STATEMENTS

ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, PEOPLE’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850, Tel. 301-523-9292

A STATEMENT ON 20th ANNIVERSARY OF 8888 DAY IN BURMA
On August 8, 1988 a students’ orchestrated upheaval in the name of freedom and democracy joined by the whole nation had brought down the one party rule named Burma Socialist Programme Party in Burma. The scores of tens of thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed when the military violently responded the civil-disobedience activities nationwide by staging a coup. The brutal nature of military dictatorship rule was unmasked and contemptible. The nationwide arrests, raiding on the camps and random shootings in the peaceful demonstrations continued by the military arm might until September 18, 1988.

However, our efforts without regarding the intimidation of the dictators have never stopped. We the 8888 generation have carried on “the fighting peacock flag”, a symbol of the spearhead figure of the freedom of people in Burma until today. As a consequence, some of our student leaders were tortured, arbitrarily arrested and killed in cold-blood by the regime. Our utmost respected 8888 generation leaders like Min Ko Naing are still remained in jails. But, like William Ernest Henley had said we quote, “In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed. We are anticipated to carry on their duty. Thus, we have continued on our fight by honoring them no matter what.

On the contrary, the regime’s cruising of “fear” continues. The military junta has shamelessly ignored the will of the people – results of the 1990 elections – and instead it is on a course to legitimize its otherwise illegal rule via its seven step road map today. Also the recent “saffron revolution” in the September of 2007 was brutally crushed down killing thousands of people including the people’s highly regarded moral authority figures namely the Buddhist monks. Turning a blind eye to the cries of millions of people for help devastated by Cyclone Nargis lately, the military regime has got its self-serving constitution endorsed, of course via a rigged referendum claiming 94% victory. Both UN and UNSC both have failed to intervene the lawlessness in Burma due to the complicated red-tape that had mandated China to shut down the world’s effort to solve our nation’s crisis by using their veto powers.

But, as we have repeatedly said on that no nation, organization or even UN alone can not solve our problem but ourselves. Remember, you will never beat a system by looking at it as an outsider yourself. That is the major problem for our effort to restore freedom and democracy in Burma when the people are observing their own crisis as the outsiders. The people’s pity for Daw Suu and 8888 generation for what the regime has done to them alone will not bring the “change”. The people must follow the footsteps of the leaders who have sacrificed so much for so long. Gandhi became the great Gandhi because the people not just listened to what he said but followed his leadership as well. Another word, the people of India did what he told them to do. The dare without scare is required for them to step up the plate when they were called for. Likewise, we, first of all, need one dare generation who will rule the population definitely.

On this historical day of Burma, we especially call on the people of Burma to rise up. The military dictatorship is an epidemic disease like Cholera, malaria, smallpox and HIV/AIDS that requires a nationwide effort. Each and every citizen must get involve in it. There is no magic bullet for cure. More and more heroes are subjected to sacrifice without any solution if the people still decide to remain in “fear”. The people’s dare to square the atrocities and social injustice by following the footsteps of our 8888 generation leaders will make our effort difference. In addition, we also call on the military personnel to rise up, by reminding them with former US President Bill Clinton’s words, we quote, “FREEDOM IS NOT FOR FREE. BUT, IT HAS A CERTAIN PRICE TO PAY”. This is the time for us, the people of Burma, to fight by take advantage of the prevailing political situation that favors us to bring down the military dictatorship rule once and for all.



Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
August 8, 2008


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, PEOPLE’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850, Tel. 301-523-9292

Statement on 63rd Birthday Anniversary of Burma’s Freedom Fighter
Today, we mark the 63rd birthday anniversary of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1991 Nobel Peace Laureate) and the only Nobel laureate still held in detention (house arrest) and incommunicado until today, since her miraculous escape from a death trap on May 30, 2003, orchestrated by Than Shwe, better known as the Monks Killer in the aftermath of his brutal crackdown on the world renowned Saffron Revolution led by Buddhist monks in Burma way back in August/September 2007.

Since her return to her native land in 1988, Burma's freedom fighter has been under house arrest and incommunicado for more than a dozen years until today.

The military rulers in Burma have no interest or desire for the welfare and prosperity of the people of Burma other than to prolong their grip on power while enriching themselves since the military takeover of Burma in 1962. Lately, Than Shwe and his thugs have proved the fact that they have no concern over the people even in dire straits, drowned a nd displaced under the fury of the Cyclone Nargis, that wreaked havoc in the delta region of Burma in May 2008, killing more than a hundred thousand people and making two and a half million homeless. The vengeful ruling military despot has refused aid supplies specifically, from the United States, holding enmity on the world stalwart of democracy for supporting freedom and democracy in Burma.

Enter Ban-Ki-moon, heading the United Nations today, to spoil everything what is in store for Burma's freedom and democracy. His unwarranted and unwelcome presence at the Nay-Pyi-Daw, a remote hideout of Than Shwe and his 'snakes' in upper Burma has spoiled the game; his envoy Gambari also has stifled the momentous Saffron Revolution.

As of now, we are pretty much on our own in all aspects. Those religious leaders, ethnic minorities and the local activists in Burma and overseas, who have their relentless efforts to collect the donations for the victims must be honored. We wish them good luck to do more. Also, our salute will go to the Buddhist monks, the popular figures and the local people in Burma, who involved in helping the people in need regardless of the world’s failure to intervene. Love and sharing under the value of Buddhism spread around the nation folks. The NLD’s active involvement in helping out the people has been marked. We would like to call the whole nation to get involve in this crisis by ignoring the referendum of the ignorant regime. The wide-range international involvement in Burma eventually will give us a hope. Remember, our courage, unity and patience will be tested. Our suggestion to the people of Burma is that this is the time to fight back. Remember, Daw Suu had repeatedly said that if you really want democracy, put your own effort. Don’t wait for somebody else. You are the master of your soul. We are on o ur own to fight back the regime. We are the ones who can make up our own history by showing the world that we can achieve the international standard democracy at our own cost. Our courage, determination and unity will be tested in this battle.

While marking Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 63rd birthday anniversary today, and praying for her health and deliverance from her evil captors, we strongly urge the people of Burma at the same time, to step up and strive at their utmost by all means at their disposal to defy military rule in Burma, in unity and en masse also, most preferably exercising non-violent means – non-cooperation with the military rulers in every way possible. Burma’s endeavor for freedom and democracy would be a lost cause in case, world icon of democracy succumbs to another attempt on her life imminent and inevitable, as we believed.

At this juncture and simultaneously, we solemnly urge all patriotic military personnel and civil employees also, to follow suit and join the people in their bid for freedom and democracy and establish a representative ruling body in Burma where the rule of law takes priority as long desired by the people.



Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
June 19, 2008


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP PEOPLES’ FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850
Statement on International Human Rights Day (December 10, 1948)
On this day 59 years ago, the United Nations Organizations publicized the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guaranteeing to safeguard the birth rights of all living human beings on this earth.

Than Shwe led State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) is riddled with gross human rights abuses, while ignoring to hand over power to the elected representatives of the May 27, 1990 multi-party elections until today.

The winning party the National League for Democracy (NLD) and others were severely crushed by the military; thousands of political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo, Min Ko Naing and his close colleagues and Buddhist monks who led the September 2007 “Saffron Revolution” are still held under house arrest or in prisons today.

The military regime’s brutality on the ethnic minority groups is no news today. Their ancestral lands and villages are raided, burned, razed to the ground and ‘mined’ to prevent them from coming back, while women folk raped and men folk shot on sight; hence hundreds of thousands of ethnic people and others languishing in scores of make-shift camps on the Burma-Thailand borders today.

Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, are wielding their self-acquired veto powers and holding the helm of the United Nations, are exploiting it for their own and self-serving ends only today. They have no political will or conviction to enforce or uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guaranteeing to safeguard the freedom and right to life of all citizenry on this planet.

A case in point is Burma, today under the boot of a long ruling, ruthless and illegal military junta – hounding, arresting, torturing, imprisoning and even killing the people including the revered Buddhist monks = as abetted and protected by the veto power wielding Communist China and Russia, run by a former KGB officer today.

Not only the people but also,, the Buddhist monks themselves are ‘displaced persons’ in their own country as the Buddhist monasteries are being overrun and occupied by soldiers, while the monks flee their country, some to neighboring countries even.

The United Nations’ half-hearted measures and lack of political will or rather specific policy on Burma has culminated in added woes in the country – more people and even Buddhist monks detained, not to mention killed – today. The numerous reports tendered by Razali, Gambari and Pinheiro also, failed to ‘move’ the world body to address the chaos in Burma, much less violation of gross human rights.

The United States and others, occasionally yelling for release of Burma’s world icon of democracy and restoring peace and human rights in Burma, but lacking in vigor and purpose, holds no water also.

Until and unless, the five victors of the last Great War today holding the helm of the world body put in their political will and substantially promote, uphold, and enforce the ideals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - freedom and right to life for every human being on this earth – as guaranteed and enshrined would only be on paper and the peoples of Third World countries specifically, Burma, remain under the heels of despots in uniform or civilian attire, like today.

Hence, on this auspicious day, highlighting the birth rights of all citizenry of the world, we urge the international community led by the United Nations, specifically, the Big Five, to alleviate the plight of the people of Burma and the Buddhist monks specifically today, hounded, hunted, displaced, arrested, tortured, imprisoned and even killed.

In the words of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, we appeal on the international community and specifically, all member nations of the world body, “PLEASE USE YOUR LIBERTY TO PROMOTE OURS”.


Planning Committee
Washington DC, USA
Date December 9, 2007.


