PRESS
CONFERENCE
Current Situation in Myanmar/Burma
Subject: 15 Years Struggle for Freedom
and Democracy Continues
Date: 9 August 2003 (Saturday)
Timing: 3:30 pm. Sharp
Venue: MP Club, South Avenue, New Delhi
(Between Teen Murti House and
Rashtrapati Bhawan)
Press Conference will be addressed by:
· Mr. Soe Myint (Mizzima News)
· Mr. Ramjeev Verma (National League
for Democracy, Liberated Area)
· Mr. Myat Thu (National Health and Education
Committee)
· Ms. Thin Thin Aung (Women’s League
of Burma)
· Mr. B.K Sen (Burma Lawyers’ Council)
· Mr. Thein Myint (All Burma Students
League)
For further information, please
contact Soe Myint - Mobile: 9891358833
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To commemorate 15th Anniversary of People’s Uprising
in Burma and
To mark the 5th Anniversary of Mizzima News
15 Years Journey for Freedom Continues
4 pm., 9 August 2003 (Saturday)
MP Club, South Avenue, New Delhi
(Between Teen Murti House and Rashtrapati
Bhawan)
Art Exhibition on Burma and 8888 Democracy Movement
By Burmese exiled artist Sitt Nyein Aye
4:00 – 4:10 pm Songs from Burma by Burmese youth
4:10 – 4:30 pm Film on Burma (20 minutes)
4:30 – 4:40 pm Solidarity Messages with the Burmese
Struggle for
Democracy
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4:45 – 5:45 pm Panel Discussion
“India’s Role in the Burmese Struggle for Democracy”
Panelists: Mr. B. G. Verghese (Center for Policy Research)
Mr. Venkat Narayan (President Emeritus, South Asia Foreign
Correspondents’ Club)
Speakers: Mr. Prakash Karat (Politburo, Communist Party of
India-Marxist), Mr. Arun Kumar (Member of Parliament, Samata),
Dr. D. Raja
(National Secretary, Communist Party of India), One Representative
from
Congress Party, Mr. Ravi Nair (South Asia Human Rights Documentation
Center)
And others:
Moderator: Mr. Amit Baruah (The Hindu)
(The panel discussion will be joined by intellectuals, professionals,
Human Rights activists, civil society leaders and Burmese
pro-democracy
activists as well.)
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5:45 – 6:00 pm Refreshment With Burmese Snacks, Burmese
Songs and Dance
by Burmese Youth
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