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Subject: >Subject: Campaigns in support of democracy movement in Burma

>Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 17:45:15 -0400
>From: mizzima <mizzima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Organization: Mizzima News Group
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>Subject: Campaigns in support of democracy movement in Burma
>
>Campaigns in support of democracy movement in Burma
>
>By Our Staff Reporter
>
>September 8, 1999, New Delhi: Activists of India and Burma joined
>together and organized mobile poster campaigns and rallies in Delhi on
>September 8th in support of the struggle for democracy in Burma. The
>campaigns were held in some parts of Delhi including Janta Manta,
>Connaught Place Central Park and Delhi University under the banner of
>?People?s Movement for Democracy in Burma?.
>
>The activists, holding posters and placards depicting on the current
>situation of Burma under the military rule, sought the support from the
>people of India for the Burmese democratic movement, which is led by
>Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. They also distributed pamphlets and
>literature highlighting on the ?9999 movement in Burma?.
>
>Exiled pro-democracy activists of Burma are campaigning for a
>nation-wide people?s uprising in Burma for tomorrow ? the magical date
>of 9999 ?as a repeat of ?8888 Movement?. Eleven years ago on 8th August
>1988, the people of Burma revolted against and toppled the then Burmese
>authoritarian regime but they could not succeed in restoring a
>democratic government in the country. The military took over power in
>September 1988 by a bloody coup and it still continues to rule the
>country.
>
>The students from Delhi University joined in the campaigns of the
>Burmese activists and assured their support and solidarity to the
>Burmese activists. ?My solidarity is fully with the democratic struggle
>of the people of Burma and I severely condemn the brutal and senseless
>dictatorship of the repression of the Burmese military regime?, said Mr.
>Shashil from Progressive Students? Union.
>
>The student leaders also urged the Government of India to severe ties
>with the ruling military junta in Burma and support the Burmese people?s
>struggle for democracy. Mr. Sidhashwar Shukla, state president of the
>Students Federation of India (SFI) said: ?Dictatorship in Burma must be
>ended and Indian government has a bigger role to play for. On behalf of
>the student community, I urge the Indian government to support and be
>with the democratic movement of Burma?.
>
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