

26.09.2007 Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - The military dictatorship in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, cracked down on escalating anti-government street protests on Wednesday, Sept. 26, with troops firing over the heads of large crowds in Yangon, the country's main city. Riot police fired tear gas at columns of monks trying to push their way past barricades sealing off the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's holiest shrine and the starting point of marches that mushroomed from small protests against huge fuel price increases. Angry crowds filled the streets of Yangon, defying the military violence meant to curb the biggest anti-government protests in 20 years.
Hundreds of thousands of monks nuns and civilians have taken to the streets in peaceful protest in Burma. The regime has responded by firing on them. It's up to us to act now. I hope you find my words encouraging and join the fight. Everything you do helps to save lives. Please contact me to ask how you can help get the world to do the right thing.
Jim Carrey calls for people to support the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. He also decries Burma's military regime for recruiting more child soldiers than any other country in the world, destroying 3,000 villages in eastern Burma, and forcing 1.5 million refugees to flee. He appeals to viewers to join two organizations: The Human Rights Action Center www.humanrightsactioncenter.org U.S. Campaign for Burma www.uscampaignforburma.org
10/4/07 - "Myanmar (Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi, Monks killed and left in jungle, Jim Carrey, using satellite imagery to track atrocities, Facebook group for world-wide action (oct 6),... MoreĀ» free burma day action for bloggers (oct 4), U.S. Campaign for Burma." - Metacafe
10/01/07 - Amateur video taken from inside of Burma of the ongoing protest and struggle there. This video shows that the government is fully responsible for shooting and killing a Japanese journalist in close range as opposed to their original claim that he had been hit by a stray bullet.