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Sign a Petition Asking For The Release Of All Political Prisoners In Burma.
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The sentencing of Burmese dissidents was just announced and we must act now!

Quote from http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=14615:

"Fourteen leading activists of the 88 Generation Students group, including five women, were given 65-year prison sentences in a court in Insein Prison. At the same time, 25 other activists, including five monks and women who took part in the September 2007 uprising, were sentenced to up to 26 years imprisonment. The well-known labor activist Su Su Nway was sentenced to 12 and half years.

The lengthy sentences demonstrate that the oppressive regime is determined to crack down on pro-democracy groups in keeping with its slogan “annihilation of destructive elements and foreign stooges.” It also shows that the regime is simply ignoring calls from the international community for the release of political prisoners."

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The sentencing of Burmese dissidents was just announced and we must act now!<br /><br />Quote from http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=14615:<br /><br />"Fourteen leading activists of the 88 Generation Students group, including five women, were given 65-year prison sentences in a court in Insein Prison. At the same time, 25 other activists, including five monks and women who took part in the September 2007 uprising, were sentenced to up to 26 years imprisonment. The well-known labor activist Su Su Nway was sentenced to 12 and half years. <br /><br />The lengthy sentences demonstrate that the oppressive regime is determined to crack down on pro-democracy groups in keeping with its slogan &ldquo;annihilation of destructive elements and foreign stooges.&rdquo; It also shows that the regime is simply ignoring calls from the international community for the release of political prisoners."<br /><br />Please pledge to sign <a href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1189/t/5102/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1407'>this petition</a> asking for the safe release of all political prisoners in Burma.

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