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Burma Civil Society groups at ASEAN Peoples’ Forum call on ASEAN to address the regime’s serious breaches of the Charter
Monday, October 19, 2009

A delegation of Burma civil society actors organized by the Task Force on ASEAN and Burma (TFAB) are attending the ASEAN People’s Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference in Cha-am, Thailand, on October 18-20, days before the ASEAN Summit. The APF/ACSC has been reformatted to create greater opportunities for interaction between civil society and ASEAN senior officials. Burma’s civil society groups are calling on ASEAN to address the SPDC’s violations of the regional body’s Charter.

On 19 October, Ashin Sopaka of the International Burmese Monks Organization will be speaking on a panel addressing political and security issues in ASEAN. Other members of the delegation will be raising issues of sexual violence, environmental exploitation, child soldiers, political and ethnic oppression at the hands of the military junta, and rights for migrant workers.

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Many Burmese Monks Arrested
Friday, October 16, 2009

At least 30 monks were arrested in Burma in September and October, the two-year anniversary of the Saffron Revolution, sources said.Sources familiar with the Sangha, the institution of monks nationwide, said 13 monks from Meiktila and 10 monks from Kyaukpadaung townships in Mandalay Division were arrested in late September, in an effort by the military junta to discourage or break up potential demonstrations by monks.

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Gen. Than Shwe Ousts from Buddha Sasana
Thursday, October 08, 2009
For his regime's brutalities and failure to apologize the Buddhist monks, the International Burmese Monks Organization (IBMO) states Snr. Gen. Than Shwe and his family members have been dismissed from Buddha Sasana and considers him as a foe of the Buddha Sasana. | YouTube | More

US-Burma dialogue begin; monks demand timeline
Friday, October 02, 2009
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The White house Administration and the Burmese Military junta has initiated the US-Burma dialogue process with their first meeting started amidst calls from the Burmese monks asking time line for such an important dialogue process.

Welcoming Obama Administration’s decision to use a combination of sanctions and diplomacy against Burma, the International Burmese Monks Organisation (IBMO) on Wednesday demanded a time line for any dialogue process with the military junta.

“US direct diplomacy with the regime should not be an open-ended process, but should take place within a reasonable timeframe and with clear benchmarks,” the IBMO said in its written testimony submitted to the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Burma nuclear proliferation ring?
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Sentator Lugar, ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the US Senate, issued a statement for the hearing of the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee. Lugar writes: | Details | More

International Burmese Monks Organization demands timeline
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Washington, Sept 30 (PTI)

The Obama Administration and the Burmese Military junta has initiated the US-Burma dialogue process with their first meeting, amidst call from the Burmese monks that there should be time line for such a dialogue process.

Welcoming Obama Administration's decision to use a combination of sanctions and diplomacy against Burma, the International Burmese Monks Organisation (IBMO) today demanded a time line for any dialogue process with the military junta.

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Dozens of Buddhist Monks to Attend U.S. Senate Burma Hearing
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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In a sign of protest against U.S. Senator Jim Webb, dozens of Buddhist monks will attend a hearing on U.S. Burma policy that will be chaired by Webb in the Senate on Wednesday, September 30th at 2:30 pm in room #419 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

Webb was recently defeated in his drive to unilaterally lift U.S. sanctions on Burma’s military regime, after the State Department and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the United States would maintain sanctions on Burma unless the country’s military regime made concrete steps toward democracy.

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The International Burmese Monks Organization (Bangladesh Branch) observed the second anniversary of the Saffron Revolution in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 26 by staging a demonstration against the Burmese military junta.
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Dhaka: The International Burmese Monks Organization (Bangladesh Branch) observed the second anniversary of the Saffron Revolution in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 26 by staging a demonstration against the Burmese military junta.

U Thila Wantha, Secretary of the group, said, “Today is the second anniversary of the Saffron Revolution. So we came here to voice our concern about the current political imbroglio in Burma. We demand that the military junta release all political prisoners including Aung Sann Suu Kyi, monk Gambira and U Ithariya.”

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Ashin Issariya: “We will march – If they try to stop us or not”
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Burmese monks have demanded the military junta to apologize for the killing and insulting of monks and the religion not later than October 2, 2009 or face the consequences of excommunication starting on October 3, 2009. How is the situation inside Burma now?

