"It is now we are most fearful. It is now we need the world to help us."
this is the plea of one burmese woman, who has heard screams in the night as her neighbors have been dragged away by the military for alleged involvement in the recent pro-democracy protests, led by 30,000 red-robed monks, and violently put down by security forces...
burma's military government is reported to be waging a campaign of fear against its own people, detaining thousands of monks and civilians in deplorable and filthy conditions, subjecting them to beatings and terrifying them and their families--even young childen and people who were merely bystanders to the peaceful protests...
using military intelligence cameras and other technology, to identify anyone who was anywhere near the scene of the protests, the government is creating an environment of terror, such that some are even afraid to leave their houses...
download these urgent actions for burma (pdf)
thank you on united nations day...
peace out <3
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