Launch Free Burma C.(South Africa)

[kiru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

We are a small group of South Africans who are mindful of the value of 
international solidarity in our own struggle against against national 
oppression.  Believing that no individual in our global community is free 
so long as oppression lingers anywhere, we seek to launch a Free Burma 
Campaign  to contribute in whatever way we can to the restoration of 
democracy in Burma.
The campaign will be launched on the campus of the University of 
Durban-Westville on 19 June at 11.00.  This will take the form of a 
table and banners located outside the student centre which will 
disseminate pamphlets, answer questions and invite participation in 
the campaign which we hope will snowball across university campuses and 
other areas of South Africa.  We have written to both President Nelson 
Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu seeking their support in this 
regard.  (Bishop Tutu wrote a foreward in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's book.)  We 
plan also to have a showing of "Beyond Rangoon" in order that it may 
contribute to raising the consciousness of South Africans as regards 
authoritarian rule in Burma. 
We appeal for campaign material in whatever form in order that they may 
be duplicated and disseminated around South Africa.  In addition, 
messages of support from organisations and individuals from around the 
world, either by fax or email would be most encouraging. It will also 
indicate to the uninformed that this is indeed a global campaign which 
seeks the liberation of our brothers and sisters in Burma.

Many thanks
Kiru Naidoo
Convenor: Free Burma Campaign (South Africa)
Department of Political Science
University of Durban-Westville
Private Bag X54001
Durban
4000 South Africa
Fax: 27 31 8202340
Tel: 27 31 8202124
Email: kiru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx