Global Actions for 8.8.08

United States

Washington DC – July 24th
Challenge China Rally with PEARL (People for equality and relief in Lanka)
Upper Senate Park 12-3 pm
Contact: US Campaign for Burma

New York – August 8th
Tentative Schedule for Friday, 8 August 2008
12 PM - 2 PM: Burma Embassy (10 E. 77th St.)
2:30 PM - 3 PM: China Mission to the U.N (350 E. 35th St.)
3:15 PM - 7PM: In front of United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St. & 1st Ave.)
Contact: 88 Generation Students in Exile (88 GSE), National League for
Democracy, Liberated Areas, USA Branch (NLD-LA), Women on the Move for Burma
(WOMB), and International Campaign for Burma - New York (ICB-NY),

Los Angeles -August 7th
Rally outside Chinese Consulate (located at 443 Shatto Place Los Angeles)
11:30-12:30
STAND Marymount High School Chapter, Jewish World Watch
August 3
Event at Monastery in LA
LA 88 Organizers

Chicago - August 7th
Rally in support of Burma in front of the NBC Building in Chicago (401 N. Michigan Ave) from 4-7 pm on 8/7/08.
Contact: Buddhist Peace Fellowship


Dallas -August 8th
Vigil and March
August 8, 7 PM
Dallas City Hall Plaza
1500 Marilla St.
Contact: claire@uscampaignforburma.org

San Francisco -August 8th
1. Berkeley Burma Day Burmese Flag Raising
Friday August 8, 2008, at 8:08 AM (Ceremony 7:45 - 8:30 am)
Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street (between Allston Way and Center St;
One block from the downtown Berkeley BART station)
2. San Francisco Burma Day Rally
Friday August 8, 2008, 4-7 PM
Union Square, 333 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
More information: www.flowersofhope4burma.org

Houston - August 8th
Chinese Consulate
3417 Montrose Blvd
Houston, TX 77006
7:30 am to 10:30 am


Canada

Toronto - August 8th
11 am – Noon: Press Conference at Ontario Legislative Building, Queen’s Park
Noon to 1 PM: Speeches at Queen’s Park
1 PM: March to the Chinese Consulate from Queen’s Park (Burmese and?Tibetan communities together)
2 PM on ward: Photo exhibition, acts, speeches, candle light vigils in front of the Chinese Consulate Office
Contact: zaw.w.kyaw@gmail.com; Burmese Democratic Forces - Toronto

Ottawa - August 8, 2008:
Proclamation of “Burma Day” in the City of Ottawa
Hoisting the symbol of Burmese democratic flag, “fighting peacock”
Screening film and documentaries e.g. “Beyond Rangoon,” and “Inside Burma, Land of Fear”
Photo Exhibitions on “8.8.88 uprising” in BurmaProduction of CD album (song tracks contributed by Canadian musicians)
Demonstration in front of Burmese and Chinese Embassy
Contact CFOB office at 613-237-8056, or email at cfob@cfob.org

Vancouver– August 8
4:30pm to 7pm: Protest in front of the Chinese Consulate
August 9th
10am: Rally at the Chinese Consulate
11am to 12pm: March to the Vancouver Art Gallery – along Granville Street
12noon to 6pm:Human Rights and Social Justice Rally/Festival at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Europe

United Kingdom – August 8th

–Demonstration outside the Burmese Embassy
1-2pm Friday 8 August
19A, Charles Street,
London W1J 5DX
Nearest tube: Green Park

Other events on 8 August:
Monument to Political Prisoners:
Opening ceremony to unveil a glass monument to political prisoners in Burma.
Time: 10.30am to 12:00
Venue:
Peace Garden
Imperial War Museum
St George’s Road, London SE1 6ER
Nearest Tube: Elephant & Castle
Contact: Burma Campaign UK
– Protest
Place: In front Chinese Embassy in London
Address: 49-51 Portland Place, W1B 1JL
City : London, United Kingdom

Date: 8.8.08
Time: 10am to 12 pm

Contact: Burma Democratic Concern, National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) UK, Women of Burma UK, Burmese Muslim Association UK

France – August 8th
Paris
Joint Rally at Chinese Embassy with Reporters Without Borders
Contact: Info Birmanie

Belgium
Brussels August 8th
Demonstrations in 3 Places

Embassy of Burma
9 Bd Général Wahis - 1030 Schaerbeek – (Métro Meiser)
Time 13.00 till 14.30.

EU Commission
Rond Point Schuman (Métro Schuman)
Time 11.15 till 12.15
Actions Birmanie supports the Burmese community in their request for stronger european sanctions towards the Burmese regime, and we will stress on the urgent need for sanctions in the energy sector, that finances totally the Junta’s army and their reign of terror.

