Links to key information
Online community / activism
Much of the leading online activism working toward putting shock and anger to use has been centered of a set of Facebook pages. To see these pages properly, you will need to join Facebook.
Photos and videos of atrocities
Smuggled out video on CNN
Exclusive Al Jazeera video  from the military crackdown in Yangon, Myanmar. Al Jazeera English
Exclusive FRANCE24 - English coverage of crackdown (Ultra-high risk reporting)
Video: Japanese reporter shot dead in Burma
Rangoon 9-27
MSNBC gallery - satellite evidence of atrocities - international reaction
Demonstrations
The World Is Wearing Red (Photos of demonstrations around the world.)
London 9/28 - Tokyo 10/6 - Taipei 10/6 - Hong Kong 9/28-30 -
Petitions
This is the biggest online petition in support of the Burmese people:
Stand with the Burmese Protesters
To Chinese President Hu Jintao and the UN Security Council:
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.
This petition page has begun reproducing the list of scheduled public protests created by the Facebook group. |
Give the Nobel Peace Prize to the Burmese monks.
Facebook group dedicated to this goal.
There are more petitions found here on Facebook.
Donate
 Our names are Su Su and Hay Mar Soe. We are both Burmese, and active campaigers for human rights and democracy in Burma. There are other members of our small committee - Youth Solidarity of Burma - which we set up in September 2007 to support those people protesting inside Burma.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/end_the_burmese_blackout/8.php?cl=33461887
The Burmese military has seen the power of global solidarity for the demonstrators--and has moved to shut down all communications with the outside world. As the images and stories have slowed, global media coverage of the Burmese crisis has lost its urgency.
But people power can beat the blackout. Donate below to send crucial technical support and equipment to Burmese civil society groups, and help return Burma's voice to its people. 100% of funds donated will go to Burmese groups--Avaaz will keep no portion.
Key Websites and News
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's pages - Burma's heroine under house arrest
Shwetube.com - Best Burma videos from Youtube
Burma-Myanmar Genocide 2007 - Top page has a constantly updated newsfeed box with key updates from inside Burma (bottom right). Or see burmanews.cbox.ws
Mizzima News - Specializing in Burma-Related News and Multimedia
Burma Newsladder - Latest news updates
BurmaNet News - Reposted from global sources
The Irrawaddy - Burma & SE Asia newsmagazine
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma - Government in exile
Democratic Voice of Burma - (Please upload videos of international protests here.)
Voices for Burma - International group seeking to publicize Burma's cause, but support tourism by "individual travellers."
AAPPb.org has a summary of September incidents in Burma
 Burma News International
Collates several reliable Burmese news sources. 
Burmablogs
Burmese Bloggers without Borders
Asia-Pacific Peoples' Partnership on Burma (good updated news links)
BBC News posted eye-witness accounts from Westerners inside Burma during the protests and aftermath
Analysis
'Open-Source Politics' Taps Facebook for Myanmar Protests Wired.com
Keeping the momentum on Burma - By Bernard Kouchner and David Miliband, Published in IHT: October 14, 2007
Burma and the Press
Burma: State of Fear - (PBS, 2006)
Asia's Forgotten Crisis - Pub. by Council on Foreign Relations
Free Burma Coalition - viewpoints against sanctions and isolation (and pro-tourism) - criticized as apologists for the regime - read with care.
The Burmese Conflict in a Nutshell: Burma/Myanmar 101
A Short Guide to Myanmar and the International Community: Derek Tonkin, Former British Ambassador, 4 January 2006
Silent Burmese Days - Vaclav Havel |
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