They're shooting monks in Burma

[Jeclipse]

Thank you for supporting the Burmese rising

Sign the petition below to show ur support towards the Burmese rising

The Burmese protests are widening, the international response is building--and the Burmese generals are panicking. Today, the Burmese junta banned gatherings of more than 5, and sent thousands of troops to take control of the streets -- but still the monks and protesters march. Desperate officers have beaten, tear-gassed and fired on their own people, reportedly shooting five monks in Rangoon.

The next 36 hours are crucial. Leaders have called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council-- but only a decisive initiative will prevent a massacre like the one from 1988. Already, 75,000 people from 192 countries have signed our emergency global petition. Please forward this email to others who haven't yet signed--they can click below to add their name, and we'll send an updated petition to the Chinese government and the UN Security Council members every day:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_b...p/?cl=20603109

We're calling for UN powers--above all China, which holds the economic strings of the Burmese regime--to apply decisive pressure now to stop the violence, and to broker a peaceful transition. If they fail to do this, the massacres will be sudden.

The protesters have declared they will not back down. The Burmese have showed their courage

[hippee]

I signed the petition and passed it on. Thankyou for that link.


I support the Burmese Monks

[canberramomma]

Thanks, I have signed the petition and passed it on. Apparently there was a protest here in Canberra yesterday organised by Amnesty. I didn't find out till too late (all over red rover), but hopefully there will be more of this type of action.

[Bessie]

Thanks, I've sent it to all my Christian activist friends as this is an important social justice issue.

[Jeclipse]

Thanks everyone!
Show it to as many people as possible

[Jeclipse]

Burma is ruled by one of the most brutal military dictatorships in the world. For decades the Burmese regime has fought off pressure--imprisoning elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and democracy activists, wiping out thousands of villages, imposing forced labour, creating refugees-

But last Tuesday Buddhist monks and nuns, revered in Burma, began marching and chanting prayers. The protests spread as hundreds of thousands of ordinary people and public figures joined in, finding the hope they’d lost.

Now they’re facing crackdown – so please, show your solidarity to this movement towards reconciliation and democracy and sign the emergency petition supporting the Burmese people -- it'll be delivered to United Nations Security Council members and international media all week:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/tf.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK

[Ffrenchknickers]

I have a real heart for Burma IWll have a look at the petition and sign it etc etc....Thanks fo sharing and caring

[nasalhaironfire]

I've already signed the petition, because I am already a subscriber to avaaz.

Best of luck to the civilians of Burma.