July the 7th anniversary commemorated

DVB ( July 07,2003 )

The 41st anniversary of the Burmese students revolution which falls on today is commemorated by exiled-Burmese organisations such as the NCGUB, NCUB, ABSU, ABSDF, All Arakan Students and Youths’ Congress, PPP, NLD [Liberated Areas] Youths by issuing statements.

The main contents of the statements point out that the students who were protesting peacefully for freedom of education were brutally put down by the military junta with the help of weapons and many university students were killed on the 7th of July, 1962.

Moreover, the historic Burmese students’ union building was blown up with dynamites and the deed left an indelible ugly stain on the Burmese history. In Burma, the students have no rights to form a student union and those who tried are labelled and severely punished as criminals.

On the 30th of May at the Dipeyin incident, many students and youths were killed by the junta-sponsored thugs while trying to save Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s life from the assassination attempt. By looking at the incident, it is clear that the military junta tried to eliminate all the chances for national reconciliation and the emergence of democracy in Burma.

Moreover, the statements demanded the junta to enquire into the Dipeyin incident as soon as possible, to release all political prisoners and to handover power to the NLD which won the election in 1990.