Ashin Issariya: The situation is extremely tense because the Burmese government is obviously afraid of the monks. They fear, that we monks might start walking again, might build a movement again and initiate a revolution. That is why today the Burmese monks are followed, restricted and controlled so much. In this situation a lot of monks are on the run, hiding somewhere, having changed their robes to laymen clothes. Some monks left Burma and came to Mae Sot, Thailand. Yes, some monks had run away from Myanmar because of the harsh persecution.

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The Metta Sutta
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Two years ago today there were 30,000 to 100,000 people demonstrating in Yangon and other marches taking place in over 25 Burmese cities, the largest anti-government protest in Burma for twenty years. A thousand monks attempted to greet Aung San Suu Kyi and, denied access, left peacefully after chanting prayers. The Dalai Lama spoke out clearly, giving his blessing to the monks in their bid for freedom and democracy, and the US President, George W. Bush, introduced unilateral sanctions against the Burmese leaders during a speech on this day to the UN General Assembly, and encouraged other countries to do the same. | Details | More

Protesters march on G-20 summit in Pittsburgh
Thursday, September 24, 2009
PITTSBURGH — Police are ordering several hundred protesters to stop their march in opposition of the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh. The march is not sanctioned by the city and police have declared it an unlawful assembly. They are playing an announcement over a loudspeaker telling people to leave or face arrest or "other police action." Several hundred protesters, many advocating against capitalism, are trying to march toward the site of the summit. |Details | More

Religious groups rally around Pittsburgh
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Religious groups gathered in the North Side and Strip District this morning to protest human rights violations in Asia as the group of 20 economic summit prepared to begin. More than 100 people gathered in the Strip District this morning to demand freedom to practice Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. Their peaceful protest, which started about 8 a.m., was held in the shadow of the Senator John Heinz History Center near 12th and Smallman streets. |Details | More

Burmese Monks Protesting at G-20
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Burmese Monks chanting prayers for peace during the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh | Youtube1 YouTube2 |Photos | YouTube 3 | More

Burmese Monks March in Pittsburgh early today
Thursday, September 24, 2009
In August 2007 in the country Burma (called Myanmar by the military junta) the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests broke out due to the junta suddenly and without notice removing subsidies causing the prices of diesel, petrol, and natural gas to rise drastically. Led by students and opposition political activists, the protest demonstrations were at first dealt with quickly and harshly by the junta, with dozens of protesters arrested and detained. Starting September 18 (2007), the protests had been led by thousands of Buddhist monks, and those protests had been allowed to proceed until a renewed government crackdown on September 26. These protests became known as the Saffron Revolution. | Details | More

Some events scheduled in Pittsburgh for the G-20
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Some events planned in Pittsburgh for the Group of 20 global economic summit being held in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24 and 25: ONGOING: ,Exhibit on destroyed Darfur villages, through-Friday, Schenley Park. |Details |More

announcement of International Burmese Monks Organization on 09/23/2009.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
It has been 48 years: - since 2nd March 1962, our country has been governed by the self-seeking group of military officers. They have used the personals of the Defense Forces which is supported by the public funds, to suppress any form of dissent by the population. During this dark period in our history, our country, once known as the Granary of the South East Asia region has been reduced to the poorest country in the region. The people of all ages and sexes have to seek any occupation abroad just to survive. It is a well known fact that can be seen in the neighboring countries- Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, where they have to work as domestics servants, illegal laborers, sex workers and drug countries. During those 48 years under the military administration, we have become a pariah nation in the world. | Details | More

Monks lead International Peace Day march
Monday, September 21, 2009
Around 100 people led by monks marked International Peace Day today by marching through the Thai town of Mae Sot, close to the border with Burma. Details | More

Buddhist monks plan to come to Pittsburgh for peaceful protests during G-20
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Dozens of Buddhist monks are coming to Pittsburgh for a week of peaceful protests during the Group of 20 summit.

When "Uprising" anarchists and other activists take to the streets for an unpermitted march toward the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Thursday, monks and laypeople from Burma and Tibet will be strolling Downtown, in the North Side and in Oakland, to draw attention to the suffering of people living under dictators.

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