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Demonstration against SLORC in Wash
- Subject: Demonstration against SLORC in Wash
- From: FreeBurma@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 21:46:00
Subject: Demonstration against SLORC in Washington, D.C.
Organizations in United States Stage Protest in Washinton D.C.
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About 40 people from different Burmese organizations, including student
leaders, and the Burmese community at large rallied in front of the
Burmese embassy at 11 am on May 27 to commemorate the fifth anniversary
of the 1990 election in Burma and to stage a protest against the Burmese
military regime for its refusal to honor the results of the general
election.
Representatives from different organizations delivered speeches praising
the Burmese people for their overwhelming vote for democracy in 1990,
condemning the military junta for keeping national leader and Nobel
Peace Laureate Daw Aung Suu Kyi under house arrest without any legal
justification, and for harsh treatment of dissidents--nine students were
given seven year jail terms each recently for singing student songs and
chanting slogans at the funeral of former Prime Minister U Nu.
The speakers called for an economic sanction against military-run Burma,
for a boycott against all companies and corporations conducting business
with the military junta, and not to visit Burma while SLORC is in power
as the revenue will only serve the intersts of the military junta.
In their speeches, the students -- Ko Yin Aye, Ma Khin Ohmar, Ko Nyi
Nyi Lwin and Ko Roland -- also questioned SLORC's claim that the country
is developing. Pointing to hardships being faced by the common people,
the students said only the elite ruling class and those close to
them are benefitting from the situation. They called on the military to
place the interests of the people and the country before others.
Following the speeches, the protestors, carrying placards that denounce
the military dictators and a banner calling for the release of Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, chanted slogans to press their demands. They said, "We will
prevail! Democracy Will Come to Burma!"
The rally was also attended by U Bo Hla-Tint of the NCGUB,
representatives of the Committee for Restoration of Democracy in Burma,
the Democratic Burmese Students Organization (USA), the Laimi
Association, Overseas Lahu Development Organization and the Shan State
Association (USA) and other Burmese patriots.
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