Songs Dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi

A collection of songs for Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

(1) The Girl From Rangoon


The Girl From Rangoon Video 


(2) A Song for Aung San Suu Kyi





A Song for Aung San Suu Kyi (Video)

Victims of the military dictatorship

The more i see the happiness of people who are enjoying their freedom, the more i feel for those whose freedom was taken away.....


If children are leaders of the future, I could not imagine how these less fortunate kids will lead it..?????

unlike other kids, they have no right to study peacefully

victims of forced relocations ordered by Burmese military government

the military troops burned down villages like this..living villagers with no place to call home..

Ethnics(minorities) have been targeted due to the military government's ethnic cleansing policy

Letter from Burma: Keepers of Conscience (Written By Aung San Suu KYi)

Photo: Aung San Su Kyi (Internet)

(Mainichi Japan) February 6, 2011

Is the story of Pinocchio still popular with children? It is when such questions arise in my mind that I am made acutely aware of the peculiar gaps in my contact with the outside world. Had I been in constant touch with my grandchildren or even with other people's grandchildren over the years, I would have known the answers. Fortunately a few days after Pinocchio had floated into my head, I had a meeting with the children of the United States Embassy staff in Rangoon. The oldest was around twenty while the youngest was a three month old Japanese-American baby boy whose sleeping face had a pout of concentration that made him resemble a Sumo wrestler planning his next mountain shaking move. Among the in-betweens were a fair number who were acquainted with Pinocchio through the Walt Disney Film. Most of them thought Jiminy Cricket was the most interesting character in the story. This pleased me as the main reason for my sudden recall of the Pinocchio story was the top-hatted, umbrella-toting cricket rather than the puppet brat.

A Bike Ride for Burma's Political Prisoners

Source: http://www.assknetwork.org/knowledge-centre/report/311-jag-completes-bike-ride-for-burmas-political-prisoners.html

Jag Completes Bike Ride For Burma’s Political Prisoners

 Jag Dojkovski, Fundraising Assistant at Burma Campaign UK, has completed her 2,000km bike ride for political prisoners in Burma, arriving in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Jag was cycling one kilometre for every political prisoner in Burma. She was also seeking to raise £2,000 for campaigning for the release of political prisoners. In the event she smashed her fundraising target, with donations so far totalling £3,330.

“Right now I just feel pure relief, I'm so glad I made it,” said Jag Dojkovski. “It was a real challenge, both physically and mentally, but when I found it hard to keep going, I thought of the amazing people from Burma I have met, who have been through so much to win freedom for their country, and that kept me going." 

The Most Restricted

According to today's news release from the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ), an International Media Watchdog Group, journalists in Burma remain among the most restricted and censored in the world.

The special report was written by Shawn W.Crispin from CPJ. The writer mentioned that although Burma's new government has promised reform, authorities continued to censor and imprison journalists.Those who report for critical, exile-run media remain at great risk. Journalists' phones were tapped and they were all under constant surveillance.

"No foreign national journalists are legally accredited to work for international news organizations in Burma, and those who parachute in on assignment are often expelled for violations of the no-work terms of tourist visas", the report says.

The Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) announced that 17 journalists who worked for the agency are currently detained in Burma, some of them with life-long sentences.

The exile Tibetan leader, Dalai Lama, is willing to visit Burma early next year for religious purposes. Although Burmese government may have no problem to approve visa to any other monks to visit Burma, it is not an easy decision for them to approve for Dalai Lama.The fact that Burmese government relies heavily on Chinese investment and diplomatic support could hinder the visa approval.
One of the famous abbot Ashin Nyanissara from Burma has approached the government for permission and hopes to get approval as early next year, the Wall Street says. “As a religious leader in Myanmar, I have the right to invite all Buddhist religious leaders around the world,” he told Wall Street. “I must invite His Holiness.”


The world's famous spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, often expresses his supports to Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. When she was released from house arrest in November 2010, Dalai Lama sent in a message from Japan saying: "I welcome the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and extend my appreciation to the military regime in Burma. I extend my full support and solidarity to the movement for democracy there and take this opportunity to appeal to freedom-loving people all over the world to support such non-violent movements".


Let's see how the result will come out.

Source: Wall Street Journal published on December 14,2011.

President Obama's letter to Aung San Suu Kyi

(Ref: Release from State Department) 

Aung San Suu Kyi
Rangoon, Burma
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi:
It was a pleasure and an honor to speak with you recently. As I said during our conversation, I have long admired your brave and unwavering struggle for democracy, and I consider our conversation a highlight of my recent visit to Asia.

I am pleased that the Burmese government has taken several encouraging steps in the direction of democracy and reform. Secretary of State Clinton's visit will explore how the United States can support efforts to foster political opening and respect for universal human rights, as well as demonstrate the seriousness of our commitment to helping the people of Burma achieve their democratic aspirations.

I thank you for your welcome of the Secretary's visit, and look forward to speaking to you again. Thank you for the inspiration you provide all of us around the world who share the values of democracy, human rights, and justice. We stand by you now and always.

Sincerely,
Barack Obama

Looking Back, Looking Forwards (Written by Aung San Suu Kyi)

Article Source: (Mainichi Japan) January 1, 2011

Photo:internet

 

The beginning of the year is a time for renewal, reinvigoration, resolutions and remembrance of things past.

I look back on 2010 and find that parts of the year were so little memorable as to have disappeared wholly into the lost wastes of time. How did I spend the first day of 2010? I cannot remember.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Burma

Photo Ref: US President Barack Obama stands by Burma President Thein Sein as they participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, Nov. 19, 2011. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Washington on Monday to South East Asia countries. She is currently visiting South Korea and will visit Burma on Thursday. According to the State, Clinton will spend two days in Burma where she is planning to meet with government officials on Thursday and with Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.

 Some say the meeting will speed up political changes in Burma towards the road of democracy but others say it is so early for President Obama to send the Secretary of State because the new government has not shown satisfactory changes inside Burma. According to the recent report from Human Right groups, the Burmese military backed government continues to torture and kill civilians, gang rape women and turn thousands of villagers into refugees in campaigns.(The civil war inside Burma has been going on since independence from Great Britain in 1949.) The fact that Burma new government still put hundreds of political prisoners behind bars also raises suspects of its willingness to reform Burma into a democractic country.

Regardless of different comments, the coming meeting between two powerful women of the world has caught an international attention at this time.This trip will be a remarkable milestone in American foreign policy as well as the history of Burma.

Although Clinton's visit may not cause changes to Burma's situations right away, i do believe that this will bring good results. I also believe that Burma is in need of international guidance and support at this time.

Pictures at an exhibition By Aung San Suu Kyi

Written by Aung San Suu Kyi 

Mainichi Japan

Some of my favorite memories of Oxford are linked to museums. First of all, the Ashmolean. A swerve of the bike was all that was necessary to take me there on my way home from the center of town. The quiet that wrapped around me as I wandered through the almost deserted ground floor rooms seemed to enhance the luminescence of Chinese porcelain. I would stand in front of a single vase exquisite in its simplicity and gaze on it with nothing very much in my mind except the knowledge that I just wanted to go on gazing.