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DESCRIPTION:TERROR IN THE GOLDEN LAND\nA Burma Human Rights Day Benefit \n\n           
 Burma, once known as the Golden Land, is now being terrorized for more than 
 four decades by a vicious military dictatorship that has been condemned by 
 the United Nations and the international community as one of most brutal 
 regimes in the world.\n\n           Join us on Burma’s Human Rights Day 
 for traditional Burmese cuisine, award-winning speakers, and a daring film 
 that focuses on the suffering and the courage of the Burmese people in 
 their quest for democracy and freedom\n\nFILM SCREENING-- \n              
 Burma: Road To Nowhere \n\nA powerful documentary depicting massive forced 
 labor in Burma – men, women, and children in 21st century slavery -- an 
 entire country terrorized by cruel and corrupt dictators. Color, 40 min., 
 ImagesAsia \n\n *** SPEAKERS *** \n\nBO KYI:  *Spirit of Survival: My eight 
 years as a Political Prisoner*   Joint Secretary of the Association for 
 Assistance to Political Prisoners of Burma.  Based on the Thai-Burma 
 border, he travels around the world to promote the release of Burma’s 
 political prisoners. He himself served 8 years with hard labor in 
 Tharawaddy prison for his participation in the 1988 popular uprising. He 
 received an honored of Award from Amnesty International, Italian Section 
 for his relentless effort. \n\n KHIN OHMAR:  *Human Trafficking and its 
 consequences*   Award-wining speaker and the Women\\\'s Affairs Coordinator 
 of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), based 
 in Thailand. She left Burma during the 1988 democracy struggle and has been 
 promoting women’s human rights for more than ten years. \n\n PAW HSET 
 HSER:  *Burma\\\'s Army: License to Rape*   Member of Karen Women\\\'s 
 Organization (KWO) and the Advocacy Team of the Women\\\'s League of Burma 
 (WLB) in Thailand. She travels extensively to encourage international 
 awareness on the situation of women of Burma, particularly minority women, 
 under the military regime.   \n\nSAW MYAT MAR:  *Women\\\'s Rights is Human 
 Rights*   An aide of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (Burma People\\\'s Leader and 
 1991 Nobel Laureate) during 1988 people\\\'s uprising, and was arrested in 
 1989 while delivering a letter from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to a gathering 
 crowd in Rangoon; and imprisoned for three years in notorious Insein Prison 
 in Rangoon, Burma. She is now a member of Burmese American Women’s 
 Alliance (BAWA), based in San Francisco Bay Area. \n\nSaturday,  March  15 
 th \nBerkeley Unitarian Fellowship Hall, Bonita @ Cedar, 6-10pm 
 \n\nSPONSORS:\n*The Global Fund for Women\n*Global Exchange (SF)\n*Berkeley 
 Unitarian’s Social Justice Committee \n\n$15-$20 Donation (dinner 
 included) to benefit Burmese Women’s Groups\nOrganized by the 
 Burmese-American Democratic Alliance\nINFO:  www.badasfbay.org     (415) 
 892-0871 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/16253.php
SUMMARY:Burma Human Rights Day Film Screening and Benefit
LOCATION:Berkeley Unitarian Fellowship Hall\n1924 Cedar at Bonita, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/16253.php
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