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Dear All Peace Lovers!
Recently we marched from Cologne to Berlin for the sake of bringing back Peace in Burma. We gained a lot of experiences and inexhaustible energies along the path between the two German cities and we are very much thankful and encouraged by the international supports that we had received from peace-loving people from all walks of life during the said campaign. One remarkable experience was that when we crossed the Bradenburger Tor , where the notorious Berlin Wall once stood tall as a centre of attraction for all passers-by. There, we had had cordial discussions about how the Berlin Wall came tumbling down sixteen years ago in the midst of heavy security measures taken by the East German Authorities, ready to shoot down mercilessly anyone attempting to cross the Wall without their permission. We were told that the episode started when people from both sides of the divide demonstrated their strong desires for re-unification by marching peacefully towards the Wall holding candle lights. And soon, to make it short, the Wall came thumbling down. Stories of many peace lovers, who had laid down their priceless lives as they crossed this ugly Wall during its 40 years of existence in this place were reflected again and we all were very much moved by the courage shown by those peace lovers and the long standing memories of their loved ones touched our hearts.
Programs
30-01-2007 (Memorial Day 59 years death of Mahatma Gandhi, the prophet of non-violence)
9:00 AM
1. Opening ceremony by lighting the candles in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok.
2. Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Islamist religious leaders´ praying for the peace of the world and Burma
3. Talking about the peace by the religious leaders
4. Telling about the life of Gandhi and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
5. Start first day walking will finish 5:10 PM the time Mahatma Gandhi death
6. Start second day and go on throughout Thailand will take 30 days
7. Two days meditation on the bridge of Myawady(Burmese border)
8. The walk will finish 2nd of March 2007,(45) years of military regime in Burma
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Santi Dhamma Vihara
Kölner Buddhismus Center (KBC)
Graf-Adolfstr.18-20
51065 Cologne
Germany
Tel: +49 221 4534287
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The brief situations in Burma
1.Overthrow of Democratically-Elected Government: A military regime overthrew the
democratically-elected government in 1962. In 1990, the military regime permitted elections to
take place. The result: the National League for Democracy (NLD) became the democratically elected government of Burma, winning more than 80 percent of the seats in Parliament. The
NLD was never permitted to take power and NLD members have since been harassed, jailed, and murdered. NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi has remained under house arrest in Burma since 1990 with only intermittent periods of release.
2.Conflict Between Central Governments and Ethnic Factions: Serious, protracted fighting
between the SPDC and various ethnic groups seeking autonomy and freedom from oppression
has been consistent and ongoing, even in areas where non-binding ceasefire agreements have
been made.
3.Widespread Internal Humanitarian/Human Rights Violations: The SPDC has committed grave, systematic, and widespread human rights abuses against the people in Burma, including
violations similar to but even worse than in other cases previously considered by the Security
Council. Some violations that are unique to Burma, or particularly pervasive, include the
destruction of more than 2,700 villages since 1996, massive forced relocations, rape of ethnic
minorities by SPDC soldiers, and widespread forced labor. As many as 70,000 children have
been forced to become soldiers by the regime—more than in any other country in the world.
Additional violations include the denial of political rights and free speech, harassment of political activists, torture, and murder.
4. Outflow of Refugees: Almost 700,000 refugees have poured out of Burma in recent years as a result of the grave conditions created by the Government of Burma. The government is
responsible for a decline in the economic situation so alarming that Burma is now one of the poorest countries in the world, providing its people little or no access to health care or education.
5.Drug Production and Trafficking: Burma is one of the world’s leading producers of heroin and amphetamine-type stimulants. The trafficking and use of these drugs are of enormous concern to the international community and to the region particularly.
Note from Vacláv Havel and Desmond Tutu ’s report to the UN security council
For more infos
www.unscburma.org
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