"Please use your liberty to promote ours"
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, detained Nobel Peace Laureate
A vigil is organised by Tenaganita, SUARAM, Youth 4 Change (Y4C) and the Civil Rights Committee of the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.
Two years ago,
similiar vigil was held in front of KLCC in protest of her house arrest as well as the massacre of the monks.
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Peace Vigil In Unity for the liberty of Daw Aung San Suu KyiThis vigil is part of an initiative of coordinated vigils organised by groups in Southeast Asia. While we have our vigil for Aung San Suu Kyi in Malaysia, other groups in other countries in Southeast Asia will also be having vigils at the same time.
Please come with your friends to show solidarity for Aung San Suu Kyi - one of the greatest leader of peaceful resistance against oppression of our time - and the oppressed people of Burma.
You can also make your own posters and/or banners.
Details of the vigil
DATE:
Sunday, 31 May 2009
TIME:
6.00pmVENUE: Meet at entrance of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Dress code: Wear
YELLOW and/or
RED
Map: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.scah.org.my/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=261&forum=16&jump=1
Public transportation: Maharajalela Monorail Station stop
Local organisers are Tenaganita, SUARAM, Youth 4 Change (Y4C) and the Civil Rights Committee of the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.
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Background:Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the democratically-held elections in 1990, has been under house arrest for almost two decades. On 18th May 2009, she was charged with breaching the terms of her house arrest by hosting an unauthorized visitor after an American man swam uninvited to her compound and refused to leave.
She has borne her trials with dignity. Yet they continue unabated. The world has honoured her with a Nobel Peace Prize and lobbied tirelessly for her freedom but there is a growing helplessness towards the situation as the Myanmar junta continues to keep her in detention without trial.
Labels: Aung San Suu Kyi, burma
"Please use your liberty to promote ours"
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, detained Nobel Peace Laureate
There were people from all walks of life in the vigil yesterday night. It really feel good to see people with diverse background coming together in unity to make a stand against the injustice in Burma.
I was a bit disappointed when the vigil is not reported by our mainstream newspaper today. My friend told me that, it will definately not be covered as one of the demand from the vigil was for all Malaysian companies to pull out from Burma. Plus, we were protesting in front of the HQ of one of the main investors in Burma.
Other requests are for ASEAN to sack Burma, calling for China and Russia to abandon the economic interest in Burma and to intefere, calling for our Malaysian government to act, calling for the international sanctions against Myanmar et al. (will update more when I get hold of the joint statement by the organisers)
The vigil ended with some speeches by the Burmese people and a song presentation of "Heal the world" by the Burmese children.
more photo here.
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After reading more on Burma; about the massacre of the monks who led the peaceful protest due the insane increase of the petrol price in Burma, about accounts from people inside Burma, about the struggles and endurance of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi to bring democracy to her country, my heart cries with the Burmese people. I was more compelled to attend the solidarity vigil in support of the Burma's people when I heard about it.
I asked myself what can I do to help? I don't know, but I know it can be started somewhere, as small as it may be.
How?
1) Pray
2) Stand with the Burmese Protesters by signing the online petition.
"We stand alongside the citizens of Burma in their peaceful protests. We urge you to oppose a violent crackdown on the demonstrators, and to support genuine reconciliation and democracy in Burma. We pledge to hold you accountable for any further bloodshed."
3) Attend the Vigil/ any peaceful protest.
4) Join Amnesty International to urgently send emails, faxes or letters in English or your own language. Get template of letter and contact details.
"There has been a flood of reports of alleged brutal killings, disappearances and arrests as the military in Myanmar stamped out the anti-government protests of the last week."
5) Give to Burma
Also, today, over 30 cities around the world are staging a rally against the bloody crackdown of anti-government protest.
The world marches for Burma.
Living in fear in Burma
Labels: burma, human rights, vigil
This is from SUARAM:
Please attend the following peaceful
solidarity vigil in support of Burma's people, who are unable to exercise their human rights in their country, and to express our opposition towards the Burma military junta's bloody crackdown on anti-government protests. At least 13 people were killed and hundreds arrested in the crackdown on demonstration of Buddhist monks and Burma's people.
The vigil is an initiative of civil society organisations, including Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Civil Rights Committee of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH-CRC), Youth For Change (Y4C) and Amnesty International (AI) Malaysia.
Date: Friday, 5 October 2007
Time:
8.00 p.m.
Venue: KLCC (entrance nearest to Menara Maxis, opposite Avenue K) Please come to show your solidarity. Please bring candles, candle-holders and banners.
For further information, please contact SUARAM (MoonHui) at 03-77843525 or Amnesty International (K.Shan) at 03-79552680.
Labels: burma, human rights, vigil
