Immediate Release

September 15, 2003

Contact: Aung Moe Zaw

(202) 641 2229

Naw May Oo

(202) 299 4989

Burmese Opposition Leaders to Brief on Human Rights Situations and Peoples’ Struggle

Washington, September 15 — The Burmese opposition leaders coming from the Thailand-Burma border-based organizations and the Washington-based Free Burma Coalition will reveal the situations inside Burma on Tuesday at the Amnesty International, Washington DC.

The speakers from the National Council of Union of Burma (NCUB), the largest coalition composed of the multi-ethnic opposition groups, will discuss the human rights situations and the conditions of internally displaced persons inside Burma and along the border. The speakers will also reveal the struggle of the pro-democracy activists inside Burma.

In addition to the human rights situations, Naw May Oo, director of communications at the Free Burma Coalition, will discuss the international image of the Burma’s pro-democracy movement within the 15-year of struggle.

Who: P’doh Mahn Sha, General Secretary and Spokesperson of the Karen National Union, member of secretariats of the NCUB

U Aung Moe Zaw, Chairperson of Democratic Party for New Society, General Secretary of the NCUB

U Than Htut, member of secretariats of the NCUB, editor of Moe Jo newspaper

Naw May Oo, director of communications, FBC

When: Tuesday, September 16 at 2:00 p.m.

Where: Amnesty International (USA)

600 Pennsylvania Ave SE, 5th Floor
(Metro: Eastern Market on Blue & Orange)

The junta-led State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) rules Burma since the bloody crackdown of the nation-wide uprising in 1988. The SPDC locks up over 1,500 political prisoners and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy movement. The junta orchestrated an ‘ambush’ on the pro-democracy supporters and the motorcade of Aung San Suu Kyi on May 30th, 2003, killing over one hundred people.