Burmese Democratic Movement Association (BDMA)

Mon National Day Celebration

63rd anniversary of Mon National Day to be held in London (free entry)
The programmes include auspicious Mon National Day Speeches, cultural dances, live music performance and a comedy show (Anyeik). A fund-raising Food Fayre will also be part of the supplement program for humanity needs in border areas of Burma.

Date: Saturday 6th March
Time: 17:00 to 23:00
Venue: Cardinal Wiseman HighSchool, 358 Greenford Road, Greenford UB6 9AN

Aung San Suu Kyi: Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Burma
In Oxford as part of events in ‘Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings’: Festival 2010, the Oxford International Women’s Festival

A celebration in recognition and support of Aung San Suu Kyi: iconic first lady of Burma , described as “a stunning beacon of non-violent struggles for democracy and human rights.”
Aung San Suu Kyi, a graduate of St Hugh’s College Oxford 1969, was elected as the Leader of the National League for Democracy in her home country Burma in 1988, and has since 1989 spent fourteen years under house arrest. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her non-violent struggle.
The evening combines Burmese culture with politics; providing an insight into the forces that have inspired Aung San Suu Kyi’s passionate commitment to the peaceful pathway to freedom and democracy in her country.

Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm - sale of Burmese Cuisine; 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm - the main event
Venue: Oxford Town Hall , St Aldate’s, Oxford , OX1 1BX
Entrance: £6, Concessions £4.50 (Booking recommended)
Wheelchair access: Limited to 4 wheelchairs (Entrance 20 metres to left of main entrance)
Organizers: Sandy Thin Thin Mar Oo on behalf of the Oxford Burmese Community supported by the Oxford International Women’s Festival Committee
Coach Departure from London: A 49-seater coach will depart from Victoria Coach station at 1pm (to be confirmed)

For details, please click here. (scroll down to middle of page)

Demonstration @ the FCO by the KCA - UK

The Karen Community Association- UK (KCA-UK), would like to invite you all to join them for a global day of action on 9th March, 2010 regarding the new military offensive against Karen civilians by the Burmese Army in Karen State, eastern Burma.
For decades the Karen people have been under attack by the ruling regime. In early February this year, the troops of the Burmese Army entered two Karen villages in Ler Doh (Kyaukkyi) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District and burned them down. As a consequence, seventy-four houses were destroyed. People in eleven villages have been forced to flee for their lives. Around 2,500 people are now hiding in the jungle, in desperate need of aid.
In the same month, the Burmese troops fired a mortar bomb into an area of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Mutraw (Papun) District in Northern Karen State. One schoolboy has been killed and two more injured when the bomb hit their school at Tru Ta.
This schoolboy died because of the lack of medical assistant as the Burmese regime blocks aid into many area of the Karen State. His life could be saved by International aid. The only way to get medical assistance to this area is through cross-border aid from Thailand Burma border.
This attack against civilians is unacceptable and need to be stopped.
On this day, we will be calling the British Government to take action on this attack against Karen Civilians, which is in breach of the Geneva Convention, and to urge the UK government to push for a United Nations’ commission of inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Burmese Regime. We will also call for Department for International Development (DFID) to provide more cross- border aid for IDPs as they still fail to do it.

Date: Tuesday 9th March
Time: 12:30 to 13:30
Venue: Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH

Free Burma Discussion @ Freedom Film Club

Film: Tea with Mussolini
The discussion will be led by Ben Rogers.
Date: Wednesday 10th March
Time: 18:30
Venue: Burma Campaign UK 28 Charles Square London N1 6HT
RSVP: Please email to freedomfilmclub@googlemail.com

Demonstration: Burma Human Rights Day (ျမန္မာ့လူအခြင့္အေရးေန႔ (သို႔) တံတားနီေန႔)

As you all know, March 13th-18th are the days many students were brutally tortured and killed by Burmese security forces in 1988. Some of them died in hospitals and prisons. Although it has been 21 years, the memories still remain vivid.
March 13th is a truly memorable day in our democratic movement’s calendar. On that day, RIT student Ko Phone Maw was shot dead, and it was a spark of the 8888 uprisings in Burma. We, BDMA, are protesting in front of the Burmese Embassy in London to condemn their human rights abuses and to call for the release of all political prisoners in Burma.
Please join our protests as your support will help bring attention to the plight of imprisoned democracy activists, human rights defenders and promoters in Burma.

Date: Friday 12th March (in lieu of 13th March)
Time: TBC
Venue: In front of the Burmese Regime's Embassy, 19 A, Charles Street, London W1J 5DX