Oxi Day Battle of Crete Award

Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi honored the Oxi Day Battle of Crete Award by the Washington Oxi Day Foundation on Oct 27 2011. The award is honoring a woman for courageous action for freedom and democracy, in memory of the role women played against the Axis Forces in the Battle of Crete in World War II.  It is a great compliment to be chosen as an award winner  for prolonged fight for democracy in Burma.  We proud of you, Aunty Suu.

Confiscation in Burma

The farmers hold the protest for confiscation of their land in front of the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development in Rangoon  on 27 Oct.  Burmese police detained some protesters, including an attorney who campaigns for farmer’s rights.  According to the source, they were protesting peacefully but the farmers were asked to leave the area.   The police broke the protest without answering any of their requests.  This is not in accordance with the law.   Confiscating property is nothing new to Burmese people; the military government has been practicing ever since General Ne Win overthrew Burma’s democratic in 1962’s military coup.  No compensation for the property that was confiscated by the authorities.  These actions show obviously the authorities are still breaking human rights violation in Burma. 

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Human Rights Violations in Burma

A.     Forced Displacement

B.     Sexual Violence

C.     Extrajudicial Killings and Torture

D.     Legal Evaluation

Excrepts: from Crime in Burma

There's something contagious about demanding freedom. Robin Morgan

WSJ news

 Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaking in front of paintings of herself during an art exhibition at her the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party Sunday in Yangon, Myanmar.  WSJ

"I know we are not there yet, but we can see the way clear ahead more than we have ever been able to," said Ms. Suu Kyi,

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Words are but pictures of our thoughts. John Dryden

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