Friday, May 09, 2008

Rally in Chicago

Poster by Nora Rowley
Free Burma-Chicago joins
*MAY 10, Saturday Chicago Human Rights Torch Relay **
11 AM Lincoln Park E-mail: humanrightstorch@excite.com
North Pond-N. Stockton Drive and W. Deming Place/West side of North Pond ½ way between Fullerton and Diversey
This event will include a rally, speeches by human rights activists, a Torch parade procession and at least our group will have a display and information table.
The event organizers want to keep the event theme human rights and not political. Therefore, we will be using Stop Burma's Crimes against Humanity as our slogan, especially because we have signs already made
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* THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HUGE RALLY. WE NEED TO GATHER PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTORS TO ATTEND.
FREE BURMA- CHICAG/US CAMPAIGN FOR BURMA WILL STRESS
1) CHINA’S FINANCIAL, WEAPONS AND POLITICAL SUPPPORT OF BURMA'S RULING MILITARY REGIME
2) CHINA'S PRONOUNCEMENT THAT ALL WAS BACK TO NORMAL AND CALM IN OCTOBER 2007 AS MONKS AND OTHER PROTESTORS WERE CHASED OFF THE STREETS, OUT OF MONASTERIES, INTO THE JUNGLES, BEING TORTURED, CREMATED WHILE STILL ALIVE AND MURDERED BY BURMA’S REGIME.
3) CHINA'S ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN BURMA DIRECTLY CAUSE BRUTAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
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) GRANT AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELEASE HER FROM HOUSE ARREST, one year extension ends May 24!
5) Cyclone Nargis
** As Part of The Global Human Rights Torch Relay www.humantorchrelay.com
The founding premise is that Crimes Against Humanity and the Olympics cannot co-exist in China. This is a worldwide campaign that started in Australia August 2007.

Richard the Lionheart

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