Letter writing campaign

Groups that have organized letter writing campaigns include freeburmacoalition.org,   burmaproject.org,   and earthrights.org.  Visit their websites and type your own letters to:  The President of the United States, the Secretary General of the United Nations, and the Government of Myanmar.
 

President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461

Gen. Colin Powell Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Switchboard: (202)647-4000 Fax: 202-261-8577 E.mail: Secretary@state.gov

Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General United Nations Headquarters, Room S-3800 New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: 212-963-5012 Fax: 212-963-4879

• List of all U.S. Senators and links to their websites

• Search for any U.S. Representative's contact information

• U.S. Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourtus.gov

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20543
(202) 479-3000

Advice to Letter Writers

• Amnesty International has a guide to letter writing.
• Amnesty International has a campaign manual on the web.
• Letters to Congress (from about.com)
• Tips on Writing a Letter to the Editor (from the ACLU)
• Tips on Writing to Your Elected Officials (from the ACLU)
• Tips on Meeting with Your Elected Officials (from the ACLU)
• Legislative Action Center (from adc.org)

More from Burma

Security forces in Burma increased their crackdown on anti-government protests and fired at demonstrators. Dozens of monks were reportedly beaten and arrested and up to eight people were killed. Despite the crackdown, the protests continue......... early this morning, security forces raided two Buddhist monasteries and arrested as many as 200 monks.

Burma Cracks Down Violently
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, September 27, 2007; Page A14

With the Burmese government restricting visas to foreign journalists, and all internal media controlled by the state, the internet provides one of the few routes left for getting eyewitness reports from inside Burma to the outside world. Despite rumours that the junta intends to close down internet access, a few brave bloggers continue to report their experiences.
.... Government military Car was crossing to the protest line and randomly shot all of them ... don't they have Family? don't they have Brain? ... I
............Despite peaceful demonstrators have been beaten to break up the crowd, the demonstrators are still together reciting "metta sutta" (A discourse on loving-kindness, about disseminating love to those who are aggressive)...
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