Global support to Myanmar protesters

Global support for Myanmar protesters
Myanmar junta contingent offer to meet San Suu kyi


Long-standing human rights concerns in Myanmar, Amnesty International believes that it would be a positive contribution to the UN's consideration of Myanmar, if the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, were to visit the country.

UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari said he feared the real death toll could be much higher.Gambari said there was great concern over reports of night-time raids, arbitrary arrests, mass relocations and beatings.US said it propose new sanction to 15 member council if Burma junta fails to respond constructively to international concern.
Burmese junta for its brutal crackdown on monks and peaceful protesters is condemned and rally is organized in may parts of the world.Rallies Planned of Over 250,000 people in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya during the second peoples' parliament called on the central government to support the Burmese democracy movement and actively intervene in the Junta's crackdown on protesters.

"We urge the Council to strongly condemn the ongoing grave human rights violations in Myanmar and to demand an immediate halt to the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations," Amnesty International said in a statement presented at the special session on Myanmar.

"It is the duty of the Myanmar government to account for all those detained by its law enforcement agents, military and other security forces. Detainees should not be held in secret places of detention, and must be granted access to independent lawyers, medical personnel and to family members."

"The Myanmar government has a duty to account for the whereabouts of those detained and to guarantee their safety from torture or other ill-treatment".

More rallies around the world, including rallies in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, India, the Irish Republic, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and the US.

Guwahati, another northeast Indian town, members of the press, academics and intellectual held a Candle Light Vigil in solidarity to the monks and peaceful protesters, who are recently killed by the junta.

In New Delhi, over 100 Burmese activists including Indian supporters earlier today held a protest rally calling on India as well as the United Nations to do more by pressuring the Burmese junta to immediately kick-start democratization process.

Meanwhile, several protest rallies and gathering with lighting of candles were held in various parts of the world including Thailand, Australia, Europe and USA.

In UK, Damien Rice will perform a tribute song to the only imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi "Unplayed Piano" at Wembley Arena.

In United States and across Europe, activists and campaigners have planned to stage demonstrations in support to the Burmese democracy movement and as solidarity to the many heroes and monks killed during the recent crackdown in Burma.

The Burmese military junta last month came down heavily on peaceful protesters led by revered Buddhist clergies, by opening fire that killed several people including a Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai.

The monks-led protesters demanded a peaceful solution to the political problems through dialogs, release of Burmese pro-democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained for 12 of the past 19 years and better living conditions where the prices of essential commodities are affordable by the average population.

However, the government's responded the demands with guns and fire randomly into the protesting crowd. The junta chooses to suppress the peoples' voice by following up the crackdown to mid-night raids at monasteries and residences and arresting monks and activists.

Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown today said "We have not forgotten their courage and dignity, taking to the streets in the face of a brutal regime. We have not forgotten the guns and batons, the arrests and murders, which met them."

In a statement released today, Mr. Brown said he is committed to "Securing tougher EU sanctions… maintaining the UN Security Council's active vigilance and engagement."

At the United Nations, following the briefing by Ibrahim Gambari, the Secretary-General's special envoy to Burma, to the Security Council on Friday, the US said it would propose a new sanction to the 15 member council if Burma fails to respond constructively to international concern.
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