DBSO(USA): Candlelight vigil for me

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Subject: DBSO(USA): Candlelight vigil for memories of 8888

         Commemoration of the 9th Anniversary of 8.8.88 
      "Join us in protest against the SLORC rule in Burma"
 
Dear Friends of Burma:

On August 8, 1997, people of Burma of near and far will recall the painful
memories of brutal massacres in our homeland nine years ago.  In 1988,
millions of people took to the streets and demanded the restoration of
democracy in the land of repression. Many thousands sacrificed their lives in
the peaceful movement.  The largest show of people's power turned out on the
auspicious day of 8.8.88 (August 8, 1988) and on the same day, the
government's brutal crackdown took hundreds of lives. Young people and
students led these protests and many of them paid with their lives.  Some of
them have been arrested and detained since then.  Schools were closed for the
next three years, shutting out any educational opportunities for Burma's
future generation.  Since then, the democratic movement has sustained  and
continued the non-violent activities inside and outside of Burma. 

Today, there are thousands of political prisoners suffering in the hands of
brutal dictators.  Among them are students and young activists.  Many are
dying under hellish prison conditions while some have gone through severe
tortures. The list includes Min Ko Naing, chairman of the All Burma
Federation of Student Unions (ABSFU) that has played a major role in the
democratic uprising.  Not only are the activist students under severe
restrictions, but all the schools of higher learning have been closed for
months.  Thus, Burma is deprived of her potentials of young educated
generation. 

In the light of these circumstances, we, the Democratic Burmese Students
Organization (USA) will hold a candlelight vigil in front of the SLORC
Ambassador's residence in Washington D.C., to commemorate the 9th anniversary
of 8-8-88 massacre.

Please join us to show your support for the democratic cause in Burma.  

Date:		August 8, 1997 (Friday)
Place:		2223 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Time:		7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Direction:	Dupont Circle Stop (by Red Line Metro)  
				
Contact: Information Committee, DBSO (USA) - East Coast
             (301) 424-6009 / (301) 468-5754


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Democratic Burmese Students Organization (USA) - East Coast
P.O.Box 443, Rockville, MD 20848-0043, USA.
Fax. (301) 468-9672  Email: dbsousa@xxxxxxx

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