Bergen for Burma – your voice counts!

There are signs of progress in the work for demo­c­ra­t­ic reform in Bur­ma both nation­al­ly and inter­na­tion­al­ly. For­mer Nor­we­gian Prime min­is­ter Kjell Magne Bon­de­vik has asked the cur­rent Min­is­ter of finance Kristin Halvors­en to with­draw invest­ments of the Nor­we­gian petro­le­um fund from oil com­pa­nies oper­at­ing in Bur­ma. French For­eign Min­is­ter Bernard Kouch­n­er has pro­posed an inter­na­tion­al fund to pro­vide Bur­ma eco­nom­ic incen­tives for allow­ing demo­c­ra­t­ic reform. The Burmese regime also has com­mu­ni­cat­ed with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. 
 
The lat­est news from Bur­ma reveal that protests against the mil­i­tary jun­ta is back on the street. Recent­ly 100 monks demon­strat­ed against the mil­i­tary regime in the north­ern part of the coun­try. They are sig­nalling that there is more to come. Con­tribute to keep the atten­tion of the world direct­ed towards Bur­ma by join­ing our demon­stra­tion the com­ing Sat­ur­day 1 p.m. at Tor­gal­men­nin­gen. There will be appeals and a qui­et march around the square behind the ban­ner of the democ­ra­cy move­ment. Dress in some­thing red, and make it known that also Bergen sup­ports free­dom and democ­ra­cy in Burma!
 
“Please use your lib­er­ty to pro­mote ours!” – Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Arr. Rafto foun­da­tion, Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al Bergen, the Burmese Excile Soci­ety in Bergen