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JS Portugal: Burma, land of fear
Portuguese ECOSY Member Organisation Juventude Socialista dedicated an edition of their magazine to the human rights situation in Burma. To download it click here.
MJS France: Promote democracy in Burma
Press Release - September 26th 2007
At a time when the military junta has started to crush down the huge movement that is demonstrating for democracy since several days, the French Movement of Young Socialists reassert it support and it friendship with the whole democratic opposition in Burma.
As a part of the « Free Burma » campaign of European Young Socialists (ECOSY), the French Movement of Young Socialists goes on involving for democracy in Burma.
The French Movement of Young Socialists reassert it support to the struggle lead by Nobel Peace Price Aung San Suu Kyi since the quenched elections of 1990. We ask for the immediate discharge and the cancellation of all the barriers to freedom of speech and of movement.
The French Movement of Young Socialists urge the European union and France to react publicly and firmly to support democracy in Burma and to open talks with the People’s Republic of China, the main foreign supporter of the Burmese regime.
Benoît CURINIER
Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes France
JS in de PvdA send open letter to EP
TO: MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PSE, EPP AND GREEN GROUPS
SUBJECT: DUTCH YOUNG SOCIALISTS OUTRAGED BY CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BURMA
JOIN OUR ACTION FOR A FREE BURMA!
For more than nine following days, monks and other Burmese citizens have been protesting against the military junta. We are very impressed by the courage of all Burmese taking part in these peaceful and very powerful demonstrations which is calling for democratic change.
The last two day the Military Junta has been trying to brutally suppress the peaceful demonstrations, with lethal consequences. We welcome the response of the International Community condemning these brutalities.
It takes a very special kind of courage when people are willing to give up all they hold dear to them, for a democratic cause that they know is still very far away and on the short term very likely only offers them a one-way ticket to prison. However, this time, everybody seems to hold his or her breath, hoping for real democratic change this time.
Started by the monks, whom are perceived highly in Burma, the demonstrations are joined by more than 100.000 people. Therefore these demonstrations are the biggest since the uprising in 1988, which was brutally struck down by military junta, killing thousands of demonstrators. This we can not allow to happen this time!
Although we welcome the initiatives of the international community the need to intervene and help demonstrators, forcing and pressuring the military junta even harder by condemning their enforcement of power, is becoming greater.
JS in de PvdA calls upon all PSE, EPP and GUE Members of European Parliament to actively support the democratic movement in and for Burma. This can be done in several ways: address the situation in the European Parliament and act as national government or address the Burmese representation. Awareness is in this case very important, help us raise it!
We have to carefully watch the ongoing demonstrations in Burma and Socialists and Social Democrats have to respond to the violence used. Like opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi inspired us to do, we have to use our freedom to promote theirs!
Please join in our common struggle for free Burma, for more information please contact Zita Schellekens: zschellekens@js.nl.
Zita Schellekens
International Secretary JS in de PvdA
Michiel Emmelkamp
President JS in de PvdA