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP PEOPLES’ FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850
The Day of Infamy: September 18, 1988
Today marks as the Day of Infamy in Burma where tens of thousands of innocent people including the students, the Buddhist monks and even the fourth graders, who actively participated in the students led nationwide uprisings for freedom and democracy and brought down three successive authoritarian rules of Ne Win’s Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP), were brutally gunned down by a military regime led by the late military despot Saw Maung on this day, 19 years ago, in Burma. The Military rule was restored with a new name called State Law and Order Restoration Council SLORC, and Burma thus was felen under Defecto rule ever since then.

The SLORC promised multi-party elections and hand over power to the people. The National League for Democracy (NLD) formed on October 28, 1988, and led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1991 Nobel Peace Laureate) won the elections by a landslide (82%) victory. Saw Maung dragged his feet by stonewalling the outcome of results. The present ruling military despot Than Shwe replaced Saw Maung when the latter made his ignominious exit out of this world, as a mentally deranged or a broken man. Immediately after his death, General Than Shwe was filled in the gap and he later changed his regime’s name to State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in November 1997, and cracked down severely on the NLD, which had repeatedly called for peaceful dialogue to resolve the country’s woes.

The SPDC simply ignored the international calls to honor the results of 1990 elections and instead threw scores of elected representatives and activists more than a thousand in prisons today. It still is riddled with gross human rights abuses, forced labor, child labor, drug producing and trafficking, in addition to a party in killing former political prisoners and student activists. The corruption and graft are running rampant in the rank and file of the ruling hierarchy from Than Shwe, down to Maung Aye, Shwe Mann and all the way to the lowly private. Hence, the country’s economy is in shambles, beyond repair at the moment, leading in turn to sky rocketing daily cost of living of the citizenry at the moment.

Recently, the ignition of sky-high gas price had ignited the anger of the public, who already frustrated the regime’s failure economy, to erupt the nation’s outrage after all. As a result, the 8888 GENERATION had proven the world that the regime had no enthusiasm for democratization in Burma by sacrificing their lives in a peaceful protest calling for the regime to lower down the gas price hike that would definitely hurt the average people who already had heard times to make daily ends meet making less than $1/week. Many of their fellow activists were intimidated, harassed, attacked and illegally arrested in due course calling on the regime to bring down the sky high gas prices. The illegal searches at the houses of the activists and the arbitrary arrests of their family members including a one year ol d have been continued by the regime.

In addition, the Buddhist monks, who traditionally dared to confront the authority for the welfare of the people, have joined with the people by taking the streets in the protests of the past two weeks in the central Burmese town of Pakokku. The random beatings and tortures against the Buddhist monks, which have never been occurred though out the history of Burma even under the British colonial rule, were committed by the regime in due course. The cruelty of the most outrageous respond by the regime’s thugs, who tied the neck of the monk and dragged him down the street by a truck in public in a broad day light had ignited the outrage of the Buddhist monks all over the country t o call for the general strike on the September 17, 2007.

Regardless, the power monger Than Shwe, while looking into Thai’s constitution in details, has determined to copy Thai regime’s politic as a plan to go his legacy forward. His national convention now is over. The referendum will be announced soon. What he is going to do the first thing is to make sure the referendum, which will eliminate the results of 1990 elections, succeeds. And, he must ban NLD as an illegal or eliminate Daw Suu. Because, if NLD remains or Daw Suu alive, it is impossible for any party in Burma to beat NLD in the upcoming elections by the regime. But, it is impossible for Than Shwe to murder Daw Suu, who already is in his hand, like Thailand ’s Thaksin analogy. As a result, the outlawing of NLD is the only alternative for him to choose as a strategy. He now is definitely scrutinizing any illegal activity NLD made for sure.

The point the people and the NLD to be aware of here is that and what if the people fail to reject the referendum, which definitely will eliminate the legitimacy of the results of 1990 elections, for some reason. The survival of NLD must be our backup plan to go further. Therefore, the fight to transfer the power to the winner’s party of 1990 elections must be the people’s fight. Remember, for the citizens not fighting back against the social injustice and dictatorship in some way is pretty much like supporting them.

It is the time for the people and the patriots in the armed forces specifically, to join hands with the Buddhist monks, rise up and dislodge handful generals in Burma, in lieu of another power crazed lunatic in the form of Than Shwe, pre sently contemplating to kill Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for standing up in front of the people and leading the National League for Democracy, and preventing him from taking the top spot in the country and establishing his dynasty.

Most importantly, we strongly call on Burma’s army that this is the time for make up its role, which traditionally looked up to serve the people and protect the will and prosperity of the people of Burma. By wishing the army to go back its allegiance defending the country and the welfare of the people of Burma, we take vow to fight for the freedom of Burma side by side with them and the people of Burma in general until victory.



Planning Committee
Washington DC, USA
September 18, 2007


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP PEOPLES’ FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850
A STATEMENT ON 19th ANNIVERSARY OF 8888 DAY IN BURMA
On August 8, 1988 a students’ led upheaval in the name of freedom and democracy joined by the whole nation had brought down the one party rule named Burma Socialist Program Party in Burma. Scores of tens of thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed in due course when the military violently responded it by staging a coup. The brutal nature of military dictatorship rule was finally unmasked and contemptible. The nationwide arrests, raiding on the camps and random shootings in the peaceful demonstrations were continued by the military until September 18, 1988. However, three consecutive dictators such as Ne Win, Sein Lwin and Maung Maung were removed from the power forever, and the general elections were announced to hold in 1990, by the people of Burma. Thus, the day the victory of the people of Burma was honored as 8888.

As a result of severe repression and intimidation by the military, the students and activists were divided into two groups. One group had decided to continue on their political confrontation by way of non-violence in Burma regardless, and we, the other group were zealous to take up arm revolution by joining the arm revolutionary groups in the borders. For those who remained in Burma, some of the popular student leaders like Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Mi n Ze Yar were arrested due to their continuation of political confrontation against the regime. The rests of them carried on their fight for freedom and democracy as the activists or as the active members of political parties like National League for Democracy NLD. Their relentless effort and participation had paid off. The NLD party led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the Nobel Peace Laureates, was overwhelmingly voted by the people, to rule the country in 1990 elections. Furthermost, the United Nations General Assembly resolutions had called on the regime in Burma to honor the results of 1990’s elections ever since then.

In the borders, after coming out of the dark shadow of one party rule for twenty six years, we, the other group of students and activists were h aving hard times to adjust ourselves for the continuation of our fight in the jungles. In the long run, the reality had pushed us back to resume non-violent activities when we were migrated to the third countries via UNHCR in 1990s. Like the students in Burma we have intensified the fight for freedom of Burma as individual student activists, as the leaders of various political groups or as the active members of opposition groups overseas. By taking advantage of the better lives in the democratic countries, we have the chances to learn, to experience and to exercise the fundamental principles of freedom and democracy in a broader sense. Thus, we are very much rooted to fight for democracy and human rights in Burma by way of non-violence broadly.

The nineteen years long our, inside and overseas students, continuous and relentless efforts had become fruitful. The crisis of Burma, which was hardly known by the international community before 1988, now is under the careful scrutiny of the world’s body especially in the areas of human rights violations, labor abuses and the illegal ruling regime’s lack of enthusiasm in democr atization process. The United Nations Security Council has opened a new chapter for Burma’s crisis. The whole nation in Burma is heated up and alerted to join and to fight for the freedom of Burma side by side with the 8888 generation that was regrouped immediate after the releases of Min Ko Naing and other student detainees. In addition, the ruling infrastr ucture of the regime is totally collapsed. The mounting of corruption, skepticism and personal interests among the generals due to the political implications and the uncertainty of future has helped us to bring the dictatorship rule an end. At the same time our effort drawing international attention in Burma’s crisis is at maximum ever. Ultimately, the world has now drawn a conclusion that Burma needs to be changed.

On this historical day of Burma, we especially call on the new generation students and activists in Burma that this is the time for them to rise up and fight for the freedom of Burma, with the spirit of A FIGHTING PEACOCK reflecting the determination of our great student leader Ko Aung San. In addition, we also call on the people and the military personn el to rise up, by reminding them with former US President Bill Clinton’s words, we quote, “FREEDOM IS NOT FOR FREE. BUT, IT HAS A CERTAIN PRICE TO PAY”. This is the time for us, the people of Burma, to take advantage of the prevailing political situation that favors us to bring down the military dictatorship rule once and for all.


Planning Committee
Anti-Di ctatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
August 8, 2007


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, PEOPLE’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850, Tel. 301-523-9292

The 60th Anniversary of the Martyrs’ Day of Burma (July 19, 1947)
On this day, 60 years ago, General Aung San and his colleagues all civilians while drafting the constitution of Burma, were brutally gunned down by assassins, under the orders of U Saw, one time prime minister of Burma under British colonialist rule in the Old Secretariat Building, heavily guarded by British soldiers in downtown Rangoon, Burma. U Saw and his assassins paid for the crime with their lives when they were sent to the gallows. Burma was officially annexed by the British colonialist since 1886 afte r carting off the country’s last monarch out of his palace at Mandalay, the last capital of Burma, in November 1885, together with his family and fabulous jewels. The conspiracy of the British government’s orchestration in this assassination had remained in controversial among the people of Burma ever s ince then.

General Aung San had shown that civilians must play a vital part in the administration and development of a country. And uniformed figures have no place in a representative ruling body of democratic Burma, as evidenced by General Aung San shedding his military uniform for a civilian attire when he led the interim ruling body, and successfully drafted the constitution of Burma. However, his dream and ambition to build the democratic Burma without the military interference in the governing process had begun to fade when General Ne Win, the pioneer of < st1:place>Burma’s military dictatorship rule, had artfully manipulated the military power as the commander of Burma's army.

