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Frontline Human Rights Defenders News 08/08/08
8 August 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the '8888 Uprising' in Burma when the military killed an estimated 3,000 people following the outbreak of peaceful protests calling for democracy on 8 August 1988. In September 2007 the junta, which has a monopoly on fuel prices, raised the price of fuel from approximately US$1.40 to US$2.80 a gallon, and raised the price of natural gas 5 fold, resulting in students, opposition activists and monks taking peacefully to the streets to protest against the government. During this Saffron Revolution, hundreds of human rights defenders and protesters were detained and sentenced to long periods in prison. Others have been forced into hiding and exile.
Further Information
Posted /08/2008 On the anniversary of '8888 Uprising', Global Burma Day, Burmese human rights defenders will be holding commemorative events around the world to express their solidarity with those who were killed and imprisoned in 1988 and 2007 and to show their support for all of those in Burma who continue to struggle for peace and democracy.
Front Line calls on the Burmese junta to:
1. Release all human rights defenders and protesters who remain in prison due to their participation in the peaceful protests during the Saffron Revolution;
2. Stop using violence against peaceful protesters;
3. Ensure that the treatment of all detained human rights defenders and protesters adheres to all those conditions set out in the 'Basic Principles for Treatment of Prisoners, adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990';
4. Guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders in Burma are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals, and free of all restrictions including judicial harassment.
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Further Information
Posted /08/2008 On the anniversary of '8888 Uprising', Global Burma Day, Burmese human rights defenders will be holding commemorative events around the world to express their solidarity with those who were killed and imprisoned in 1988 and 2007 and to show their support for all of those in Burma who continue to struggle for peace and democracy.
Front Line calls on the Burmese junta to:
1. Release all human rights defenders and protesters who remain in prison due to their participation in the peaceful protests during the Saffron Revolution;
2. Stop using violence against peaceful protesters;
3. Ensure that the treatment of all detained human rights defenders and protesters adheres to all those conditions set out in the 'Basic Principles for Treatment of Prisoners, adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990';
4. Guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders in Burma are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals, and free of all restrictions including judicial harassment.
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