{"id":112,"date":"2007-10-01T22:58:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T22:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rightoncanada.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/01\/support-democracy-in-burma-2\/"},"modified":"2007-10-01T22:58:45","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T22:58:45","slug":"support-democracy-in-burma-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Support Democracy in Burma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Dear RightOnCanada Supporter<\/font><\/p>\n

I am moved by the courage of ordinary Burmese citizens and Buddhist monks who have marched in the thousands to demand democracy for Burma. I am also shocked by the brutal reaction of that country\u2019s military junta to these peaceful demonstrators.<\/font><\/p>\n

Media and observer reports have detailed the atrocities of the Burmese authorities: potentially hundreds of innocent citizens\u00a0shot\u00a0or\u00a0even burned\u00a0alive. Thousands more have been jailed. Pro-democracy leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest.<\/font><\/p>\n

Please join me in calling on Stephen Harper to take a stronger stand<\/a>\u00a0in defence of peace and human rights. Canada must engage other countries, in addition to the UN Security Council, in pressing the Burmese military junta to end its 45-year stranglehold on the rights and freedoms of its citizens.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

Mr. Harper must also call on China to use its influence and urge Burma to end its violent attacks on its own citizens.<\/font><\/p>\n

Thanks for taking action. Please\u00a0forward this letter\u00a0to your friends and contacts.<\/font>
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\nSincerely,<\/font>
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\nKathleen Ruff<\/strong>
\n<\/font>Founder of RightOnCanada.ca\u00a0
\n<\/font><\/span>and Senior Advisor to the Rideau Institute<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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