General Aung San’s famous words, “Army for the people” was reversed under Ne Win chanting “Army Rule” in order to avoid the split of the union of Burma. And Ne Win’s philosophy, “army is the only mother and the father of the nation”, have been put into the practice by his follow dictators until today. In fact, the current Than Shwe regime is attempting to replace Ne Win’s sugar coated pill so called “ Burmese Way to Socialism” with his “Army’s Way to Democracy” without regarding the current social, economic and political crisis that the people have been facing, via his national convention which has intentionally excluded the oppositions like NLD and has ignored the will of the ethnic minorities.

Also, the first lesson for our nation to learn from the “Martyrs’ Day” is that the army that was designed to protect the country could not build up a country and make it prosper. As a consequence, Burma’s 52m people are -facing deepening poverty as a result of its military government’s “ill-informed and outdated socio-economic policies” and “uncompromising attitude” to ethnic minorities, according to a confidential United Nations report. And the second and most vital lesson is that when a power crazed thug assassinates a capable and efficient leading figure tragedy and mayhem visit the country and people, like today in Burma. And, by learning it, we the people of Burma must protect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who is the one and only leader can bring up all the d ifferences on the table and sort them out in civilized way, narrowly escaped form the death-trap of De-pe’-yin Massacre in 2003.

On this day while remembering and observing the 60th anniversary of this tragic “Martyrs’ Day”, we call on the Burma Army of today in particular and the people in general, to put the country again on the freedom and democracy road on the right track, long derailed by oppressive military ruling bodies in the wake of Ne Win’s coup on March 2, 1962, until today.

It is the time for the people and the patriots in the armed forces specifically, to join hands with the people, rise up and dislodge handful generals in Burma, in lieu of another power crazed lunatic in the form of Than Shwe, presently contemplating to kill Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for standing up in front of the people and leading the National League for Democracy, and preventing him from taking the top spot in the country a nd estab lishing his dynasty.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
July 19, 2007


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, PEOPLE’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850, Tel. 301-523-9292

45th Anniversary Of The First Students Struggle Against the Dictatorship Rule In Burma (July 7, 1962)
The late military despot Ne Win seized the power of the parliamentary democracy rule in Burma on March 2, 1962, and threw the elected government of Prime Minister U Nu into prison. The oppositions, the left and rightwing politicians and democratic institutions were crushed down by his arm might. In response, on July 7, 1962, thousands of students of higher institutes of learning gathered in the premises of the Rangoon University and voiced their displeasure on Ne Win’s Revolutionary Council military rule. A contingent of heavily armed soldiers bivouacked at a small roundabout facing the closed main gate of the Rangoon University opened fire on the unsuspecting students shouting and condemning military rule. Hundreds of students succumbed to the random and indiscriminate murderous fire.

With a vengeance Ne Win, a dropped out student of Rangoon University, issued a demolition order for the Students Union Building - a historic landmark of Burma and monument in the annals of Burma’s students’ struggles for freedom from British colonialist rule, in the premises of the Rangoon University - exploded on the early morning of July 8, 1962, killing hundreds of students again. Since then the students deemed the Burma Army their bitter nemesis and the ruthless military junta has earned their wrath until today. Thus the dictatorship rule, unfortunately, has successfully established in Burma ever since then.

Burma has continued on a nation in crisis under the dictatorship rule. The country faces severe economic stagnation, endemic poverty, and serious health and social welfare challenges, all within a context of significant international isolation. Burma's status as an international pariah represents a global response to a history of gross human rights violations as well as the refusal of the ruling regime, to recognize the overwhelming victory of the National League of Democracy (NLD) in the 1990 elections. & lt; /SPAN>The continued detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U Tin Oo under house arrest also strengthened the people’s fears of the NLD being ultimately banned and replaced by the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) under the current dictator named Than Shwe himself in the very near future.

Meanwhile, the regime’s fear and smear campaign against NLD and 8888 generation continue. The repression against the activists and the oppositions who speak out for social injustice are more and more severe. The worst of all, the military regime, without regarding the political, social and economic crisis the people currently are facing, is attempting to legitimize its otherwise illegal rule via its oft-stalled ‘National Convention’ assembled by its cherry pick representatives and cronies.

However, the legacy of Burmese students, who always dare to challenge the social injustice, from Ko Aung San generation, 1962 generation, 8888 generation to the current generation yet to come will be flourished on earth forever. The movement of the 8888 generation and others is vivid and, waking up the whole nation to fight for their rights and justice. Their selfless sacrifice and effort for the freedom of Burma have not just been inspired by the international community but also by the people of Burma, who finally have joined them calling for the prayer’s service for the releases of Daw Suu and all political prisoners. Under their leadership, the individuals have come forward and staged their own style of protests against the social injustice everywhere in Burma. Finally their call on the regime for its national convention to be inclusive inviting all parties of concern is absolutely correct one if the regime really has a stomach to engage in the democratization of Burma.

Therefore, on this day marking the 45th anniversary of the first students struggle against the dictatorship rule in Burma, and while vowing to conclude the unfinished tasks left on us by our brother students who have given their lives while defying military rule on July 7, 1962, we strongly urge the world authority - the Secretary General of the United Nations - and the US President also, to intervene in Burma’s case substantially and effectively. Simultaneously, in solidarity with our brethren, we call on the new generation students of Burma to affect a mass mobilization like in 1988 and dislodge military rule in the country by amalgamating the whole nation to get involve.


Planning Committee
Washington DC, USA
July 7, 2007


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ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, PEOPLE’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT 1731 Redgate Farms Court, Rockville, MD 20850, Tel. 301-523-9292

Statement on 62nd Birthday Anniversary of Burma’s Freedom Fighter
On June 19, 2007, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Laureate, the leader of the winning party National League for Democracy in 1990 elections, the daughter of our nation’s father and the world’s democratic icon will turn 62. Since her lucky escape from the military regime’s attempt on her life at De-pe`-yin in upper Burma on May 30, 2003, she was held under house arrest and kept incommunicado until today. She will be quietly celebrating her birthday without her love ones at her house where she has been held under house arrest for 11 years of the last eighteen years.

As we all know, more than 50 world leaders including all three surviving former US presidents, Margaret Thatcher, the former UK prime minister, Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former President of Poland, and Kim Dae-jung, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former South Korean president released a letter demanding the regime to release Daw Suu and other political prisoners.The signatories include all three surviving former US presidents, Margaret Thatcher, the former UK prime minister, Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize Lau reate and former President of Poland, and Kim Dae-jung, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former South Korean president. The unfortunate reality had posted an opposite outcome of what the people of Burma and international community expected when the regime had quietly extended her house arrest.

Still, regardless of the international call for a democratic reform, the illegal ruling regime in Burma is in denial to democratize Burma, other than establishing a military dynasty in the country. The irony is that the military regime’s play a ‘stalling game’ with ‘time factor’ as its weapon to remain in power has been somehow encumbered due to under tremendous pressure by the neighbors in cluding China to move the way forward democratization in Burma. At the same time, for General Than Shwe as the pioneer of the USDA party, he has come to realize that there has no chance for him to win in any form of election with his party USDA that has ruined its political image by intimidating, harassing, arresting, engaging in the lawless activities and even murdering, in the case of at De-pe`-yin massacre, among the public. In response, he has no choice but to change the plan by starting to change the constitution via national convention, which leads Burma the road to nowhere. In addition, the continuation of international pressures and sanctions in combination with failure economy, hyper inflation, poverty and political repressions has hindered Than Shwe regime to keep on going.

Although she remains in under house arrest, Daw Suu’s sacrifice, dedication and determination to free our nation has realized among the people broader. By following her path, the oppositions, 8888 generation, and the local activists have openly spoken out against the social injustice. They start to perform the nationwide “free Daw Suu, prayer’s service” without regarding the severe consequence and retaliation by the regime. The “fear” becomes nothing but itself for them. By taking advantage of the regime’s crisis, the people of Burma are about to stand up and fight along with the activists like Ma Su Su Nway and the 8888 generation. And eventua lly, the “wind of change” has brew well into a perfect storm in Burma.

In conclusion, while marking Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 62nd birthday anniversary today, and praying for her health and deliverance from her evil captors, we strongly urge the people of Burma at the same time, to step up and strive at their utmost by all means at their disposal to defy military rule in Burma, in unity and en masse also, most preferably exercising Daw Suu’s non-violent politics.

At this juncture and simultaneously, we solemnly urge all patriotic military personnel and civil employees also, to follow suit and join the people in their bid for freedom and democracy and establish a representative ruling body in Burma where the rule of law takes priority as long desired by the people.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
June 19, 2007


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URGENT ACTION ALERT!!!!!!!!
The upcoming 30th is the 4th anniversary of Depeyin Massacre occurred in Burma. We are going to send a letter to the UN secretary general and send the copy to the member countries of the UN Security Council, the US Government and the US Congress.

We would like to urge the activists around the world to stage a protest in front of the UN Office demanding the secretary general to take an effective action regarding the Depeyin Massacre immediately.

Remember, our job as non-violent activists around the world is to let the world know that the atrocities and social injustices are still going g on in Burma, and that is what we keep doing. Media cooperation and sympathy of our honest and noble struggles are greatly appreciated.

“LONG LIVES DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI.” “DOWN WITH MURDEROUS DICTATORS IN BURMA”


Planning Committee
ADPFM
Date: May 3, 2007

The attache copy is the the letter we will send it to the UN Secretary General.

ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, PEOPLE’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT adpfmburma.com

Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
The United Nations
S-3800, United Nations,
New York, N.Y. 10017, USA

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

As the activists campaigning Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma dedicated to the freedom and democracy in Burma since 1988, first of all, we welcome your call for the releases of all political prisoners in Burma including our beloved leader, a Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at this early stage in your tenure as UN Secretary-General.

Unfortunately, after 4 years of the De-pe’-yin Massacre, an attempted assassination of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by the military thugs in 2003, she remained under house arrested without any significant legal charge other than a vague excuse so called “protective custody” by the military regime. Ever since then, the regime’s guarantee of her liberty to carry on with her political obligations was stalled indefinitely especially at this time while the regime was hinting the possible elections in 2008.