Embassy of China,
Avenue de Tervueren 443-445, WSP. (Tram : « Trois couleurs »)
Time 15.00 till 16.30

Actions Birmanie
http://www.birmanie.net/

Switzerland – August 8th
A commemorative program in front of the fontaine du musee Olympique a Lausanne fountain on 8.8.08 for the 20th anniversary of 8.8.08

Contact: Association Suisse-Birmanie

Austria – August 4-7th
Vienna: Supporting Don’t Watch Campaign and Will have a Burma Film Festival
Contact: Austrian Burma Center

Czech Republic
Prague – Burma Center Prague

There will be public gathering on August 8th, 6 p.m. in Prague, Narodni
Trida Street, at the memorial of the Velvet Revolution. There, we will put
candles with the names of Burmese political prisoners who can be
symbolically adopted on www.burma-center.org/8888/index.php

Italy
Rome – August 8th
Demonstration to inform and remember
Piazza Madonna di Loreto (Piazza Venezia) at 19,00 – Rome
Contact: www.freeburmaitaly.com
Edinburgh Burma Demo August 8th 12.30pm
Amnesty International Scotland
Friday 8 August, 12.30-1.00pm
Members of Scotland’s Burmese community, supported by Amnesty International Scotland, will stage a peaceful demonstration on Friday 8 August from 12.30-1.00pm at the City Chambers in Edinburgh’s High Street to make the 20th anniversary of the uprising in Burma.
Amnesty International’s demonstration comes as the organisation is supporting the staging of a hard-hitting new play on Burma at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - ‘The Burma Play: a comedy of terror’. The acclaimed work, performed by the Northern International Theatre group, is being staged at St John’s Church in the city during 4-10 August.
Cast members from The Burma Play will be forming part of the 8 August demonstration and Amnesty International is encouraging Festival-goers to take part in a piece of ‘real-life theatre’ by joining in with the highly colourful demonstration.
The demo will involve a huge 30-metre-long saffron ribbon being held aloft, symbolising solidarity with Burmese monks and others who have protested for human rights in Burma.
There will be a special open-air performance of The Burma Play immediately after the 12.30pm protest. This is free but tickets must be reserved at scotland@amnesty.org.uk,
Contact: John Watson: 0131 313 7012, 07818 453070, john.watson@amnesty.org.uk,
Neil Durkin: 0131 313 7005, 07771 888826, neil.durkin@amnesty.org.uk
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/edinburghfestivals

Denmark – August 9th
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 p.m
Place : Hedevej 8
2640 Hedehusene
Hovedstaden (Copenhagen )
Denmark


Thailand
Bangkok – Protest August 8th
Where: 10-11 am Chinese Embassy
12-13 pm Burmese Embassy

Bangkok – Seminar August 3rd
“The 2 Decades Overview on Changes in Burma and a Way Forward”

This seminar will be co-organized by TACDB and Thammasat University, with the objectives of commemorating the 20 years anniversary of the 8888 uprising - people’s struggle for democracy in Burma. It also aims at pointing out the changes in Burma for the past 20 years and a way to move forward, and raising awareness among Thai public on the situations in Burma.

The seminar will be held on Sunday, 3 July 2008, at 12.00-17.00 hours, at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University- Tha Phrachan Campus. Expected audience include Thai public, Burmese groups in Bangkok and nearby provinces, refugees and migrant workers, ambassadors and journalists. It will be conducted in Thai and English (translation equipment will be provided). For more details, please see the attachment or call Khun Pam, TACDB at 089-699-6890 or email: tacdb@truemail.co.th

Philippines

Run up to August - from July 16 - August 2, we will have photo-petition sign up campaign in the factories and schools (people sign up and have their photos taken for the website gallery) for the “8888faces calling for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma” (kindly visit www.8888faces.org) this will be in factories where we have unions as FBC-Phils members and in schools where our members will set up their sign up booths with public exhibition (photos and campaign materials). This campaign started in August of last year and we’re bound to complete the 8,888 names and faces this august.

August 3 - “Bike for Burma” Bikers travel around Metro Manila sporting Free Burma slogans. The event is co-sponsored by Amnesty International Pilipinas

August 3-7 Media activities. FBC-Phils members doing the media rounds for TV, print and radio interviews; we will also try to get a house resolution at the Lower House of the Congress in support of Burma democratization

August 8 - morning - Torch relay for Democracy and human rights in Burma. FBC-Phils members (about 80 people) will go around the Makati commercial district (on a motorcade) and hold short rallies in front of the following offices:
1st stop - China consulate to calling China to stop supporting the SPDC military junta and not to veto and UNSC attempt to address Burma issue with a binding resolution; also call on to stop HR violations in China and Tibet
2nd stop - Royal Thai Embassy as the next chair of the ASEAN - to call on the ASEAN to halt its constructive engagement policy and to reject the SPDC roadmap to democracy. For ASEAN to pressure the SPDC junta to sit down on a tripartite dialogue towards genuine democratic reforms
3rd stop - Myanmar SPDC junta - in commemoration of the 20th year of the crushing of the popular uprising in Burma. Calls: Free Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners; tripartite dialogue for democratic transition; stop all forms of human rights violations
4th stop - Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to call on the Philippine government to lead the ASEAN in pressuring the SPDC junta to sit down on a dialogue and take concrete actions towards democratization

All these will happen the whole morning

August 8 - evening - Burma cultural solidarity night and candle lighting “Keep the fire Burning” - with a concert and open to the public; will be held in a university campus; we’re still raising funds for this.

