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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Aung Myo Min, director of Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)

for his invaluable insight and suggestions. I am indebted to Maung Hla, chairperson of Burma Refugee

Organization (Malayasia), Blogger Demowaiyen, Blogger Kamikaze, and book designer Goldninjar (GNJ) for

their support and assistance with the publication of this book. Moreover, I owe gratitude to the Venerable

Ashin Issariya, a leader of All Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA), to Mum Carol, and to Garrett Kostin, manager

of The Best Friend Library - Chiang Mai, for their activities and special attention to Burmese refugees and

Burma issues. Finally, I wish to record in my mind and book my gratitude to Myo Thein, Director of Burma

Democratic Concern (BDC), as well as many other friends and colleagues.

Blogger AlinsekBlogger Alinsek8.June.2010


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PrefacePreface

There are people and organizations that assertand perhaps even believethat becauseethnic-Burmese Buddhists are the majority population of Burma, they therefore do not suffer oppressionor injustice at the hands of the military government of that country. This, however, is a tragic misconcep-

tion that adversely affects the lives of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in Malaysia, and indeedmillions of Burmese in their own country.

While the UNHCR does extremely admirable work protecting scores of victims of violence andabuse around the world, it is alarming that a blind eye and an unsympathetic ear seemed to be turned towardsthe plethora of research, documentation, and personal testimonials indicating that abuse of, and disregard for,human rights against all people in Burma has been systematic and endemic for decades. It is in hopes ofredressing this situation that this book appears.

Burma is one of the least ethnically-homogenous countries in the world. Just a few of the differentgroups include the Kachin, Karenni, Karen, Chin, Burmese (Burman), Mon, Arakan, and Shan. One could arguethat certain groups face more rights abuses than others, but is this a distinction that we should even need

to make? The reality is that all Burmese peopleethnic Burmans and those of other ethnicitieshave beensuffering under the repression of the military dictatorship for many decades. Likewise, all are deserving ofrefuge, protection, and asylum from persecution, as asserted by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In the absence of ofcial protection of all refuge-seekers from Burma, this book aims to provideknowledge to victims of discrimination and oppression so that they may be better able to defend and protectthemselves. It is my personal desire that this collection of information, essays, and poetry will also encourageoptimism and empowerment in readers.

The author of this collection knows of the issues addressed here rst-hand. As a politically-activeand irrepressible free-thinker, the ruling Burmese military regime would consider him one of their biggestenemies, and a threat to their continued hold on power. His living outside of Burma is imperative if he is to

continue his reporting on Burma and his work seeking to help all people of Burma, as well as have a chanceat ensuring his personal safety. Because of this, and because his situation is not at all unique among Burmeseexiles and migrants, the UNHCR owes all Burmese asylum-seekers an equal chance to lead a life of dignity andsafety, regardless of their ethnicity or religion.

I rst met Alinsek last year when I needed suggestions and assistance to set up a new branch ofa Burmese library and information center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. His energy, knowledge, and sharp, powerfulthinking skills impressed me immediately. I am honored to be able to continue our working partnership, and tohave been asked to write the preface for this collection. Alinsek knows exactly what he wants for the future ofBurma (peace, democracy, and freedom from oppression), what hes doing (working tirelessly and fearlessly toattain these goals), and he wont stop. For this I thank and respect him.

May we all work together so that all victims of injustice, violence, and fear in Burma and aroundthe world one day have the chance to lead happy, self-determined, free lives.

Garrett KostinGarrett KostinThe Best Friend Library (Chiang Mai)The Best Friend Library (Chiang Mai)http://www.thebestfriend.org/http://www.thebestfriend.org/http://www.thebestfriend.org/chiangmai/http://www.thebestfriend.org/chiangmai/

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Letter from Myo Thein of Burma Democratic Concern(BDC)Letter from Myo Thein of Burma Democratic Concern(BDC)

Burma, the country with around 60 million people, is located in South East Asia shares the borderwith China, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh and India. The military has dominated government since 1962.

In Burma, if you talk about human rights then the regime will labeled you as theactivist working against them.

If you ask what does human rights mean then the answer will varies from something scary,something regime doesnt like or something it will put you in trouble.

Yes, it is true. Human rights mean a big monster which ruling junta hated most in Burma.Why?

The people of Burma have been suffering under one of the worlds most brutal and repressive

regimes since the military has dominated government for more than ve decades. The junta uses murder,torture, rape, political imprisonment and forced labour as practices for ruling the citizens of Burma.

One child in three under the age ofve is already suffering from malnutrition, less than 50 per centof children will complete ve years of education. In Burma, people face complete lack of access to basic socialservices such as health services, and water sanitation.

Under the military generals, poverty has soared and corruption is growing. Burma spends lessthan $3 per person per year on health and education well below the World Health Organizationrecommended level of $40 per person.

The economic crisis and instability in Burma is driving waves of Burmese children into hard

labour, begging and the sex trade. Children under the age of 18 are about 40% of Burma population.

The military junta does not consider childrens development and welfare as a priority and used almosthalf of the state budget is spent to the arm, leaving very little for the vital education and health care systems.The worst forms of child labour can be seen in Burma in the army, the construction industry, domesticwork, and the mines or in different places.