At the same time, her party named National League for Democracy NLD that had won a landslide victory over 1990 general elections in Burma was severely crushed down by the regime, and most of its elected representatives were either in jails or dead under the pressure of the regime. Subsequently, the international community like EU, US and the UN’s call for the releases of all political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was ignored by the regime.

On May 30, 2003, the thugs and convicts under the command and orchestration of today’s ruling junta called “State Peace and Development Council” SPDC’s prime minister, Soe Win, then Secretary (1) of the SPDC, among thousands of SPDC backed Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) members waylaid Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her followers at De-pe’-yin, in upper Burma, while on an organizing to ur of the country. Burma’s freedom fighter, the world icon of democracy and a Noble Peace Laureate narrowly escaped the death trap, while 282 members of her entourage succumbed to the murderous mob attacks. Then she and U Tin Oo, Vice Chairman of the NLD were arrested without any charges and placed them under house arrest and incommunicado until today. This “tragic episode” was well recorded by the US, and Rangoon based diplomats as a systematic premeditated attempt to assassinate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her followers.

Despite our frequent and numerous calls for justice in the form of an independent inquiry into such heinous crime, the United Nations had failed to take any action until today. What the world including us could not quite understand the UNSC under the leadership of Mr. Annan was that the world body on one hand had decided to take a substantial action on the assassination of Mr. Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon in the Middle-east, when he was bombed to pieces by the Syrian backed thugs. But, the international call for an investigation of the De-Pe’-Yin Massacre in Burma was still ignored by the UN on the other hand.

On our homefront, the epidemic of military repressions has continued on widespread assaulting and murdering prominent opposition figures, former political prisoners and student activists in public and while in detention - at the same time embarking on an “Ethnic Cleansing” drive; thousands of ethnic Karen have been forced to flee to neighboring Thailand, where they are languishing in makeshift camps on the Thai side of the borders helplessly and in despair. Despite the military regime committing mass murders and exercising ethnic cleansing drives in the country, the UN has kept on less serious mote failing in its obligation to t ake relevant and appropriate action as required on the wayward and illegal ruling military regime until today.

At the same time, the world’s super powers like EU and the US’s diplomatic measure and economic sanction against the regime in Burma have less impact due to the economic and political cooperation of China, India and the neighboring ASEAN. The unfortunate reality of the dark side of Adam Smith that has allowed the nations to exploit the weaker ones also has prolonged our nightmare to keep on longer in this regard. In addition, our final straw of Kofi Annan’s promise to change Burma by the year 2006 has gone down to the drain until after his way out of the UN.

Still, the US led world’s effort to put Burma’s agenda at UNSC table was blatantly vetoed by Russia and China that has been moving awkwardly toward the opposite way against the democratic society by supporting and assisting the military regime of Burma and other dictator s aro und the world to survive. In reality, China’s building of “hegemony” and aggressive energy consumption around the globe post an obstacle not just for the people under the dictatorship rules but for the democratic society in general as well. In our case, the future of the fifty five million people Burma rests helplessly in the hand of China at this time. This testifies the military regime’s disdain and indifference on the international community by the backing of China, not to mention a ‘slap’ on the face of the world body itself, due to UN’s passive and inconsequential role in the politics and others in this world as obvious today. And the UN’s lack of teeth in its dealings with the rogue regimes in the world has given rise to chaos, mayhems and instability among the member nations on earth, a case in point apparently is Burma today.

The melancholy of our nation is that if the UN has failed to measure the “De-Pe’-Yin Massacre”, the current “Gen. Than Shwe regime” would repeat his attempt to ‘eliminate’ Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; this time he would not bungle the job like Soe Win did back on May 30, 2003, as she had been standing tall, for her people, in his path to becoming the overall lord of Burma, which Than Shwe could only dream like today. In fact, it is imminent for Burma and the whole world to lo ose the world’s democratic icon, a Nobel Peace Laureate and our beloved leader who is the only one capable of uniting our nation to build freedom and democracy in Burma.

In conclusion, as UN Secretary-General, you seem to have no choice but to act as a spokesperson for the interests of the world's people, particularly for the inhabitants of the trouble spots. On behalf of the people of Burma and as a member nation of those unfortunate, we urge you to review the case of De-Pe’-Yin Massacre and urge the UNSC to make a case like the investigation of the assassination of Mr.Hariri within your power. Ultimately, we would like you to visit Burma and to trace back the De-Pe’-Yin Massacre collecting the facts and the witnesses within your power and scope. In addition, such effort will be a wise and pragmatic approach for you to solve the cri si s of fifty five million people living in fear of the military repression in Burma and to stop the regime with its hostile behavior against democracy and human rights.


Respectfully yours,

Arkar Soe
Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA Date: May 30, 2007


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Anti-Fascist Resistance Day in Burma
Today marks the milestone of Burma reflecting the spirit of solidarity among the people of Burma and the people’s army whenever the nation had faced a crisis. During the Second World War, the widespread of Anti-Fascist Japan sentiment, due to the hardships, brutality and poverty by the fascist rule in Burma, among the various political factions and the activists had come to a decision to put an end of the atrocity once and for all. The newly formed Burma Independence Army BIA led by our beloved hero General Aung San unanimously stood up for the people and fight against its mentor fascist Japans side by side with the people. In his famous speech General Aung San ordered his army we quote “attack the nearest enemy with whatever weapons available”, on March 27, 1945. The amalgamated force by the people along with the people’s army successfully overthrew the fascist Japan. People’s victory had prevailed at last.

Howeve r, the unity between the army and the people was at labyrinth and maze facing a new challenge after Ne Win, the pioneer of Burma’s military dictatorship, came into power on March 2, 1962. Parliament democracy rule was abolished and the politicians and the student leaders were thrown into the jails, tortured and murdered. On the contrary, the Army Way to Socialism designed to set up a dictatorship rule by Ne Win was legitimized in 1974. Thus the dark days of Burma began from then on.

Ne Win’s divide and rule theory in order to remain in power was widely and successfully implemented by his successor generals later on. And, eventually, the current dictator Than Shwe the key figure of State Peace and Development Council SPDC artfully managed to divide the army as privileged class with unlimited opportunity and the people who live in fear of the oppression and failure economy. In reality, Burma goes on to dire straits of all aspects enduring poverty, famine and epidemic diseases under SPDC rule nowadays. The plight of the ethnic minorities fleeing to the neighboring countries continues after their lands and properties are destroyed by the army. The lives of political oppositions and activists are destroyed by SPDC. The results of 1990 elections that empowered National League for Democracy NLD party to enact freedom and democracy in Burma are still ignored by the regime. To be summed up, like history repeating itself, Burma is experiencing the worst scenario of fascist rule again.

In light of these worsening situations in Burma, the oppositions, ethnic groups and activists have begun to voice out. The people’s Anti-Dictatorship sentiment is looming among the nation. The fully blown Anti-Dictatorship outrage among the nation is about to explode in Burma. The missing piece of the puzzle to solve our nation’s c risis is the people ’s army in its own definition that supposed to lead the nation in need. As the wise man said, “Walk this way to the dawn of the light”, this is the time for the army to lead the nation in search of the light for sure. That is the wake up call for the military personnel to decide and interpret how and why the army was build by General Aung San and who they are standing for. This is the time for them to abandon the fistful generals, who have dragged the country deep down to the inferno for too long. Again, this is the time for them to join with the Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement, and lead the nation to fight for the freedom of Burma.


Planning Committee
Anit-Dictatorship People’s Freedom Movement
Date: March 27, 2007


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A STATEMENT ON 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF BURMA’S HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Today marks the 19th anniversary of Burma’s Human Rights Day – a student leader named Ko Phone Maw and other five students were shot dead on this day in 1988 by the military security force while they were protesting in front of Rangoon Institute of Technology RIT in Rangoon the capital of Burma. The government’s inability to settle such heinous crime had not only post the lack of justice in Burma but also faced a confrontation between the government and the students, who finally organized the whole nation to take part in the nation wide uprising named 8888 uprising calling for democracy and human rights in Burma in 1988. Also, the day the death of the student leader Ko Phone Maw was honored as Burma ’s Human Rights Day later.

The student’s involvement in Burma’s politic began in the era of British colony rule in Burma. The death of a student leader named Bo Aung Kyaw by the British military police in a student led riot on December 20 1936 had ignited the anti British colonial rule sentiment among the students in Burma. As a result, when Ko Aung San’s generation of students made their debut after naming themselves as Thakhins (Masters), they had a strong believe and conviction that the British were not at all invincible after all and the independence of Burma was inevitable. With these obsessions in mind and after years of struggle against the British colonial rule and then the fascist Japanese for his country’s sovereignty, General Aung San, the father of a Nobel Peace Laureate and the NLD leader named Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, finally prevailed over his adversaries and wrested his country’s much desired independence from the British colonialists. Burma became a sovereign state on January 4, 1948. Ever since then, the students in Burma traditionally have stood up and fight for social injustice by sacrificing their lives.

However, our nation has faced the different kind of atrocities not by the foreign invaders but by our own kind and kin so called military dictatorship since 1960s. The brutality of Burma’s military dictatorship has been way worsened then the combination of British colonial rule and fascist Japan invaders in the past. The records of the regime’s human rights violations have kept on mounting day by day. The military government of Burma, according to the US government’s recent report, “extensively used executions, rape, torture, arbitrary detention and forced relocation of entire villages, particularly of ethnic minorities, to maintain its grip on power.” In the dark side, the world body like UN Securi ty Council’s failure to punish the regime in Burma has prolonged the suffering of people of Burma to live on with “fear”. In addition, the political and economic cooperation of Burma’s neighbors like China that had vetoed at UNSC and greedy India have proppe d up the regime to survive somehow.

