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"Please use your liberty to promote ours."

We are a small but determined loose-knit group of Burmese exiles and allies from the United States brought together by our shared passion for the Burmese people and our democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. We engage in grassroots activism to bring the world’s attention to the desperate human rights situation in Burma, the illegal ongoing incarceration of Aung San Suu Kyi, and the obligation of the rest of the world to take meaningful action to end the tyranny of the Burmese military regime.

We welcome your support.
We need your time, your energy, your caring.
We are always looking to collaborate with other Burmese activist groups.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Day 6 for Burma: Eddie Izzard Directed by Anjelica Huston, plus Cyclone Update

Eddie Izzard, Directed by Anjelica Huston
Cyclone Update and Why Burma Needs a Million Supporters

Dear friends, 

Many, many thanks to the hundreds of supporters that have donated money to help victims of the cyclone in Burma.

Sadly, news reports are indicating that the military regime is hampering relief efforts. The headline of USA Today reads "Cyclone Aid Hurt by Junta in Burma."  It appears the regime is delaying travel visas for aid workers and letting aid supplies sit unused at airports.  Considering this is the same military regime that continues to carry out a scorched-earth war on civilians in eastern Burma that has destroyed 3,200 ethnic minority villages -- and refuses real access to aid agencies that could help -- we are not suprised.  It now appears that the death tolls have reached over 22,000 -- and perhaps up to 63,000. 
 
We have spoken with some people inside Burma and they are very angry at the military regime. Everyday Burmese are furious that the military regime turned out tens of thousands of troops to attack peaceful Buddhist monks and demonstrators in September-October 2007, but failed to adequately warn its own people of the oncoming cyclone -- a real humanitarian disaster. 
 
The regime's lack of response to the cyclone begs the question: how has the military regime gotten away with destroying Burma for so long?  If you look at our website or at www.burmaitcantwait.org, you will see that we, the Human Rights Action Center, and Fanista.com have organized a 30-day video campaign to educate Americans and others around the world about the military regime in Burma.  The goal of this campaign is to mobilize 1 million people to sign up to take action, so that the regime can no longer crush the Burmese people behind closed doors.  Just as the world came together to help free Nelson Mandela and South Africa in the 1980s, we are now organizing an effort to help Burma's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma. 
 
Today, you will see a video by comedian and actor Eddie Izzard, directed by Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston.  The powerful, moving video explains that the young people in Burma have led the effort to end military rule in Burma.  Yesterday, we posted a video by Julie Benz, which explained the military regime's attacks on civilians in eastern Burma.  You can also see four previous videos at www.burmaitcantwait.org  There will be one every day for 30 days, and today is the 6th day.

We urge you to share these videos with as many people as possible, to help people understand how and why this started in the first place.  Then, urge them to sign up for the campaign of one million.  Burma needs you. 


Sincerely,

Aung Din, Jeremy Woodrum, Jennifer Quigley, and Thelma Young

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