Information Session to be Held in San Diego

Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)
August 14, 2003

An information session titled "Post-sanction Burma: Challenges for Burma's Democratization" shall be convened by exiled Burmese Dissidents in San Diego on tomorrow in a bid to unveil new strategies and report on underground resistance movements.

The briefing session is mainly aimed to provide the American press with an up-to-date and first-hand account on the situation inside Burma, and of the worldwide resistance movement. The briefing shall be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina/Quinn's in San Diego CA.

In attendance will be exiled political leaders recently returned from Burma and the country's "liberated areas". An organizer said "We will be showing exclusive footage of battle scenes between the ruling junta and the freedom fighters and of Aung San Suu Kyi on her non-violent organizing trail outside Rangoon prior to the bloody ambush by the regime".

Dr. Zarni, Founder of the US-based Free Burma Coalition, said "We believe the American press deserves a truthful first-hand account on the situation inside Burma. Moreover, we will shed light on the resistance movement which has been actively engaged in the battle to free Burma from the tyrannicalruling junta but until now has been little known outside Burma".

Burmese political exiles around the world are also planning a solidarity march on International Human Rights Day, the 10 December.