Durther details on all events and others can be gleaned from the BurmaNet News.
The Council named to Restore Law and Order in the State of Myanmar is crossing the border into Thailand and is torching refugee camps there full of 10,000 Burmese citizens who have already tried to flee. See BurmaNet News BurmaNet News 4/30/95 and other late april issues for details.
02/28/95: the Berkeley City Council of California
has made a resolution - the first of its kind in the world -
which prohibits the purchase of goods and services from
companies who do business in Burma because of the
country's repressive human rights record. It's true.
Thanks to this, the same thing is being considered by Seattle, Madison, Wisconsin, and the Massachusetts Statehouse. How about your city?
01/21/95: Aung San Suu Kyi's scheduled release a lie
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned in a house in Rangoon by the SLORC for the last six years was rumoured to be released on January 20th, 1995. She remains locked up. Statements with
further details have been issued by
The Carter Center,
Amnesty International, the
NCGUB, and
herself.