Breaking News!! Burma!!

by Jimbob Mon Oct 01, 2007 16:05

So, is it enough that we sign petitions?
Please boycott goods made in China, Burma (it would probably say - made in Myanmar).
It's not impossible to live without cheap Chinese made electronics and toys.
The Chinese government arms the Burmese military, and the Chinese veto prevents any action in the UN Security Council against Burmese military dictators.
What do they respond to? Trade...

by Searcher Mon Oct 01, 2007 17:23

Burma: Thousands dead in massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle

Several sources for this. Giving this link as it is shorter than others:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=...id=34

Same report at http://www.thisislondon.co.uk

Also see:
http://mvdg.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/burma-thousands-ki...lood/

by chrissie Mon Oct 01, 2007 19:18

This needs researching a little, because there are many companies deeply involved in Burma, mainly oil companies interested in exploiting the country's resources; their fingers may be deeper in the pie than countries which support Burma's military regime.

by iosaf Mon Oct 01, 2007 19:34

Ive left this link so many times & read questions on info on businesses with links to Burma so many times that I'm convinced people are willfully ignoring it.

http://www.global-unions.org/burma/default3.asp

This is a 2001 list of companies who dealt with Burma the last information was added in March 2007

http://www.global-unions.org/burma/default3.asp

click on it. Then, do what I did for the last week & go through them one by one, search the web & learn what they do, what they did, where they do it. http://www.global-unions.org/burma/default3.asp
Cross reference that information with reports on human rights websites and corpwatch. Don't just think the list http://www.global-unions.org/burma/default3.asp is enough to go on as it stands. & yep - it constitutes work. I'm good at that sort of stuff & it's still taken me over 150 hours to be sure of less than half. So instead of doing it all over again - just click the button which lists those companies by country & pick one which is easy to analyse. I'd suggest for the moment you do Indian oil or British tourism. I already suggested you phone up the Norwegian telecom company. Don't complain if you don't know where to start. It's where to finish that is more challenging.
http://www.global-unions.org/burma/default3.asp?Order=C...untry

It would be silly if we all do the same thing. The Irish Burma people can suggest to you things to do, so contact them http://www.burmaactionireland.org/

If you want to help what I'm doing, then focus. Focus on Indian Oil & Gas -
http://www.shwe.org/
If you really want to help, then track lab equipment & providers. Or simply PHONE the companies listed in Europe.
ta very much.

this is reply from one Italian company asked about Burmese involvement in 2004

by missing news Mon Oct 01, 2007 20:27

Win Ko Ko Latt, a 27 year-old journalist from the Weekly Eleven News
Journal
has been missing since September 27. He was covering a demonstration in
front of State High School No.3 in Mingalataungnyunt Township in
Rangoon
when the security forces opened fire on the demonstrators, an editor
from
Weekly Eleven News Journal told The Irrawaddy on Monday. The editor
said
that they have checked his name on the death list at Rangoon General
Hospital but his name was not found. At the time he went missing, Win
Ko Ko
Latt was carrying a camera.

by 1 of the many... Mon Oct 01, 2007 21:21

another online petition, from avaaz, seeking 1 million signatures, currently their tally is 339,140 of 500000, first half million

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/

Burma's generals have brought their brutal iron hand down on peaceful monks and protesters -- but in response, a massive global outcry is gathering pace. The roar of global public opinion is being heard in hundreds of protests outside Chinese and Burmese embassies, people round the world wearing the monks' color red, and on the internet-- where our petition has exploded to over 200,000 signers in just 72 hours.

People power can win this. Burma's powerful sponsor China can halt the crackdown, if it believes that its international reputation and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing depend on it. To convince the Chinese government and other key countries, Avaaz is launching a major global and Asian ad campaign on Wednesday, including full page ads in the Financial Times and other newspapers, that will deliver our message and the number of signers. We need 1 million voices to be the global roar that will get China's attention.

__________________________

what they are calling for with a signature:

Stand with the Burmese Protesters

After decades of military dictatorship, the people of Burma are rising – and they need our help. Marches begun by monks and nuns snowballed, bringing hundreds of thousands to the streets. Now the crackdown has begun, but the protests are spreading...

When the Burmese last marched in 1988, the military massacred thousands. If the world stands up and supports their struggle, this time they could win. We're in a race against time-- targeting the dictatorship's main backer China in a global advertising campaign, delivering the petition to the UN secretary-general and sending the Burmese our support via radio--

To Chinese President Hu Jintao and the UN Security Council:

We stand alongside the citizens of Burma in their peaceful protests. We urge you to oppose a violent crackdown on the demonstrators, and to support genuine reconciliation and democracy in Burma. We pledge to hold you accountable for any further bloodshed.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/

about avaaz:
Avaaz.org is a community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today. The aim of Avaaz.org is to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people shape global decisions. Avaaz.org members act for a more just and peaceful world and a globalisation with a human face.