Media Release: Embargoed until 00:01 Saturday 6th October
(includes advisory details for international events)
Global protests call for UN Security Council action on Burma/Myanmar:
Thousands/Hundreds expected on streets of YOUR CITY
Tens of thousands of campaigners are expected to take to the streets of capital cities around the world today (Saturday), including YOUR CITY, to call for urgent UN action on Burma/Myanmar.
The campaigners are standing in for the monks under arrest and those who would be shot if they tried to protest in Burma/Myanmar.
“Our friends and families in
Protests will start at 12-noon in dozens of countries around the world and on five continents (for a list of events and contact details please see editor’s notes).
The international day - supported by the Burma Campaign, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Trade Union Congress, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Avaaz, the US Campaign for
Campaigners are also urging the international community to do more to keep the pressure on the Burmese/Myanmar government until the military crackdown ends and all political prisoners are released.
“Because the media pictures have gone and we can’t see what’s happening does not mean the crisis has ended, far from it. Now is the time we need to draw attention to what’s happening behind closed doors or atrocities will increase. Today we’re saying we haven’t forgotten you, we are watching,” said a spokesperson for the campaign.
Around the world campaigners will wear red headbands in solidarity with the monks under arrest and tie these onto government buildings, religious shrines or key landmarks to signify the thousands of lives currently hanging in the balance.
In INSERT YOUR CITY, the day of action will be INSERT DETAILS OF YOUR EVENT (This should include times, location and an explanation of the photo opportunity)
“The NAME government must do more to end this crisis. The media pressure may have decreased but the people of YOUR COUNTRY are saying we expect you to act to end the violations of basic human rights,” said INSERT LOCAL ORANISERS NAME, who is organising the
Editors Notes:
For more details or interview please contact:
INSERT YOUR COUNTRY: YOUR PHONE NUMBER
| Country, City | Event | Start Time. [Date is 6th October unless stated otherwise]. | Contact: Phone/Email |
| Bring banners, placards, saffron colored shirts. | 12.00 | Amnesty International For all others: Australian Burmese Network +61 (0) 422463178 |
| | Rally: Monk Gyosei Masunga will 'play the drums - for peace in | 12.00 | Austrian +43 (0) 699 1000 7645 |
| | March at Place de la Liberté. | 12.00 | Amnesty International Belgium (fr) Arnaud Collignon acollignon@aibf.be
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| Candlelight vigil and march which will begin in front of the China Consulate. | 12.00 | Mynthura Wynn: 416-533-3656 or C: +! 416-882-3868, Ulla Laidlaw: +1 416-605-2588, Carol Lee:+1 647-588-9758 |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| | Rally at Chinese Embassy | 10.00, 5th Oct | TBC |
| FRANCE, Paris | Rally at Parvis des droits de l'homme du Trocadero | 12.00 | Vassaly Sitthivong contact details to follow. |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
New Dehli Pune | March March March | 12.00 12.00 18.00 | Dr. Zawwin Aung Burmese Trade Union Leader +91 9871 578 569 |
| | Rally with flowers at O'Connell Bridge | 12.00 | +353 1 286 0497 |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Kula Lumpur | Rally at KLCC (entrance near the Menara Maxis) | 20.00 5th Oct | Moon Hui and K. Shan + 60 3-77843525, +60 3-79552680 |
| | Multi-faith rally | 11.00 | Amnesty International Mongolia |
| | Rally at Civic Square | 12.00 | Andrea Valentin avalentin@business.otago.ac.nz Amnesty International NZ |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| | Demonstration, wear red | 12.00 | Kathrine Sund, contact details TBD |
| | Rally at the | 12.00 | Craig Ackermann widebluecraig@gmail.com |
| | Rally at Burmese Embassy | 12.00 | TBD |
| | Day of Action for | 12.00 | Concha Pinós birmaniaporlapaz@yahoo.es +34 639419772 |
| | Rally at Mimerskolans Bollplan | 12.00 | Markus Maunula, info@burmakommitten.org +46 47 22 47 92 37 |
| | Rally at 1242 Satigny | 12.00 | Assoc. Suisse-Birmanie +41 12-13564-9 |
| | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| | Rally at National Taiwan Democracy Hall, wear red | 12.00 | Peter Dearman |
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March from Burmese- Chinese- Indian embassies | 12:00 | TBD Thelma, Campaigns Coordinator 1444 N Street, NW, Tel: (202) 234 8022 Fax: (202) 234 8044 Web: www.uscampaignforburma.org |
| March with monks from | 11.00 | Gemma.mortensen@crisisaction.org +44 (0) 20 7324 4748, + 44 (0) 7791 586 211 Mark Farmaner The +44 (0) 7941 239 640, +44 (0) 207324 4713 |
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