Burmese Bloggers Without Borders

Dear Readers

Thank you for your continued support throughout the past few months.

In order to bring you updated news from inside Burma, we're consolidating our efforts, and we will now be posting news as part of Burmese Bloggers Without Borders.

Read us now at http://bbwob.blogspot.com/

Campaign: Jan 4 - Free Burma from 45 Years of Military Oppression

Source: Nik Nayman

International Burmese Monks Organisation Inc, on 24^th of November (Full Moon Day of TanSaungMone), released a statement calling Burmese in and outside Burma to act on their desire for a free Burma. In the statement, the organization urged Burmese worldwide to participate in the freedom movement, on the 4^th of January, 2008, Independence Day of Burma, by carrying out the following:

1.       Wearing red to commemorate the September Saffron Revolution

2.       Resuming the Saffron Revolution

3.       Issuing statements to bring the attention of the world to the lack of freedom in Burma

For the original article in Burmese, please follow this link: http://niknayman.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post_25.html

Invitation: Overseas Burmese Patriots - Singapore Charter

An indoor forum will be held this weekend in Singapore to discuss the current crisis in Burma. The results of this discussion will be submitted to the ASEAN Summit to be held from 19th to 23rd November.

Everyone is welcome.

Date: 17th November 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 5.00 to 8.30pm
Venue: Excelsior Hotel, 5th Floor

Note:
1. Registration will commence at 4.30pm.
2. Please come dressed in red.
2. Please refrain from taking pictures.

Announcement: Beware of Pro-democratic Scammers

A few words of caution to dear readers: please check thoroughly about the charitible organization before you make a donation through them. Please make sure your hard earned cash arrives in right hands for the right cause. Support Burma. Not Pro-democratic Scammers.

For those uninformed, there are groups of people who gets unethical benefit from mayhem and carnegie in Burma. I call them Pro-democratic Scammers. These organizations are disguised as Pro-democratic humanitarian organizations running charities for the troubled people of Burma. They tend to make up and exaggerate news, fake photos, fake the figures and talk nonsense to the public and NGOs as well as GOs to scam charity money from them and -- you guessed it! -- most of the cash ends up in their pockets.

Worse, they have vested interest in SPDC. SPDC is their money tree. They need SPDC to torture and kill people in Burma so that they can cry out for help and fool to kind-hearted people like you and me to fill and re-fill their pockets or buy designer clothes with bigger pockets to fill. Therefore, they do not want Burma gets Independence. In my personal opinion, they might even have connections with SPDC. That means, in a way, you can conclude that supporting them is the same as supporting SPDC which is the same as strengthening the chains Burma has to break to gain her freedom. That's the least thing you could have ever imagined to contribute to!

All in all, please remember: C comes before D -- Check before you make a Donation. We greatly respect, highly appreciate and are very grateful for the philanthropic efforts you made in supporting Burma. May we succeed!

Word of Warning to Burmese Students/Workers in Foreign Countries

Source: http://lanka-msma.blogspot.com

Lanka MSMA reported that burmese returning home from studies or work from foreign countries are being subjected to checks at the airport against photos and videos taken of protests, and anyone suspected of being involved in the democratic movement are being detained.

For the original article in Burmese, please follow this link: http://lanka-msma.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post_835.html

6th October: Global Day of Action for Burma

Today is the Global Day of Action.

Protests are expected across the world at noon local time. They have already been scheduled in key locations including: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, India, Ireland, France, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, the UK and the US. In the UK, the protest is being organized by 25 organizations including Burma Campaign UK, Amnesty International and the TUC.

Source: Trades Union Congress

Here are the list of some of the events planned to show solidarity with the Burmese people in their fight against a repressive regime. This list will be updated as and when we get more information.


Australia

Melbourne
Time: 12 Noon
Venue: Banks of Yarra (near the boat sheds, opposite the Arts Centre - southern river bank)

Sydney
Time: 12.30 pm
Venue: Martin Place (Sydney CBD)

Sydney
Time: 3pm
Venue: Villawood Senior Citizens Centre, Villawood Rd [close to Villawood Station]

Brisbane
Time: 2pm
Venue: Cultural Forecourt, Southbank


New Zealand

Dunedin
Time: From 12 noon
Venue: Upper Octagon, city

Christchurch
Time: 12pm - 3pm
Venue: Victoria Square (cnr Armagh and Colombo Streets)

Palmerston North
Time: From 2pm
Venue: By the Cenotaph, the Square

Wellington
Time: 12 pm - 2pm
Venue: Civic Square Speakers


Thailand

Click here for a picture of the protest in Bangkok.


United Kingdom

Edinburgh
Time: From 3pm
Venue: Princes Street Gardens West (near the floral clock) where a magnolia tree was planted in honour of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, when she was awarded Freedom of the City of Edinburgh in 2005


Scotland

Glasgow
Time: From noon
Venue: George Square

Gambari Briefs UNSC: Live on CNN

Source: CNN

UN envoy, Mr Ibrahim Gambari will brief the UN Security Council at 1900 GMT. Catch it live on CNN.

5th - 7th October: Prayer Sessions for All Heroes of the Revolution

Burmese Muslims to Join

Source: http://dvb.no

Starting this Friday, 5th of October, prayer sessions for all religions will be held in Burma to honour those who lost their lives during the revolution. The prayer sessions will be held for 3 consecutive days, said Lu Htu Hlote Shar Mhu Kyi Kyat Yay Committee, loosely translated as the Committee for Mass Movement.

