Free Aung San Suu Kyi & Support the Monks in Burma

Saturday 6TH OCTOBER 2007

Time: 12 NOON in every major city across the world

We are marching in solidarity with the monks and ordinary people of Burma who are risking their lives for freedom and democracy.

We appeal to all religious and secular communities across the world not to look the other way while the people of Burma cry out for international support.


BURMA OR MYANMAR?
If you are confused why some people call it Burma and some Mynamar please read this article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7013943.stm

In brief - It's known as Myanmar in many countries and at the UN. But the UK&USA doesn't recognise the legitimacy of the regime that changed the name therefore still uses the pre-military dictatorship name (Burma).
HOWEVER, that being said it's important also to recognise that some people choose to call it Myanmar as Burma was the name given to the country during British colonization. Even though SLORC changed the name to Myanmar, it was reinstating the name used before the British were around.

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