(BDO UK) LONDON TIMES (Goldwyn) :we

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> > To The Times correction dept.
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> >  THE LONDON TIMES
> > Sunday November 21 1999    COMMENT: LETTERS
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> > Burma prisoner should speak up
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> > WE are happy for Rachel Goldwyn's family that she is home and safe
> > (Saving Rachel, News Review, last week).
> > However, we condemn the stand she has taken since her return. She has
> > betrayed the Burmese people who campaigned vigorously for her release
> > and also those reportedly arrested as a consequence of her actions, and
> > upon whom no subsequent media attention has shone.
> > Burmese political prisoners do not receive the privileged treatment
> > Rachel did; rather, they suffer routine beatings, electrocution,
> > malnutrition and forced labour under conditions the United Nations
> > describes as life-threatening.
> > The regime cannot touch Rachel here - yet she chooses to stay silent.
> > She claims she wants to have a "dialogue role" with the regime. That is
> > the role of the democratically elected National League for Democracy led
> > by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. It is the role of governments and
> > United Nations officials to encourage that dialogue. She is naive if she
> > believes the regime is taking her seriously.
> > We would like to emphasise our support for James Mawdsley who continues
> > to speak as loudly as ever from his cell about Burma's appalling human
> > rights record.
> > The Venerable UUttara
> > Waterloo Buddhist Vihara
> > Dr Win Naing,
> > Burmese Democratic Organisation
> > U Win Soe,
> > Solidarity for Democracy in Burma
> > U Khin Maung Kyi
> > Burmese Community UK
> >