In the mean time, so many heroes have continued to sacrifice their lives fighting for the freedom and democracy in Burma. The bare minimum impact of their sacrifices for the “Change” of Burma has based on the lack of collective movement anticipated by the general people of Burma. In general, anti-dictatorship movement toward victory must be carried out by the people. In order to do that the initiative of the students is crucial to marginalize the participation of all walks of life in Burma. For instance, the delay of mass mobilization in the recent protest in capital Rangoon was undoubtedly due to th e lack of collective leadership by the students, who have played major role to ignite and incite the people to get involve. In this modern day in age, since non-violent political movement is the only solution for a nation’s crisis, the student’s participation and leadership like Ko Phone Maw did 19 years ago today are required to solve our nation’s crisis absolutely.

In the same token, with honoring the fallen heroes and those who sacrificed for democracy and human rights in Burma we urge today’s generation of students to carry on the duty of their predecessors and to hold on the fight bringing about democracy and human rights over the present ruling military oligarchy in Burma that is not invincible at all and could be defeated and uprooted its current running military function and dictatorship rules once and for all. We also take a vow to fight for democracy human rights in Burma side by side with the new generation students in Burma until our mission is accomplished.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship People’s Freedom Movement
Date: March 13, 2007


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A STATEMENT ON PEASANTS DAY IN BURMA
Peasants Day in Burma is a milestone of Burma with an aim to honor the peasants who have been playing the most important role in Burma’s history. Ever since the very beginning of Burma’s history in the 11 century, the peasants served not only the major contributor of country’s major economy, but also the defenders of the monarchy served as the voluntary soldiers of the divine kings. Also, during the struggles of Burma’s independence in the early 40s, they had participated actively and bravely in the fighting against the Japan Fascist rule under the leadership of General Aung San the father of a Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the founder of today’s Army in Burma. In addition, after the parliamentary democratic rule was well established, immediately after the independence in 1948, Burma not only became the rice silo of Asia, but also the richest nation there because of their hard-working people and patriotism.

Unfortunately, Burma’s parliamentary democracy was abdicated by General Ne Win, who staged a coup on March 2, 1962, which is the same day of Peasants Day in Burma. The people of Burma lived in fear under the dark s hadow of military repression and dictatorship ever since then. The civil war campaign against the ethnic groups by the regime displaced many ethnic minority peasants after their lands and properties were destroyed or confiscated. Nowadays, the apprehensive life style of them has faced a new challenge for the peasants, who are hit the hardest for the failed economy by the regime. Their right to choose the crops they want to cultivate and to sell them to whomever they please have been encumbered by the regime. Eventually, they were forced to cultivate the selected crops to sell them at the imposed prices by the regime, which are too low to make ends meet for their daily life. Sometimes, their land was confiscated by the regime at its will. The peasants are subject to pay v arious kinds of tax by the local authorities and the regime itself. The worst part of all was that they were conscripted as forced labors or porters to carry military equipment and ammunition in the war zones.

Due to their baneful disposition and hardship they are facing under the dictatorship rule, the peasants like any other citizens might want a political change in Burma. Still, they are traditionally conservative and skeptic to the intellectual leadership that sometimes posts the lack of pragmatics for them. At the same time, the paternalistic face to face relations that peasants have with landowners, so called “dyadic relations,” and the lack of organized protests and communication with other civic organizations also reduce their political power in general. However, i f they are set to fight along with the mobilized movements, the victory is inevitable. In addition, since Burma still is an agricultural state with 70% peasant population, the peasant’s participation in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma is crucial. This is the major reason that NLD marks its symbol “ Kha Mauk” the bamboo hat of farmers' signaling the peasants what it stands for and who it is fighting for.

The current irony between the regime that is determined to go on the “Army’s Way to Democracy” via referendum, once the draft constitution is completed in its national convention at the end of this year, and the activists like 8888 generation, who have been fighting for freedom and democracy in Burma since 1988. This has posted a defining moment for them to jump in Burma’s political crisis. Last week’s protest, initiated by the youths in the capital Rangoon, became a larger crowd when the local people joined in. This has proved that the people of Burma want a “change” for sure. Also, it is the time for the peasants to turn the page that has hurt them through poverty, famine and epidemic diseases without proper medical treatments. Restoring the freedom and democracy in Burma is the only hope for them to live on their lives with pride and dignity to which they deserve.

At this opportune moment marking the anniversary of Peasants Day in Burma we urge the peasants to communicate with the oppositions especially with the 8888 generation, to be vigilant on the current politics of Burma and to join the ADPFM that is the only mechanism to bring down the dictatorship and to restore freedom and democracy in Burma with an aim to reestablish Burma not only as the rice silo, but also the richest nation of Asia. To our part, we vow to fight for freedom and democracy in Burma along with the peasants until victory.


Planning Committee
ADPFM
Date: March 2, 2007


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STATEMENT ON 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNION DAY IN BURMA
Today marks the 60th anniversary of Union Day in Burma. Our national hero General Aung San and the ethnic nationality leaders overwhelmingly assented to sign the Panlong Agreement on 12 February 1947 in Panlong, Southern Shan State. Based on the facts that reflected peace, harmony, equality and mutual respect of each others rights, the people of Burma and the ethnic nationalities were determined to unite and fight for the independence of Burma together from that day on. Edifying the Panglong spirit or the union spirit among the nation Burma was determined to comprehend our main goal to build a federal union of Burma for better or worse.

Over sixty years, Burma’s union spirit should be flourished based on love, sharing, harmony and equality a mong the citizens of Burma. Instead, the tainted union spirit had mushroomed among the nation ever since the emergence of Ne Win’s military dictatorship rule in the wake of 1960s. By carrying on with the divide and rule theory, his successors, the current ruling figures of State Peace and Development Council SPDC regime, artfully managed to divide ethnic groups as pro-SPDC groups that gained privilege and economic concessions and anti-SPDC groups whose survival was under threat by the army recent years. The politicians, the student leaders and the youths were divided as well. Th e dream to build federal union of Burma had becom e a nightmare under the dictatorship rule ever since then.

At the same time Burma has kept on going toward the dire strait of all aspects enduring poverty, famine and epidemic diseases under SPDC rule. The people in Burma continue to live in fear under the repressive rule. The lives of political oppositions and activists are destroyed by SPDC. The results of 1990 elections that empowered National League for Democracy NLD party to enact freedom and democracy in Burma are still ignored by the regime. Among the midst of the besetting fortune instead of building trust among the nation, anger, hate and bigotry with pointing fingers each others have plagued Burma. The worst of all, we the nation of Burma lost sight of our real enemy that has deluded our main goal.

On this historic day, we would like to call on the ethnic groups and the Burmese people to unite. This is the time for the revolutionary groups of all ethnics to form a united front with an aim to do their part to restore freedom and democracy in Burma. It also is timely true that we the people of Burma must restore our Union Spirit and unite to fight for our freedom by utilizing international pressure that is heating up on the regime at present. In addition, this is the time for the people of Burma to join the movements of 88 generation defeating the regime to transfer the power to NLD that will guarantee us to flourish our life, liberty and pursue of happiness. At the same time, we take a vow to keep on our fight side by side with the people of Burma until our dream to restore freedom and democracy in Burma comes true.


Planning Committee
Date: February 12, 2007


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Statement on 59th Anniversary of Burma’s Independence
On January 4, 1948, Burma officially proclaimed its independence from British colonialist rule. Our late ‘architect of Burma’s independence’ and today’s ‘founder of Burma Army’, General Aung San headed the Anti-Fascist, People’s Freedom League, and used it as his leverage in demanding independence from the British. Fearing General Aung San and the people of Burma united under the flag of AFPFL the British colonialists have no choice but to surrender sovereignty of Burma back to the people, which they have grabbed by armed might in November 1885.

Thus, Union of Burma was formed and democratically elected representatives took charge the country. The prosperity and natural resources rich Burma had become the richest nation in Asia. Also, Burma was known as the rice silo Asia. The people from the neighboring countries especially the people from Thailand, Bangladesh, China and India came into Burma looking for their better lives.

However, the young democracy and a fragile union hindered by the various factions and separatists had signaled Dictator Ne Win to grow his own seed successfully by staging a coup in 1962. In additions, all the democratic institutions were abolished, the politicians who refused to cooperate with him were thrown into the jails, those politicians especially the leftwing politicians who supported his “Burmese Way to Socialism” were praised well until the looming of his dictatorship rule twenty six years later.

Ne Win’s grip on power and posterity was thus assured and he led the people down the road to nowhere, like the Pied Piper of Hamlin had led the rats down the ravine to their death in the river, in a poem learned during our high school days.

Finally, the people belatedly woke up out of their stupor and rose up against his one party quasi-military rule on August 8, 1988 (8-8-88) led by the students. Ne Win made his ignominious exit out of the political spotlight of Burma abruptly and for good.

At the same time the fully blown dictatorship has kept on growing by replicating itself one dictator after another such as Sein Lwin, Maung Maung, Saw Maung, Khin Nyunt and Than Shwe today. As a result, Than Shwe’s task to do a facelift of Ne Win’s Burmese Way to Socialism in 1974 to become Army’s Way to Democracy is about to be implemented via the regime’s current national convention.

Due to the prevailing circumstances, we the people of Burma must fight for the restoration of freedom and democracy in Burma in order to enjoy the real independence of Burma. The first and fundamental step for us to begin is to stop the regime’s national convention by all means possible knowing that the duped regime is set to repeat Ne Win’s 1974 referendum no matter what. The fallacy of army’s way to democracy will lead the people all the way down to inferno sooner or later if we fail.

