Nonviolent Direct Action
Websites/Multiple Documents
Description:
On August 9, 18 foreigners were arrested in Rangoon for distributing leaflets bearing a ?Goodwill Message? asking Rangoon residents to remember on its tenth anniversary the events of August 8, 1988. These leaflets were distributed at busy centres throughout the capital. The foreigners included six Americans, three Thai, three Malaysians, three Indonesians, two Filipinos and one Australian who travelled together to Rangoon and were subsequently held for interrogation.
Source/publisher:
The Irrawaddy News: Vol 6 No.5
Date of publication:
1998-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Nonviolent Direct Action
Language:
English
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Individual Documents
Description:
"Burma?s pro-democracy movement has attracted a wide array of friends and foes. After more than
a decade in exile, many dissidents are finding it difficult to tell the difference...
James Mawdsley, author of The Heart Must Break, admitted that he has little knowledge of Burma where he
spent over a year in prison. However, Mawdsley wanted to change the country and strongly believed that
individuals could make a real difference..."
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9, No. 9
Date of publication:
2001-12-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Nonviolent Direct Action
Language:
English
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