Formed on the 27th of September, the Committee is comprised of 9 organisations such as All-Burma's Monks Alliance, 88 Generation Burma of Students, and various other groups representing monks, youths, poets, songwriters, lawyers and journalists.

The Committee made this announcement yesterday in a statement which said that it will hold peaceful prayer sessions and candle light vigils over the weekend at all famous pagodas, mosques, and churches. It also appealed to all Buddhists to raise the Buddhist flag at home and in the monasteries.

In the published statement, the Committee said that it will pray for:
a. a free Burma and the return of peace and prosperity to Burma,
b. the release of unfairly imprisoned monks, students, and civilians,
c. the collapse of its ruthless ruling junta and democratic reforms that the Heroes of the Revolution fought so hard for.

DVB reported today that Burmese Muslim Association has also issued a statement urging its members to support this movement. Ko Kyaw Sua, a spokesmen of the Burmese Muslim Association, said:
"Our religion teaches us the same values. It is our duty to do what we can for our country. Our forefathers have done the same thing."

The statement, issued in Burmese and Urdu, told its members to unite with the rest of the country in body and soul, in order to overthrow a regime that has shown its true grotesque colours by not only burning down mosques and churches, but also launching a ruthless crackdown on the sangha, the guardians of Buddism, their own religion.

For the original articles in Burmese, please follow the 2 links below:
1. http://burmese.dvb.no/news.php?id=2245
2. http://burmese.dvb.no/news.php?id=2263

Caution: Be wary of Malware - Hackers Exploit Crisis in Burma

We received this through an email. Please spread the word:

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SDA Asia Magazine, Singapore

Hackers Exploit Crisis in Burma, Spread Melware

Taking advantage of international concern regarding the daily demonstrations in Burma, a new email has been circulating the World Wide Web harboring a malicious attack designed to infect.

"The Burmese regime is said to have tried to stop news coming out of the
country by shutting down internet cafes and controlling computer users'
access to the net. People around the world are hungry to hear about the
latest situation in the country and support the pro-democracy movement, and may be tempted to read this so-called letter from the Dalai Lama," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.

The malware, which claims to be a message of support for monks and other protesters in Burma from the Dalai Lama reads as follows:

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

Please find enclosed a massage from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in support of the recent pro democracy demonstrations taking place in Burma.

This is for your information and can be distributed as you see fit.

Best wishes.

Tenzin Taklha
Joint Secretary
Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

When users open the attached document (filename: hhdl burma_001.doc), it
attempts to exploit a Word vulnerability which in turn tries to download a Trojan horse onto the victim's PC.

Security company Sophos detects the malicious document as Exp/1Table-B and the Trojan it tries to download as Agent-CGU.

Sophos experts note that to add even more credibility to the message and to encourage a greater number of victims to open the attachment, a link to official website of the Dalai Lama is included.

"Using topical news stories to trick unwary computer users into opening and downloading malicious code is one of the oldest tricks in the book, but it's obviously still working or the hackers wouldn't waste their time on it. We should all use our common sense and question the legitimacy of emails sent out of the blue," said Cluley.

Sophos recommends that companies protect themselves with a consolidated
solution which can control network access and defend against the threats of spam, hackers, spyware and viruses.

List of Detainees

Source: http://niknayman.blogspot.com

A partial list of 334 detainees with their complete details have been put up at this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?24pg4yxnjti

Please help us to get this list to the news agencies and international organizations.

Word of Caution to all Burmese in Singapore

Flaming Peacocks would like to remind all Burmese that when signing petitions, they should be careful to read the contents. For the petition signed by those who attended the protest outside the Burmese Embassy in Singapore, SDP's Chee, in fact, was asking everyone to sign two letters; one against the Burmese Junta, and the other against Singapore Government.

We would like to remind you to keep your eyes open, and ensure that you do not get involved in anything which is against your beliefs.

To read the two letters drafted by Chee, please follow this link:

http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/articleburmaprotest2.html

Hello,everyone,
This blog is intended mainly for the international media. We will translate all news updates in two catagories, confirmed and unconfirmed. We want this site to be a reliable source for international media. We will help if international media or any other organization requires translation. We will update as much as we can. For those of you who wanna send pics,info,updates,suggestions,Qs, contact ngar89@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Mg Na Gyi and friends

Current Updates

Confirmed Updates

Burma Regime's army forces have been violently using gunfire, tear gas and steel sticks, sling shots to violently fight the unarmed peaceful protesters of Burma for nearly a week now.
However, there have are protests still going on. So far , it is likely that there have been at least 80 deaths of civilian and monks(some on the spot,others by injuries). Government uses dirty tricks such as releasing prisoners as fake protesters and fake monks.
Today,there are more protest going on across the country, below are CONFIRMED at 29/September.

A high school student(16-17yrs old) killed by army in protest. Body was retrieved by his parents to their house. Army later came and searched the entire ward for the house and took the body. Th student's parents are in deep sad and anger now.May he be in peace
PaKhoteKu,Magwe Division,
2500 monks leading the whole civilian crowd of the town. 200 monks leading approx 2000 civilians in different parts of town. Peaceful non-violent demonstrations.

Sitwe, RaKhine Division,
80 monks leading 3000 civilians defying the army's "show force"exercises in the middle of town.

YwaMa villages, TaunKote district, Rakhine division
unknown numbers of monks and civilians specifically, but the whole crowd adding total 10,000 in protest because people from nearby villages and districts gather there.