The Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma expresses the strongest solidarity with the people of Burma in commemorating the third anniversary of the Saffron Revolution.
The Saffron Revolution is the one of the most recent expressions of the people of Burma’s continual and collective resistance to the military dictatorship of the General Than Shwe regime. […]
• • •[…]Today the Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma (HKCFB) condemns Burma’s military government for killing its own people in order to preserve its power, for placing political power above human life. This violent decision and the military government’s subsequent ruthless rule for more than two decades has, in essence, made the people of Burma prisoners in their own country.[…]
• • •Press Briefing with Emily Lau, Hong Kong Legislator and Mabel Au, Spokesperson of HKCFB
The last national elections held in Burma were on 27th May 1990. The country’s military government has announced that 20 years later Burma’s citizens will once again have an opportunity to cast a ballot in national elections some time this year. However, the international community questions whether these elections will be free and fair.[…]
• • •People in Hong Kong and Burma have been demanding democracy since 1988. Two decades have passed, and we are still denied the right to change the regime through our votes. In Hong Kong, the government is currently conducting a public consultation for election methods to choose the chief executive and Legislative Council with the proposal […]
• • •On 5 February, the Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma held a protest at the Burmese Consulate and the Cheung Kong Building. […]
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