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Burma in August 1988
Length: 241
Rating: 4.80 (48 ratings)
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Video from Burma: SHOOT ON SIGHT
To ACT NOW: www.witness.org/shootonsight. Video advocates BURMA ISSUES travel deep into the jungles of eastern Burma to document one of the world's most urgent and most forgotten emergencies. (The video was co-produced with WITNESS)
The Burmese military has embarked on one of the worst offensives in its 30 year campaign to destabilize the lives of rural ethnic minorities. Half a million live driven from their homes. INTERNATIONAL ACTION IS NEEDED!
Length: 222
Rating: 4.80 (565 ratings)
Tags: Burma Myanmar Karen Thailand human rights 'Burma issues' ASEAN UN WITNESS refugees IDPs video shot eastern Aung San
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Jim Carrey - Call to Action on Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi
Jim Carrey calls for people to support the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. He also decries Burma's military regime for recruiting more child soldiers than any other country in the world, destroying 3,000 villages in eastern Burma, and forcing 1.5 million refugees to flee. He appeals to viewers to join two organizations:
The Human Rights Action Center
www.humanrightsactioncenter.org
U.S. Campaign for Burma
www.uscampaignforburma.org
Length: 81
Rating: 4.80 (3413 ratings)
Tags: Jim Carrey Aung San Suu Kyi U.S. Campaign for Burma Myanmar Human Rights Action Center
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Monty python-Burma!!
very funny .Its a part from monty python's flying circus.
Length: 287
Rating: 4.80 (533 ratings)
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Twin Crusade - Burma
January 2000
We go in search of the baby faced and battle hardened child generals of the Karen guerrillas.
Twins Luther and Johnny Htoo stand amidst their child fighters and make faces at the camera. Luther's eyes roll as he sucks on a fat cigarette, Johnny smiles and pokes out his tongue. Last month's hostage crisis in the Thai hospital at Ratchaburi brought the world's attention to the God's Army. These twelve-year-old twins hit the headlines as the masterminds behind this and an earlier hostage incident at the Burmese Embassy. New pictures and footage of the boys provides an eerie glimpse into their crusade. For their dedicated followers they are divinely inspired leaders with the protection of an invisible horde of Karen warriors. "When they were born the sound of crowds was heard... when people went to look there were no footprints," reports Sister Roberts, an American nun who has counselled and watched the boys for the last 3 years. The twins lead with the Bible, reciting their favourite passages as an ideological platform. When in battle they talk like adults and are deeply respected. But just how long can their rag-tag band of 200 youths survive the combined roth of the Thai and Burmese military? We reveal that the twins may have escaped a recent Burmese army assault although their current whereabouts is unknown.
Length: 1054
Rating: 4.70 (88 ratings)
Tags: Burma twin child general soldier smoking God's army Karen guerrillas hostage crisis Ratchaburi journeyman pictures
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MONKS PRAYING SOLDIERS SHOOTING IN BURMA
27 SEPT DEMONSTRATION AT SULE PAGODA
SOLDIERS SHOT . MANY PEOPLE INJURIED
Length: 373
Rating: 4.60 (254 ratings)
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Free Burma!
a tribute to the courage of the people in Burma fighting for freedom and democracy, as well as to the people around the world who have rallied to their cause
music by Stevie Wonder, "Free"
"China's unilateral foreign policy on Burma has completely paralyzed the United Nations Security Council, and as a result the Council has been unable to act, just as it acted far too late in Rwanda and Darfur. China's unilateralism is undermining responsible conflict resolution and the Secretary General himself," said Aung Din, policy director of US Campaign for Burma.
For 15 years human rights advocates have hoped that by 'speaking softly' China would be convinced to play a constructive role in national reconciliation in Burma, as called for by consecutive UN General Assembly resolutions. Specifically the UN is calling for "trip-partite" talks in Burma between the military regime, Aung San Suu Kyi's political party the National League for Democracy, and the country's ethnic minorities. However, China has not responded to entreaties, instead stating simply that Burma is an "internal affair".
Human rights advocates believe that China is in a unique position, possessing the leverage to bring Burma's military regime to the dialogue table. China is the Burmese military regime's single most important ally, supplying billions in weapons, aid, and trade, while shielding the regime from international action by the UN Security Council. In January 2007 China vetoed a peaceful UN Security Council resolution that would have empowered the UN Secretary General in his negotiations with the Burmese military regime. Without China's backing, the Security Counci has remained paralyzed.
China's position on Burma is coming into greater focus as the 2008 Olympics will be launched on August 8th, the anniversary of the military crackdown in Burma that resulted in the death up to 10,000 demonstrators in 1988.
Campaigners are planning a year-long effort to expose how "China is responsible for keeping Burma's military regime in power," added Aung Din.
China also appears to be undermining its own neighbors on Burma. Over the past 3 years, Filippino Foreign Ministers Alberto Romulo, Malaysian foreign minister Syed Hamid, and Indonesian former foreign minister Ali Alatas have all traveled to Burma to seek the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient. China declined to back any of the missions, while providing diplomatic, financial, and military aid to the regime.
Burma is ruled by one of the world's most brutal military regimes, which has destroyed 3,000 villages in the eastern section of the country, forcing over 1.5 million people to flee their homes. The Associated Press has compared the military regime's attacks on civilians in eastern Burma to the tactics of the Sudanese government in Darfur, labeling eastern Burma "Southeast Asia's Darfur". The regime has also recruited 70,000 child soldiers, far more than any other country in the world. Many campaigners believe Burma is the most serious crisis in the world that has never been addressed by the Security Council.
Length: 251
Rating: 4.70 (69 ratings)
Tags: Burma Rangoon Aung San Suu Kyi Buddhist monks freedom democracy military junta Stevie Wonder free
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A Quick Look at Myanmar / Burma
*Update: On May 2nd, 2008 a cyclone devastated this country which is already amongst the poorest in the world.
From Google: "Join recovery efforts mobilizing around the world to assist cyclone victims in Myanmar (Burma). Below, we've selected two among many worthy organizations. Your donation will help survivors and other disaster victims rebuild their communities and their lives. In addition, when you donate on this page, Google donates too. We'll donate up to $1 million to help organizations provide relief."
http://www.google.com/myanmarcyclone/
Myanmar (Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi, Monks killed and left in jungle, Jim Carrey, using satellite imagery to track atrocities, Facebook group for world-wide action (oct 6), free burma day action for bloggers (oct 4), U.S. Campaign for Burma
Length: 214
Rating: 4.80 (110 ratings)
Tags: rocketboom rocket boom joanne colan cyclone myanmar burma aung san suu kyi
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