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Activists urge for more pressure on Burmese Junta
New Delhi, May 4, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
Burma?s pro-democracy activists and their supporters today launched a
Global Action against the Burmese military regime for its widespread
human rights violation including the use of forced labor in the country.
Protest rallies and demonstrations were held in Australia and India
while talks and video shows on Burma?s human rights records were
organized in Canada.
In Australia, a demonstration was held in front of Burmese embassy in
Canberra and about 60 Burma pro-democracy activists in India held a
similar protest rally in New Delhi this morning. A panel discussion on
Burma and forced labor and public rally was held at Edmonton in Canada,
said a statement issued under ?Global Action Against the Burmese Junta?
today.
The Global Action focusing on the rampart human rights violations in
Burma was endorsed by more than 25 national organizations based in
Australia, Canada and India including National Union of Students and the
Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network in Australia, Burma Watch
International in Canada, All Burma Students League in India, Free Burma
Action Committee and Burma Labor Solidarity Organization.
The activists have urged the governmental and non-governmental
organizations around the world to continue to pressure the Burmese
regime for democratization in the country. They also demanded the
Burmese junta to make the on-going ?talks? with democratic leader Aung
San Suu Kyi transparent to the public.
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<p>New Delhi, May 4, 2001
<br>Mizzima News Group (<a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>www.mizzima.com</a>)
<p>Burma?s pro-democracy activists and their supporters today launched
a Global Action against the Burmese military regime for its widespread
human rights violation including the use of forced labor in the country.
Protest rallies and demonstrations were held in Australia and India while
talks and video shows on Burma?s human rights records were organized in
Canada.
<p>In Australia, a demonstration was held in front of Burmese embassy in
Canberra and about 60 Burma pro-democracy activists in India held a similar
protest rally in New Delhi this morning. A panel discussion on Burma and
forced labor and public rally was held at Edmonton in Canada, said a statement
issued under ?Global Action Against the Burmese Junta? today.
<p>The Global Action focusing on the rampart human rights violations in
Burma was endorsed by more than 25 national organizations based in Australia,
Canada and India including National Union of Students and the Australian
Fair Trade and Investment Network in Australia, Burma Watch International
in Canada, All Burma Students League in India, Free Burma Action Committee
and Burma Labor Solidarity Organization.
<p>The activists have urged the governmental and non-governmental organizations
around the world to continue to pressure the Burmese regime for democratization
in the country. They also demanded the Burmese junta to make the on-going
?talks? with democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi transparent to the public.
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