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YOU CAN HELP THE PEOPLE OF MYANMAR

"May we be free of torture, may there be peace in hearts and minds as our kindness spreads around the world."

This was the chant of the pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar in recent weeks. Security forces staged a violent crackdown on the protests, led by 30,000 red-robed monks. The military government's forces clubbed and tear-gassed protesters, fired shots into the air, raided monasteries, and arrested dozens if not hundreds of monks. Several people were reportedly shot to death.

When the people of Myanmar last staged mass protests back in 1988, the military junta murdered thousands.

Since the crackdown began, the government has tightened controls on communications, banned gatherings, and imposed a curfew. Amnesty International stands in solidarity with the people of Myanmar as they seek freedon from oppression. You can too.

"The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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