August 15 - Public exhibition of the 8888faces campaign at the Mehan garden public park in Manila

Japan –
Aug 2-3: Burmese activists climb Mt. Fuji (highest mountain in Japan) for
Free Burma
Contact: Sayaka Miyazawa (pfb@izumibashi-law.net; Mobile: +81-90-9340-4121;
Office: +81-5312-4817)

August3: Protest march in Nagoya
Meet at Sakae Park in Nagoya at 3:30pm
Contact: Aung Ko Ko Oo (+81-90-9173-1122)

Aug 4-5: International Conference on Global Support for Democratization in China and Asia (Tokyo)
Khin Ohmar of Burma Partnership will participate on a panel.

Aug 8: Protest march to the SPDC embassy in Tokyo
Meet at Gotanda Minami Park at 1:30pm
Contact: Joint Action Committee of the Burmese Community in Japan (+81-90-4964-9718)

Aug 9: People’s Forum on Burma 12th general meeting: “Don’t Forget 8.8″
Contact: Sayaka Miyazawa (pfb@izumibashi-law.net; Mobile: +81-90-9340-4121; Office: +81-5312-4817)

For general press inquiries (English and Japanese) contact: Yuki Akimoto (BurmaInfo): +81-80-2006-0165 (mobile)

Hong Kong
August 1-7 Photo Exhibit: Man – Made Disaster in Burma
Monkok Pedestrian Zone, Charter Road Pedestrian Zone, Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier)
Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma
Contact: Debby Chan

Demonstration: We Will Never Forget Burmese Embassy
Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma
Contact: Bruce Van Voorhis

South Korea
Seoul – Protest Rally, Press Conference
Free Burma Campaign
Contact: Kim Kyoung

August 5 – Publicity Campaign on Olympics
Free Burma Campaign – Korea

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur – Vigil
Contact: SUARAM and Burmese Refugees

Australia

Canberra - 8/8/08
Demonstration to commemorate 8888, Burmese Embassy,

Sydney – 8/8/08
Event Name: (8-8-88) 20th Anniversary of the Pro-Democracy Struggle of Burma
Event Location: Ukrainian Hall, Joseph Street, Lidcombe
Event Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008
Time: 5pm to 10 pm
Event Details: On behalf of the Burmese Community & the 8-8-88 Commemoration Committee 2008, I invite you to join the Burmese community, to mark the 20th Anniversary of the 8th August, 1988 Pro-Democracy Demonstrations which were led by the people of Burma.
RSVP: Phone: 02 9896 8966 Mobile: 0427 417 620
Organiser: 8-8-88 Commemoration Committee, 2008

More information please contact:
Dr Kyaw-Myint Malia
RSVP: Phone: 02 9896 8966 Mobile: 0427 417 620
Email malia.kyawmyint@yahoo.com.au

Melbourne
The Melbourne- Burma’s community activists pay a special tribute and salute to those who have risked or sacrificed their lives, and greatly honour courageous perseverance and persistence of inspirational and resilient leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the cheerful people of Burma.
Saturday 9th August, 2008 @ 1 - 4pm
Noble Park Community Centre,?Memorial Drive,Noble Park (Melway Ref 80 E12)

Perth
8/ 8/ 08 (JACDB) PERTH Commemoration, Australian Asian Association Hall (AAA Hall) 275 Stirling Street, North Perth, 6pm-10pm

New Zealand – August 8th
Rally at Chinese Embassy: 6am-6pm
Address: 2-6 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand

Join us on this day to stand in solidarity with the Burmese community and international campaigns to fight for human rights and democracy in Burma. Come meet people, be engaged, learn a thing or two about Burma and show your support for the cause. We need more Action Now!!

Contact: john@burmacampaign.org.nz
Burma Campaign New Zealand
www.burmacampaign.org.nz

South Africa

Date: 8th August 2008
Place: SPDC Embassy, 201, Leyds Street, Pretoria
Time: 12:30 – 2:00pm [SA local time]

Global Justice Center- B8 GJB Locations
www.globaljusticeforburma.org

The Global Justice Center, alldaybuffet.org, Eli Klein Fine Art, Serene Communications, and the International Burmese Monks Organization have joined to create Global Justice for Burma. Coinciding with the opening of the Beijing Olympics on August 8, 2008, this group will launch an international campaign to bring Burma’s General Than Shwe and the military regime in Burma (officially known as the State Peace and Development Council or SPDC) to justice by referring them to the International Criminal Court. This larger campaign will kick off with a series of coinciding “B8 Events” held in art galleries in major cities across the world featuring contemporary Chinese artists. These events will bring together members of the Burmese community, global human rights organizations, and other activist and creative communities.

Delhi, India
The Gulmohar Room
India Habitat Center
Lodhi Road, New Delhi
6:30-9:00pm

London, UK
TBD

New York City, US
Eli Klein Fine Art
462 West Broadway , NYC
7:00-10:00pm

San Francisco
Frey Norris Gallery
456 Greary Street, San Francisco
6:00-9:00pm

Ref: http://uscampaignforburma.org/8808-events