Dear friends,
On the eve of the anniversary of the biggest democracy uprising in Burma since 1988 more than 2,100 innocent political prisoners languish in Burma's squalid prisons. The regime launched a brutal crackdown to crush the uprising, arresting, torturing and murdering many of those peaceful protestors.
After the uprising the regime promised the UN it would stop arresting people who criticise the regime. Since the uprising the number of political prisoners has doubled to 2,130. These people have committed no crime. They are imprisoned because they believe that Burma should be ruled democratically.
TAKE ACTION – FREE BURMA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS
Ban Ki-moon has said that he will go to Burma later this year, write to him now, tell him why he must secure the release of all of Burma's political prisoners, email him and the Security Council here: http://www.burmacampaign.o
Political prisoners in Burma subjected to horrific torture, routinely denied medical treatment and survive on rotten food and dirty water. Prisoners like Mya Aye, who has been detained in Insein Prison, Rangoon, since August 2007 without charge. He has been imprisoned for 8 of the last 18 years and is denied medical treatment even though he has heart problems and has already suffered one heart attack.
FURTHER ACTIONS TO TAKE:
1 – Sign a petition to give your voice to those calling for the freedom for all political prisoners in:
Burma http://www.fbppn.net/?page
2 – Protest. Protests are taking place all over the World on Friday September 26th from London to Switzerland to Taiwan, find out on the Support the Monks Protest in Burma Facebook page:
http://www.new.facebook.co
3 – Send an E-greetings card to remind your friends and family about the situation in Burma and the plight of the political prisoners: http://www.burma-network.c
Thanks
The Support the Monks' Protest in Burma/ Burma Global Action Network admin team
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