Especially on this day, we would like to urge the people of Burma, including ethnic groups, opposition alliances, students and military personnel to unite and fight for their freedom and democracy which they have lost since 1962. To our part, we take a vow to keep on our fight for freedom and democracy of Burma side by side with the people of Burma.


Democratic Burmese Students Organization
Central Committee
Washington DC, USA
Date January 4, 2007.


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A STATEMENT ON 44TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIN KO NAING BIRTHDAY
Min Ko Naing meaning "Conqueror of King" came out of closet as a popular student leader during 1988, and has become one of the most famous persons in Burma. Min Ko Naing's interest in politics began at the Rangoon Arts and Science University in the mid-1980's where he studied Zoology. During his student years, he was an active member of the arts club, where he enjoyed reading, writing poems and drawing cartoons, especially satirical ones.

Min Ko Naing became the leader of All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), a nationwide student union to oppose 26 years long military repressive rule. The student union has largely contributed to the 8888 uprising, during which millions of people marched on the streets, protesting against the one party rule by military dictatorship and calling for democracy. Unfortunately, the regime responded it with brutal force killing t ens of thousands of innocents lives.

In the past, Burma had a student leader named Ko Aung San, who had become an activist exploring to fight for the independence of Burma from British colonialism, coming out of the Rangoon University as well. The political culture and contemporary struggle in the third world nations in those days favored him to carry out his revolution via arm might. Finally, his leadership and commitment carried out his mission complete, and thus he became our national hero.

Coincidently, we have seen Min Ko Naing a soft spoken, kind and a perfect gentleman walking on the same path of Ko Aung San on his own style. Immediately after his release of more than a decade long term imprisonment, in the people’s eyes, Min Ko Naing, Burma’s second most popular leader, who is determined to continue his commitment to free Burma by way of non-violence endorsed by our national leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, will undoubtedly lead the nation to fight for the freedom of Burma. In turn, he has showed his ability not just to put his fellow 8888 generation together but also the people of Burma as a whole evidently. As a result, Min Ko Naing has gained the world’s recognition by winning awards and honors. The appropriateness has never been a question for us to compare him with Ko Aung San the architect of Burma’s independence. This is how we were proud to have him as our leader.

However, the recent arbitrary arrests of Ko Min Ko Naing and four other student leaders by the regime has caused a political setback prevaricating democratization of Burma via national reconciliation. It is crystal clear that the regime is in denial of dialogue with democratic forces and Min Ko Naing’s relentless effort of peaceful transition to democratize Burma. The credibility of the regime’s enthusiasm to engage dialogue also has ruined for such arbitrary arrests especially at this time while the international community including the UNSC is scrutinizing its each and every move. Unfortunately, the regime has without a doubt showed what it is and where it is heading to.

Sadly, in the dark side of a cell, Min Ko Naing will be quietly celebrating his 44th birthday for sure. One thing he might not know immediately is that, his fellow 8888 generation both inside and overseas in combination with the people of Burma will celebrate and honor his birthday by vowing to continue the fight for freedom of Burma side by side with 8888 generation, whom he loves dearly.

On this important day, we would like to urge the 8888 generation overseas, who are spread out all over the world without noticing how powerful we are. We have a better chance to do more for our country if we are organized and united. Our solid voice and force can bring down the military dictatorship rule in Burma no doubt. And, this is the time for us to act knowing none of us is going to give up or give in.

Also we would like to urge the people of Burma to join in and to participate all the political movements and leadership of the 8888 generation in Burma. At the same time, we take a vow to continue our fight side by side with 8888 generation led our beloved leader Min Ko Naing until victory.


Planning Committee
ADPFM
Date: October 18, 2006


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The Danger of a Vampire Regime in Burma and its Vampire-rized Followers
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a vampire is thought to be in popular legend, a blood-sucking creature. It is supposedly the restless soul of a heretic, a criminal or a suicide victim that leaves its burial place at night – often in the form of a bat – to drink the blood of human. By daybreak, it must return to its grave or to a coffin filled with its native earth. Its victims then become vampires after death. Although the belief in vampires was widespread over Asia and Europe, it was primarily a Slavic and Hungarian legend with reports proliferating in Hungary from the years 1730 to 1735.

It is not – at least for the people of Burma – a myth but a reality. The vampires in their own names as army generals, under the military rule in Burma, are wandering around in their political graveyard named SPDC. The ordinary people – ethnic groups and the opposition – in Burma have lived in fear of ‘vampire-bite’ for almost two decades. Unfortunately, some of them have been inevitably bitten and have become vampires themselves under various names, such as the USDA members, the ceasefire groups and some ex-NLD members, turning themselves into businessmen and so forth.

But these vampires don’t stop there. They have the ability to wield influence around the world in looking for victims: like the power-addicts, money-hungry opposition people, greedy politicians, fatigued or overzealous politicians, political dropouts, etc. Some of them are intellectuals, successful businessmen and effective media personnel. Once they are imbued, based on their weaknesses, they become victims going through the bloodsucking process by the vampire generals of Burma. Thus, these people themselves have turned into vampires.

In a case to be noted: one can recall that a DEA officer of the US had become a lobbyist working hard for the regime in Burma towards gaining a ‘normal relationship’ with the US. Some well-known activists helping in the pro-democracy cause in Japan had turned pro-junta also after they paid a visit to Burma. A former activist (who previously resided in the US), and who considers himself the ‘reincarnation’ of our national hero general Aung San, has been making a fool of himself lately by lobbying for the regime. Some of the sons of Burma’s popular politicians in the past, and residing in the US, have also turned themselves pro-junta under vampirization by the regime. We have also learnt that a media lady and a successful businesswoman of Burmese nationality residing in the US, met and shook hands with the former general Khin Nyunt, in the good old days. The relationship between Khin Nyunt and Mr. Razali, the UN envoy to Burma, smelled fishy fo r the world’s community, in the past. The toppled Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin, was on Khin Nyunt’s list as well. Ultimately, the son of our national hero has become the most outspoken critic of his own sister, our leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

To make our case, in brief, it is now crystal clear that Thant Myint-U – a western-educated son of one of those victims we have mentioned above, and grandson of another of our beloved heroes, U Thant, a former Secretary General of the UN – is marching towards the Army’s Way to Democracy, side by side and in step with the vampire generals. His recent article in The New York Times September 29 issue has made the world’s efforts to free the fifty million people in Burma look like a joke.

Even worse, the oxymoronic, bizarre twist subjecting to eclipse the UN Security Council’s effort to do the right thing for the people of Burma is looming among the critics of Burma’s politics when they learned that the Under Secretary of the UN, Mr. Gambari, is taking serious advice from Thant Myint-U to solve Burma’s crisis.

In conclusion, we the opposition members overseas, need to let the world know who the vampires are and who are not, to the best of our ability. We must protect the people including Mr. Gambari, from getting ‘vampire-bite’. Finally, we have to demand the world body to ‘invent’ an antidote for the ‘vampire-bite’ before we witness freedom and democracy in Burma. Then we will use it as vampire exterminator to eliminate the vampirization in order that they do not hamper the democratic process: a process to be fully exercised by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD leadership in Burma, in the very near future.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship People's Freedom Movement in Burma
Date: October 10, 2006


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Statement on the Eighteenth Anniversary of National League for Democracy
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the formation of National League for Democracy (NLD) party that was determined to fight for the freedom and democracy in Burma. Ever since the beginning of its debut, NLD has firmly stood up and fight for its promise. In response, with their desire and compassion to restore freedom and democracy in Burma, the people of Burma overwhelmingly supported NLD by voting it with all their hearts in the 1990 elections eventually. As a result, NLD has gained unanimous support not just from the people i n Burma but also from the world including ASEAN that has began to join hand with the world in this case. Subsequently, the UN reflecting its general assembly resolutions since 1993 has been constantly calling for the regime in Burma to honor the results of 1990 elections until today.

However, NLD’s road to democracy has always faced hardships and obstacles. By using its predecessor Ne Win’s rule, which had managed to destroy one of the most popular parties like Burma Communist Party in those days and the Legacy of U Nu administration in a short period of time, the regime in Burma has conducted the same operations against NLD as well. The tactics such as- detaining the NLD leaders like U Aung Shwe, U Tin Oo and Daw Suu, shutting down the NLD offices, dividing between the people and NLD, conducting of negative smear campaigns against NLD via its own media outlet, executing, harassing and arresting of the active members of NLD – by the regime are the major obstacles facing NLD today. At the same time, the lack of ruling infrastructure, mismanagement, corruption and the state run economy by the military dictatorship like other dictatorships all over the world have hit hurt the people of Burma enduring poverty, epidemic diseases and hopelessness for more than four decades.

Though, NLD, unlike those oppositions destroyed by Ne Win rule, manage to continue its adroit efforts for the people without regarding any indignant disposal by the regime for almost two decades. With its benevolent leadership and allegiance to fight for democracy by bringing about coalescing the unity of the whole nation, NLD still stands tall confronting the harsh punishments and intimidations by the regime until this day in age such a critical time while the whole world including the UNSC is loosing its patience for the regime’s human rights violations and hostile behavior against the democratic forces. In addition, the world has drawn a conclusion that NLD will never be destroyed physically or mentally by the regime after all. NLD earns the respect and cooperation of the people in Burma absolutely.

In speaking of the critical time, this is the time for the people to raise the momentum of the third party movement that must consolidate the people of Burma and demand the regime to release the world's beloved leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and to honor the results of 1990 elections followed by the transferring the power to NLD ultimately. At the same time, the delusion questioning the leadership of NLD must be removed from our mind. The battle will be a “Dogfight” no doubt when we fight with the worst evil regime in the world with its stone-aged bunker mentality. But under the intervention and leadership of NLD in line with the people’s decorous respect, cooperation and communication in the stage chaos, Burma’s dream of freedom and democracy will come tru e in the long run.

