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Canberra demo
Those members of the All Burma Students' Democratic
Organisation (Austrlia) who demonstrated outside the SLORC embassy in
Canberra between 7 & 12 July make one proud to be an Australian. The
beautiful thing ( for me ) is that here was a practical lesson in
democracy, when a SLORC embassy official found his car blocked as he
was going into the Embassy and ordered the Australian Security
Officer to arrest the demonstraters. The officer said that since they
were on the footpath he had NO RIGHT to arrest them. So then the
diplomat walked into his embassy. Strike one for the free Burmese -
and strike another for a free country which has given them, a home.
Paul Webb
CSEAS Darwin Australia