BGAN Burma Global Action Network

WHY BURMA

▀ 400,000+ Victims Of Genocide
▀ Systematic Violations Of Fundamental Human Rights
▀ 3.5 Million + Internally Displaced Persons And Refugees
▀ Myanmar Army - World's Largest Recruiter Of Child Soldiers
▀ High Prevalence Of HIV & AIDS With Little In The Way Of Health Care

▀ 3000 + Villages Destroyed By The Myanmar Army

▀ 1,920 + Political Prisoners
▀ Systematic Use Of Forced, Corvée And Prison Labour

▀ Systematic Rape & Torture Of Young Children & Women
▀ Aung San Suu Kyi-The world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, under house arrest for the past 13 years

THE MOVEMENT IN FOCUS

CAMPAIGN

THE B8 'GLOBAL JUSTICE FOR BURMA' CAMPAIGN!!

(international campaign to bring Burma’s General Than Shwe and the military regime in Burma (officially known as the State Peace and Development Council or SPDC) to justice by referring them to the International Criminal Court.)

THE REAL DISASTER IN BURMA IS THE GOVERNMENT

(THE REAL DISASTER IN BURMA IS THE GOVERNMENT" CAMPAIGN BY BURMA CAMPAIGN U.K.)

BURMA ORGANIZATION

Assist families of political prisoners to visit their loved ones. Support prisoners by providing necessities such as food and medicine. Monitor conditions in prisons. Publicize arrests, conditions and life stories of imprisoned political activists and artists. Advocate in accordance with international bodies, provide information to Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross, Human Rights Watch and so on. Assist former political prisoners with their mental and physical rehabilitation from torture and isolation. To report on the military regime’s oppression of political prisoners who are presently detained in various prisons. To encourage the support of international governments and organiza- tions in order to pressure the Burmese military regime to prevent the further persecution of political prisoners. To secure fundamental human rights for political prisoners, and to provide them with basic necessities such as food and medicine. To protect the political prisoners upon their release from prison from harassment and intimidation by the military regime, including when they are looking for employment, continuing their studies, associating with friends and colleagues, and especially to protect them from persecution if their political activities are resumed. To aid in the reconstruction of the former political prisoners’ lives, includ- ing both their mental and physical well-being.

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