On this crucial day of Burma, we take a vow to fight for the freedom of Burma side by side with the people in Burma until victory.


Planning Committee
ADPFM
Date: September 27, 2006


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The Day of Infamy: September 18, 1988
We mark this day as the Day of Infamy in Burma where tens of thousands of innocent people including the students, the Buddhist monks and even the fourth graders were brutally gunned down by a military oligarchy self-dubbed the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) led by the late military despot Saw Maung on this day, 18 years ago, in Burma.
On August 8, 1988, the people of Burma led by the students participated in the nationwide uprisings for freedom and democracy and brought down three successive authoritarian rules of Ne Win’s Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP).
Seizing this opportune moment, the power vacuum in the midst of the upheavals, a military oligarchy dubbed the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) led by then General Saw Maung staged a coup after killing tens of thousands of innocent and peacefully demonstrating people, on September 18, 1988. Burma fell under Defecto rule ever since then.
The SLORC promised multi-party elections and hand over power to the people. The National League for Democracy (NLD) formed on October 28, 1988, and led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1991 Nobel Peace Laureate) won the elections by a landslide (82%) victory. Saw Maung dragged his feet by stonewalling the outcome of results.
The present ruling military despot Than Shwe replaced Saw Maung when the latter made his ignominious exit out of this world, as a mentally deranged or a broken man. Immediately after his death, General Than Shwe was filled in the gap and he later changed his regime’s name to State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in November 1997, and cracked down severely on the NLD, which had repeatedly called for peaceful dialogue to resolve the country’s woes. The SPDC simply ignored the international calls to honor the results of 1990 elections and instead threw scores of elected representatives and activists more than a thousand in prisons today.
The SPDC military regime is riddled with gross human rights abuses, forced labor, child labor, drug producing and trafficking, in addition to a party in killing former political prisoners and student activists. Corruption and graft are running rampant in the rank and file of the ruling hierarchy from Than Shwe, down to Maung Aye, Shwe Mann and all the way to the lowly private. Hence, the country’s economy is in shambles, beyond repair at the moment, leading in turn to skyrocketing daily cost of living of the citizenry at the moment.
The most heinous of all was Than Shwe’s attempt to murder Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at De-pe`-yin in upper Burma on May 30, 2003, while she was on an organizing tour of the country. Today’s SPDC prime minister Soe Win orchestrated and headed the murder plot, using thugs from the so-called Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) headed by Than Shwe himself and three dozen hard core convicts promised with cash incentives and freedom.
However, Soe Win bungled the job and Burma’s freedom fighter and world icon of democracy escaped a certain death, due to more than two hundred NLD youth members and others sacrificing their lives in defending their leader’s life during the murderous melee. However, she and U Tin Oo, Vice Chairman of the NLD were taken into closed custody for more than a hundred days and they were placed under house arrest and remaining incommunicado until today.
Since then the international community has called for an independent investigation into the murders and her release, which the regime ignored until today. Even the US President and the United Nations Secretary General’s calls for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest were blatantly ignored by Than Shwe, causing an international outrage and uproar lately
General Than Shwe has kept on his predecessor Ne Win’s dream to establish Burma as a military dominated state until eternity. He has recently moved his capital dubbed the Nay-Pyi-Daw to Kyat-Pyay, a remote area near Pyin-ma-na, in central Burma where he has dug in and established a Command Center. At the same time he has put in place all the mechanisms relevant and warranted, to suit his purpose.
First and foremost, he has sidelined his long time contemporary and colleague Khin Nyunt, who was deemed a moderate and viable especially, in the international arena. Then he placed his lackeys, all hardliners like him in key positions, the likes of Shwe Mann, Thein Sein, Soe Win etc. and severely cracked down on the NLD. The NLD members and sympathizers were forced to quit their posts and party en masse under threat of loss of livelihood and life, while the NLD offices were ordered closed all over the country. This was only a ploy on the part of the military despot to weaken the popular and elected party, with a further view to ban it from the political scene of Burma altogether, while at the same time holding the two top leaders under house arrest and incommunicado.
Today, the regime has publicized that it is reconvening the oft stalled National Convention - which we the world community assumed it as a ‘sham show’ due to the absence of the members of the most popular and legitimate party, the NLD - participated by handpicked lackeys, in a month from now. This is its first step on his road to nowhere, though the regime called it the Seven Step Road Map for democratization of Burma. The regime has hoped to forge a military dominated ‘constitution’ out of the sham show, which he would ‘ram’ down the throats of the people, using his minions in the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), in a referendum. At this time, it would not dare to call for a vote as he has learned a lesson in 1990, where the people overwhelming voted for the NLD instead o f the military backed party. The orchestrated referendum, like Ne Win artfully hoodwinked the people in 1974 allowing him and his military dominant party to rule the country, would render Than Shwe regime with the same result.
If this would come to pass, Burma would be only a military dominated country and a satellite state of China, if not in addition to Russia and Japan, presently propping up Than Shwe’s regime and in his ploys for the eternal domination of Burma unfortunately.
In this view, and on this 18th anniversary ‘day of infamy’, we urge the international community led by the United States, the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also, to condemn and criticize Than Shwe’s ploys for the eternal military rule in Burma and publicize an ultimatum in consensus also, on the Burmese military regime to cease all hostilities on the NLD and simultaneously make it known that, any outcome of the National Convention (sham show) would be deemed null and void as the result of the non-inclusion of the members of the legitimate and popular NLD, in the rag-tag convention going to be held at Nyaung-hna-pin, out of Rangoon, Burma next month.
Most importantly, we strongly call on Burma’s army that this is the time for make up its role, which traditionally looked up to serve the people and protect the will and prosperity of the people of Burma. By wishing the army to go back its allegiance defending the country and the welfare of the people of Burma, we take vow to fight for the freedom of Burma side by side with them and the people of Burma in general until victory.


Planning Committee
Washington DC, USA
September 18, 2006


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A STATEMENT ON 18th ANNIVERSARY OF 8888 DAY IN BURMA
On August 8, 1988 a students’ portended upheaval in the name of freedom and democracy joined by the whole nation had brought down the one party rule named Burma Socialist Programme Party in Burma. Scores of tens of thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed when the military violently responded it by staging a coup. The brutal nature of military dictatorship rule was unmasked and contemptible. The nationwide arrests, raiding on the camps and random shootings in the peaceful demonstrations continued by the military arm might until September 18, 1988. As a consequence, the students and activists were divided into two groups. One group had decided to continue non-violent activities in Burma regardless, and we, the other group were zealous to take up arm revolution by joining the arm revolutionary groups in the borders.

For those who remained in Burma, some of the popular student leaders like Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Min Ze Yar were arrested due to their continuation of political confrontation against the regime. The rests of them carried on their fight for freedom and democracy as the activists or as the active members of political parties like National League for Democracy NLD. Their relentless effort and participation had paid off. The NLD led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the Nobel Peace Laureates, was overwhelmingly voted by the people, to rule the country in 1990. Furthermost, all the United Nations General Assembly resolutions regarding Burma had called on the regime in Burma to honor the results of 1990’s elections ever since then.

In the borders, after coming out of the dark shadow of one party rule for twenty six years, we, the other group of students and activists were having hard times to adjust ourselves for the continuation of our fight in the jungles. In the long run, the reality had pushed us back to resume non-violent activities when we were migrated to the third countries via UNHCR in 1990s. Like the students in Burma we have intensified the fight for freedom of Burma as individual st udent activists, as the leaders of individual political groups or as the active members of opposition groups overseas. By taking advantage of better lives in the democratic countries, we have a chance to learn, to experience and to exercise the fundamental principles of freedom and democracy in a broader sense. Thus, we are very much rooted to fight for democracy and human rights in Burma by way of non-violence broadly.

The eighteen years long our, inside and overseas students, continuous and relentless efforts had become fruitful. The crisis of Burma, which was hardly known by the international community before 1988, now is knocking on the United Nations Security Council’s doors. The whole nation in Burma is heated up and alerted to join in our fight. The ruling infrastructure of the regime is totally collapsed. Th e mounting of corruptions, skepticism and personal interests among the generals due to the political implications and uncertainty has helped us to bring the dictatorship rule an end. At the same time our effort drawing international attention in Burma’s crisis is at maximum ever. Ultimately, the world has now drawn a conclusion that Burma needs to be changed.

On this historical day of Burma, we especially call on the new generation students and activists in Burma that this is the time for them to rise up and fight for the freedom of Burma, with the spirit of A FIGHTING PEACOCK reflecting the determination of our great student leader Ko Aung San. In addition, we also ca ll on the people and the military personnel to rise up, by reminding them with former US President Bill Clinton’s words, we quote, “FREEDOM IS NOT FOR FREE. BUT, IT HAS A CERTAIN PRICE TO PAY”. This is the time for us, the people of Burma, to take advantage of the prevailing political situation that favors us to bring down the military dictatorship rule once and for all.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
August 8, 2006


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ASEAN’S QUANDARY: ACT NOW OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES LATER!
The regional grouping’s patience on Burma is at a breaking point today. Its frustration with the Burmese junta is not certainly due to the regime’s refusal to engage in a dialogue with the opposition alliances, but because of its western counterparts’ call to act ‘sensibly’ in unraveling the existing political limbo in Burma. The ASEAN ministers are expected to come up with a certain ’position’ in hand for the military rulers in Burma, to field at the next ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur later this month, to quote the ASEAN secretary general Ong Keng Yong’s concerns over the present lack luster image of the grouping in the eyes of the international community.

