Protest at Thai Consulate in Sydney (r)

[galon99@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Subject: Re: Protest at Thai Consulate in Sydney

Thank you very much for your support.
Why don't the students from U.S demonstrate in front of Thai embassy in U.S? 
  Do they support Thai government's action against poor burmese in Thailand? 
Or Do they forget their past?
Very very sad.....
Galon

>From: "stop Deportation" <eyars@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: strider@xxxxxxx, burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Protest at Thai Consulate in Sydney
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:31:47 GMT
>
>Attention all Media / Chief of staff/ International   / Politics
>Date 30th November 1999
>
>Re: Burmese Protest against Thai Government at  Consulate-General in Sydney
>
>Pro-democracy activists, supporters and members of Burmese community in
>Sydney will stage protest outside Thai Consulate-General in Sydney No 131
>Macquarie Street at 12 Noon Thursday December 2, 1999, in order to express
>concern regarding the plight of Burmese workers in Thailand. Over 60'000
>thousands workers have been rounded up and deported back to the hands of
>brutal Burmese military regime among them thousands were sent to forced
>labour, torture camps, 15 women were gang raped, four including three women
>were drown in the border river. In the statement dated 12 November 1999,
>Committee Representing People's Parliament CRPP has recently appealed Thai
>government to treat these Burmese workers leniently with due humanitarian
>considerations.
>
>A number of Burmese political prisoners are being detained in Thai prisons 
>,
>indefinitely . Over a thousand students are put in the concentration camp.
>Recently, one student has been hospitalized after authority shot him in a
>peaceful protest. Barbed wire has been set up around the camp that supposed
>to host the student political refugees.
>
>The protest also will call for a halt to the process to repatriate over 
>100,
>000 refugees currently residing at the border camps.
>
>Protest will also call up on Thai government to review its policy of
>'Constructive Engagement', which is largely supporting the military
>dictatorship in Burma. This protest is organized by Free Burma Action
>Committee( FBAC) ; a community based campaign group for a Free Burma. This
>protest will be joined by Human rights groups, Trade Unions, Student Unions
>in Australia.
>
>Thai Consulate - General
>131 Macquarie Street Sydney
>Thursday December 2 , 1999 . 12:00 Noon
>
>
>Further information and media please contact :
>Maung Maung Than on 0411337816 Fax 02 97378637
>
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