El butlletí l'ha produït JS (Netherlands) i a ECOSY hem decidit fer-ho public coincidint amb la setmana d'acció al Parlament Europeu per defensar els drets humans a Birmania.
La situació a Birmània és pitjor que mai. Pots trobar newsupdates setmanals sobre la situació a Birmania a la web www.freeburma.nl. Aquí et presentem un recull de notícies del primer Newsleter publicat per la plataforma encapçalada per les Joventuts Socialistes Holandesas
BUTLLETI NUM.1
The Free Burma! Campaign by JS in de PvdA In January 2007 the Dutch Young Socialists (JS in de PvdA) started the Free Burma! Campaign as an awareness raising campaign. The main goal is to strengthen public and political support against the dictatorial regime in Burma. The Free Burma! Campaign focuses on youngsters and politicians. More...
19th of june: Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates birthday June 19th, Aung San Suu Kyi will celebrate her 62nd birthday. But she will be celebrating another birthday alone, under house arrest. Burma's brutal military dictatorship defied calls from the UN, USA, EU and ASEAN to release her and on May 25th extended her detention under house arrest by another year. She is now in her 12th year of detention. She isn't allowed to see family or friends as all visitors are banned and her phone line is cut.
JS in de PvdA has cake with the Dutch Minister of Development aid The JS will offer the Dutch Minister of Development aid a special Aung San Suu Kyi birthday cake. We will also lay down our demands as formulated in the IUSY Resolution on Burma and urge him to address these issues within the European Union.
IUSY European Committee International Young Socialists and social-democrats joined to in the European Committee meeting to think of common strategies and activities. A Free Burma was placed highly on the agenda. A resolution on Burma, the role of the European Union and humanitarian aid was adopted, you can find this resolution here. Besides this resolution, a concrete Action plan on Burma was adopted, in wich worldwide activities are formulated. You can find the Action plan here.
ECOSY Petition The leaders of the European Union just reviewed their common position on Burma. We formulated a few demands to renew its content and to strengthen the common position. In the form of a petition many of our comrades signed the petition to show their support. We would like to thank all of them! Unfortunately the common position didn't change at all. We will make every effort to achieve change next year! To see who signed the petition and our demands, check the link.
Free Burma! visits Jan Pronk Since the Free Burma campaign team returned from India, all members have made strong efforts to develop a new campaign plan. Jan Pronk (the former Dutch minister for Development Cooperation and special representative for the UN in Darfur) has been one of our main sources for inspiration. More...
Burmese Junta parades in new capital Rangoon – Last Monday the international press got the chance to take a first glance of Naw Pyi Taw, the new capital city of Myanmar (Burma). Journalists were permitted to attend the annual military parade in the city erected in the jungle. The public was not allowed at the event. Naw Pyi Taw is situated some 400 kilometres from Rangoon, the former capital. More...
Red Cross forced to close offices in Burma The international Red Cross has closed two of its offices in Burma due to efforts from the country’s military junta to impede the organisation’s work. “The Red Cross’s humanitarian work in Burma has come to a near stand-still”, said Pierre Krähenbühl, head operations, last Thursday. More...
Please join in on our activities for a Free Burma! - You can sign your members up to the monthly English newsletter
- You will receive a special Burma toolkit consisting of:
> A Power point presentation on the situation in Burma
> A documentary on Burma (Inside Burma: Land of fear by John Pilgrim)
> A short info movie on Burma and our campaign
> The Free Burma logo and banner
> Digital Free Burma posters and leaflets
> Ideas + materials for campaigning activities (like workshops, presentations and other ideas for awareness raising activities).
Contributions are welcome Would you like to contribute to the newsletter? Your contributions are more than welcome, Please send them to one of the coordinators. In case of any questions or comments, please contact Zita or Hadewich.
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