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Posts Tagged ‘Save The Irrawaddy’ (3 found)

The Halting of the Myitsone Dam is a Victory for the People of Burma

The US Campaign for Burma applauds the efforts of a grassroots movement inside Burma that won a significant victory last week when President Thein Sein announced the construction suspension of the controversial Myitsone Dam. This was truly a landmark achievement […]

October 4, 2011  •  By US Campaign for Burma  •  Tags: , , , , ,  •  Read more ➤

“Save Ayeyarwady—The Sketch of a River”

An art exhibition was held on September 22, 2011 in Rangoon to promote a public campaign to save the Irrawaddy River. More than 100 photographs, paintings, drawings and cartoons were exhibited at Gallery 65 on Yawmingyi Road. About 1,000 people including well-known writers, actors, politicians, environmentalists and pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attended the event […]

September 22, 2011  •  Tags: , ,  •  Read more ➤

Save Irrawaddy, No Dam on Burma’s Vital River:Protest At the Chinese Consulate

The 88 Generation Students’ group in Burma has recently made an action call to help save Irrawaddy. In order to support their call and numerous concerns expressed by many including that of Daw Augn San Suu Kyi, the activists and Burma supporters in the San Francisco Bay Area are organizing this protest […]

September 14, 2011  •  By Burmese American Democratic Alliance  •  Tags: , , , ,  •  Read more ➤