“To kick or not to kick Burma out” is the vexing question for the regional grouping to answer today. The ASEAN members have said aloud and a lot about confronting the Burmese regime for its horrendous human rights abuses and nil desire to democratize the country. On the contrary, when they face the rogue generals in person, they ‘melt’. Hence, the ASEAN’s credibility and resolve is reduced to only food for ‘joking’ among the world community. Moreover, the regional grouping’s exercise of ‘non-interference policy’ on the one hand and a xerox copy of pre-World War Two British Prime Minister Chamberlain’s ‘appeasement engagement’ on Hitler’s regime on the other today, have harbored ‘international embarrassment’ for awkwardly failing to meet today’s realities in this world.

On another perspective, the Burmese military regime, other than making the lives of 50 million plus people of the country miserable and gaining a diplomatic shield for its all evil designs, has achieved nothing also, apart from squandering Burma’s invaluable natural resources and assets and huge cheap labor, exploited by the likes of the member nations of ASEAN like Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and others. Thailand is primarily responsible for all the chaos prevailing in Burma for sponsoring the rogue regime into the regional grouping in the first place, without weighing the consequences. Today, the military regime in Burma is running amok in the region, bullying the neighborhood, while retaining its grip on power; no thanks to Thailand and the ASEAN for providing cover and the shield.

Since Ne Win’s coup in 1962, the stone-age mentality and bullying nature of the Burmese generals surfaced in Burma, as evidenced by encroaching on Bangladesh soil, numerous invasions of Thai territory and backing the Naga and Mizo insurgencies, fighting against the Indian government for more than four decades. Thai king’s projects and plantations were shelled by the regime’s forces in answer to Thai Army operations against Wa drug runners under the aegis of the military regime in Burma. However, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has fattened his purse considerably, gaining trade concessions from the military regime in Burma, in return for his ‘cooperation’. In addition, Thai economy improved also, exploiting cheap Burmese labor and the country’s resources, as a result of Thaksin cooperating with and defending the Burmese ‘bullies’ in uniform from international criticisms.

But, the Burmese military regime has never considered Thailand or ASEAN as a friend. Like an age old saying, "A friend in need is a friend indeed", the regime in Burma has already found a friend in North Korea indeed. They are both in the same boat, bullying their own people while defending themselves. Burmese generals undoubtedly admired the North Korean Kim Jong Il for standing up against the United States and wished they could do the same. But, obviously, they are not as strong as the North Korean despot. Hence, the regime hunts for nuclear technology from Russia, China or North Korea.

According to sources, the regime had sent secret missions to Pyongyang starting in November 2000. In turn, a high-level North Korean delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Park Kil-yon paid a visit to Rangoon, where it met the regime's Deputy Defense Minister Khin Maung Win and reportedly discussed defense-industry cooperation. Later, the regime’s nuclear ambition and its secret nuclear power plants in Burma surfaced in the news. These rumors hold somehow true because the cash-strapped North Korea and Burma regime’s nuclear ambition, plus sharing the same value, would meet at a certain point no doubt. As a result, Burma would definitely come to possess nuclear power in the very near future.

Inevitably, if this comes to pass Thailand and neighboring countries in the ASEAN would be held responsible, when the military regime in Burma joins the ‘axis of evil’ and endangers the region as a whole. And in any case, the international community also, is under obligation to preempt such a venture and restrain the Burmese junta before it goes any further.

The United States, as the stalwart of democracy and defender of freedom, is counteracting the Burmese military bullies’ in many ways and forms citing human rights abuses and others. Lately, the United States Congress has renewed and imposed its far reaching and biting economic sanctions and others – total ban on all imports from Burma, freezing of assets of junta leaders and their families, visa bans, ban on loans from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund - for refusing to free Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Of course, economic sanctions alone sans substantial measures would in no way serve to affect regime change in Burma. However, it would certainly restrict the regime’s source of income, and in turn adversely affect its military buildup capacity. The military regime is spending almost half its annual GDP on military buildup and has increased its troop level from 300,000 to nearly half a million today. This huge armed force has only one purpose, to destroy the opposition alliances, dissents and ethnic groups – Shan, Karenni, Chin, Kachin, Arakan, Mon - and mostly Karens, who are under vicious attacks today and kicked out of the country to neighboring Thailand. As a result, the regime’s atrocities have finally sounded alarms, and compelled the UN to take action.

Whenever Burma’s crisis reaches the international arena, the UN only lessens the gravity of the situation by simply sending envoys on fact finding missions to Burma, which normally and routinely downplay the actual facts and calamities occurring in the country. This in turn serves only the interests of the bullying regime and dims the plight of the people of the country.
vIn this light, the UN should play its part well and vigorously also, in the case of Burma, in place of issuing unsubstantial and unbinding resolutions periodically, in order to close a dismal chapter in the country’s history, and help open a prosperous and free one, in one of its member nations, currently wanting and deserving of the world body’s initiative and protection like all nations on this earth, at the moment and now.

Firmly believing that concerted and coordinated efforts of the international community alone could bring down the bullying Burmese military regime, while US measures alone will not end the Burmese generals’ brutal rule also, we call on the ASEAN, EU and the UN combine and pool their effective efforts and dislodge military rule in Burma. Kicking Burma out of the regional grouping only will not serve the purpose of deterring the Burmese regime’s threat on regional safety and security. The regional grouping also, should work hand in hand with the United States to push Burma’s agenda in the United Nations Security Council, which has the obligation to issue a substantial and binding resolution that will bring the curtain down on military rule in Burma.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s comments that ‘neighboring countries’ part in resolving Burma’s problems is vital’ holds true and far-reaching also, in light of the prevailing circumstances as at present.

Earlier this month, North Korea flexing its muscles and launching a series of missiles over Japan lately only seem to threaten a staunch ally of the United States. In case, the Burmese military regime acquires weapons of mass destruction, courtesy of the North Koreans, it would certainly spell doom for the safety and security of the whole region, since Burma is located in the heart of Asia. And the ASEAN also would be held hostage by the Burmese military regime first and foremost.
vIn this view, it is vital that ASEAN works hand in hand with the US led coalition to first contain the rogue regime in Burma and ultimately ban it into oblivion, courtesy and per kind favor of the UN Security Council. This unified effort on the part of the ASEAN with the international community led by the UN will greatly help preserve democracy and freedom in the region and particularly enhance the aspiration of the 50 million plus people of Burma, long dreaming for their freedom and democracy.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
USA
Date: July 20, 2006


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The 59th Anniversary of the Martyrs’ Day of Burma (July 19, 1947)
On this day, 59 years ago, General Aung San and his colleagues all civilians while writing the future constitution of Burma, were brutally gunned down by assassins, under the orders of U Saw, one time prime minister of Burma under British colonialist rule in the Old Secretariat Building, heavily guarded by British soldiers in downtown Rangoon, Burma. U Saw and his assassins paid for the crime with their lives when they were sent to the gallows. Burma was officially annexed by the British colonialist since 1886 after carting off the country’s last monarch out of his palace at Mandalay, the last capital of Burma, in November 1885, together with his family and fabulous jewels. King Thi-baw and his family were exiled to then British&nb sp; India where they died ignominiously.

General Aung San had shown that civilians play a vital part in the administration and development of a country. And uniformed figures have no place in a representative ruling body of democratic Burma, as evidenced by General Aung San shedding his military uniform for a civilian attire when he led the interim ruling body, and wrote the future constitution of Burma.

This assassination of General Aung San also shed light on the fate of a country when a power crazed coward acted insanely, and the Burma Army fell into the wrong hands, the likes of the late General Ne Win and today’s General Than Shwe.

Also, the first lesson to learn is that the armed forces alone could not build up a country and make it prosper. And the second and most vital lesson is that when a power crazed thug assassinates a capable and efficient leading figure tragedy and mayhem visit the country and people, like today in Burma.

On this day while remembering and observing the tragic death of the founding figures of our country, we call on the Burma Army of today in particular and the people in general, to put the country again on the freedom and democracy road on the right track, long derailed by successive military ruling bodies in the wake of Ne Win’s coup on March 2, 1962, until today.

It is the time for the people and the patriots in the armed forces specifically, to join hands, rise up and dislodge the military rule in Burma, in lieu of another power crazed lunatic in the form of Than Shwe, presently contemplating to kill Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for standing up in front of the people and leading the National League for Democracy, and preventing him from taking the top spot in the country and establishing his dynasty.


Planning Committee
Anti-Dictatorship, People’s Freedom Movement in Burma
Washington DC, USA
July 19, 2006


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44th Anniversary Of The First Students Uprising Against Military Rule In Burma (July 7, 1962)
The late military despot Ne Win seized the power of the country on March 2, 1962, and threw the elected government of Prime Minister U Nu into prison. In line with tradition, the students of the higher institutes of learning showed their defiance on the military rulers in Burma on July 7, 1962. In 1920, the Rangoon University students staged protests against British colonialist system of education on the platform of the world famous shrine the Shwe-Da-Gon in Rangoon, Burma. This signaled the Burmese student’s first defiance of British rule and laid the foundation for their country’s independence. Burma regained her sovereignty on January 4, 1948.

On July 7, 1962, thousands of students of higher institutes of learning gathered in the premises of the Rangoon University and voiced their displeasure on Ne Win’s Revolutionary Council military rule. A contingent of heavily armed soldiers bivouacked at a small roundabout facing the closed main gate of the Rangoon University opened fire on the unsuspecting students shouting and condemning military rule. Hundreds of students succumbed to the random and indiscriminate murderous fire.

With a vengeance Ne Win ordered the Students Union Building - a historic landmark of Burma and monument in the annals of Burma’s students’ struggles for freedom from British colonialist rule, in the premises of the Rangoon University - dynamited on the early morning of July 8, 1962, killing hundreds of students again. Since then the students deemed the Burma Army their bitter nemesis and the ruthless military junta has earned their wrath until today.

Today, Than Shwe has taken on Ne Win’s legacy in the hated military hierarchy and earned the spite and hatred of the people of Burma f