Children are by no means exempt from the forced labour imposed on hundreds of thousands ofthe Burmese population by military. Moreover, the military continues to forcibly recruit children into thearmy, some as young as eleven years old. Military forced young girls to serve as porters and sometimesrape and used them as sexual slaves.

The Burmese government spends seven times less on education than on the armed forces. Since1990, government expenditure on civilian education has dropped by 70 percent, and the most recent statisticsindicate that spending on education is currently equivalent to less than 1% of the GDP.

According to World Bankgures, Burmas military government spends only $0.28 per year for everychild in a public school. In Burma, power is centred on the ruling junta--the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil, or SPDC--which maintains strict authoritarian rule over the people of Burma.

Yes, in this prison state, Burma, the human rights means the term which will send you toprison, and the regime regards talking about human rights as talking about politics which theywould justify imprison people of Burma.

Until 1988, people of Burma hardly ever heard of human rights and hardly ever

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Human rights in Burma are a long-standing concern for the international communityand human rights organizations.

In 1990, people voted for the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi.The ruling junta refuses to hand over power. Instead junta put Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrestand now again in 2010, junta is planning to hold sham election in order to nullify 1990 election results

and to legitimise military rule in Burma.

This is the most signicant and the most well-known junta abuses of rights of people of Burma.

In this situation, I can see the light in the darkness which I would refer to say Candle in the darkwhen I learnt that Alinsatts book writing about the human rights and what are our rights.

I sincerely wish this book a success and above all, may all the people of Burma could read thispieces and learn what are their rights are which would be contributing towards earning for our own rights.

In solidarity,

Myo TheinMyo TheinBurma Democratic Concern (BDC)Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)http://www.bdcburma.orghttp://www.bdcburma.orghttp://bdcburma.wordpress.com/http://bdcburma.wordpress.com/http://bdc-burma.blogspot.com/http://bdc-burma.blogspot.com/http://twitter.com/bdcburmahttp://twitter.com/bdcburmahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kut2ORlerOghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kut2ORlerOg

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Everybody has the right to seek and to enjoy in other country asylum from persecution.Everybody has the right to seek and to enjoy in other country asylum from persecution.(Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 14(1))(Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 14(1))

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Antonio Guterres Antonio Guterres Everyone that needs to be protected, should be protected. Everyone that needs to be protected, should be protected.

In the past few years, asylum issues and refugee protection have become inextricably linked with the In the past few years, asylum issues and refugee protection have become inextricably linked with thequestion of international migration particularly irregular migration. question of international migration particularly irregular migration.

Refugee are not terrorist. They are often the rst victims of terrorism. Refugee are not terrorist. They are often the rst victims of terrorism.


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Refugee BluesRefugee Bluesby W.H. Audenby W.H. Auden

Say this city has ten million souls,

Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:

Yet theres no place for us, my dear, yet theres no place

for us.

Once we had a country and we thought it fair,

Look in the atlas and youll nd it there:

We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there

now.

In the village churchyard there grows an old yew,

Every spring it blossoms anew;

Old passports cant do that, my dear, old passports cant

do that.

The consul banged the table and said:

If youve got no passport youre ofcially dead;

But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.

Went to a committee; they offered me a chair;

Asked me politely to return next year:

But where shall we go today, my dear, but where shall we

go today?

Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said:

If we let them in, they will steal our daily bread;

He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of

you and me.

Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky;

It was Hitler over Europe, saying: They must die;

We were in his mind, my dear, we were in his mind.

Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin,

Saw a door opened and a cat let in:

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German Jews.

Went down to the harbor and stood upon the quay,

Saw the sh swimming as if they were free:

Only ten feet away, my dear,

only ten feet away.

Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;

They had no politicians and sang at their ease:

They werent the human race, my dear, they werent the

human race.

Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand oors,

A thousand windows and a thousand doors;

Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was

ours.

Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;

Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:

Looking for you and me, my dear,

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Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,

And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;

He knew human folly like the back of his hand,

And was greatly interested in armies and eets;

When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,

And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

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The SnareThe Snare

I hear a sudden cry of pain!

There is a rabbit in a snare:

Now I hear the cry again,

But I cannot tell from where.

But I cannot tell from where

He is calling out for aid!

Crying on the frightened air,

Making everything afraid!

Making everything afraid!

Wrinkling up his little face!

And he cries again for aid;

- and I cannot nd the place!

And I cannot nd the place

Where his paw is in the snare!

Little One! Oh, Little One!

I am searching everywhere!

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Where The Mind Is Without FearWhere The Mind Is Without Fear

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

By narrow domestic walls

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

By Rabindranath TagoreBy Rabindranath Tagore1861-19411861-1941


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In The Quiet LandIn The Quiet Land

In the Quiet Land, no one can tell

if theres someone whos listening

for secrets they can sell.

The informers are paid in the blood of the land

and no one dares speak what the tyrants wont stand.

In the quiet land of Burma,

no one laughs and no one thinks out loud.

In the quiet land of Burma,

you can hear it in the silence of the crowd

In the Quiet Land, no one can say

when the soldiers are coming

to carry them away.

The Chinese want a road; the French want the oil;

the Thais take the timber; and SLORC takes the spoils...

In the Quiet Land....

In the Quiet Land, no one can hear

what is silenced by murder

and covered up with fear.

But, despite what is forced, freedoms a sound

that liars cant fake and no shouting can drown.

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