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        About 500 Fort Wayne-area residents will be holding their breath =
Sept. 9 when friends back home in Burma demonstrate against the military =
government.=20

        The protesters want a nonviolent democratic revolution in their =
country, situated between Thailand and India and ruled by the military =
for 40 years. But they may get the same violent response they endured 11 =
years ago, when thousands died and thousands more fled their homeland. =
Many others have been imprisoned and tortured.=20

        The Clinton administration sides strongly with the =
demonstrators, but it needs to devise an effective warning against =
another military crackdown. All the U.S. diplomatic and trade sanctions =
of the past decade will be trivialized if the generals running Burma =
(which they call Myanmar) terrorize the democrats again.=20

        A nonviolent tactic the United States can still play against =
Burma is banning all U.S. trade there - and seeking a global trade ban =
through the United Nations. President Clinton should let the Burmese =
military know that is his policy well before the Sept. 9 demonstrations. =


        Local Burmese say their Fort Wayne group is the largest Burmese =
refugee community in the United States. Several of the most active =
members are organizing a national conference about their country to be =
held here Sept. 5. It will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the =
Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne Walb Memorial Union.=20

        One of the main goals of the conference is to plan a strategy to =
sue the Burmese dictators for their human rights abuses. And longer =
term, organizers want to replace the government with the one elected in =
1990 but never allowed to take power.=20

        But in the short term, the Fort Wayne conference will be a =
warm-up to show support for the brave souls who will take to the streets =
of Burma four days later.=20

        One of the speakers scheduled in Fort Wayne is U Thaung, an =
elderly former newspaper editor who has been resisting Burma's military =
governments most of his life. Others include members of the government =
in exile (drawn from the winners of the 1990 election) and the organizer =
of a group of peace activists - including Americans - who were arrested =
in Burma last year.=20

        Fort Wayne-area churches and others responsible for helping so =
many Burmese escape to this community deserve credit and praise. Now =
others in the region who want to know more about a Texas-sized nation of =
47 million struggling people can catch up at the free conference at =
IPFW. For more information, call Maung Maung Win at (219) 485-7774.=20


        PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, AUG. 24, 1999




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U.S., Fort Wayne can help Burmese 


About 500 Fort Wayne-area residents will be holding their = breath=20 Sept. 9
when friends back home in Burma demonstrate against the = military=20
government.=20 

The protesters want a nonviolent democratic revolution in = their=20 country,
situated between Thailand and India and ruled by the = military=20 for 40
years. But they may get the same violent response they = endured 11=20 years
ago, when thousands died and thousands more fled their = homeland.=20 Many
others have been imprisoned and tortured.=20 

The Clinton administration sides strongly with the = demonstrators, but=20 it
needs to devise an effective warning against another military = crackdown. All
the U.S. diplomatic and trade sanctions of the = past=20 decade will be
trivialized if the generals running Burma (which = they=20 call Myanmar)
terrorize the democrats again.=20 

A nonviolent tactic the United States can still play against = Burma is=20
banning all U.S. trade there - and seeking a global trade ban = through=20 the
United Nations. President Clinton should let the Burmese = military=20 know
that is his policy well before the Sept. 9 demonstrations.=20 

Local Burmese say their Fort Wayne group is the largest = Burmese=20 refugee
community in the United States. Several of the most = active=20 members are
organizing a national conference about their country = to be=20 held here
Sept.
5. It will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the=20 Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne
Walb
Memorial Union.=20 

One of the main goals of the conference is to plan a strategy = to sue=20 the
Burmese dictators for their human rights abuses. And longer = term,=20
organizers want to replace the government with the one elected = in 1990=20
but
never allowed to take power.=20 

But in the short term, the Fort Wayne conference will be a = warm-up to=20
show
support for the brave souls who will take to the streets of = Burma=20 four
days later.=20 

One of the speakers scheduled in Fort Wayne is U Thaung, an = elderly=20
former
newspaper editor who has been resisting Burma's military=20 governments
most of
his life. Others include members of the = government=20 in exile (drawn from
the winners of the 1990 election) and the = organizer=20 of a group of peace
activists - including Americans - who were = arrested=20 in Burma last
year.=20


Fort Wayne-area churches and others responsible for helping = so many=20
Burmese escape to this community deserve credit and praise. Now = others=20 in
the region who want to know more about a Texas-sized nation = of 47=20 million
struggling people can catch up at the free conference at = IPFW.=20 For more
information, call Maung Maung Win at (219) 485-7774.=20 

PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, AUG. 24, 1999

 
   
    
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Copyright =A9 1999 Journal Gazette 
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