF BRUTAL MILITARY
RULE IN BURMA

Event:
A Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the start of the
1988 Burma people power revolution for democracy and to remember the
victims and survivors of brutal military rule in Burma. Participants will
express solidarity to those who have recently suffered outrages, such as,
the arrest of hundreds of students, the continued closure of universities,
the killings of Chin women collecting firewood, and the March 11 bombing of
ethnic Karen civilians at Huay Ka Loke refugee camp on Thai-Burma border.

Location:
The residence of the SPDC Ambassador, 2223 R Street, NW, Washington DC.
(Red line to Dupont Circle Metro)

When:
6:30 p.m., Friday, March 13, 1998

Sponsor: 
- All Burma Students Democratic Front
- Chin National Council
- Committee for Restoration of Democracy in Burma
- DC-Burma Action Network
- Democratic Burmese Students Organization (USA)
- Federation of Trade Union of Burma
- Free Burma Coalition - American University
- National Coalition Government of Union of Burma
- Nonviolence International