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Last modified 31 Aug 07
     
 
Over the past 10 days, hundreds of people have taken part in some of the largest demonstrations held in Burma in a decade.

The protests were sparked by the military regime’s decision to raise fuel prices by 500 per cent. In response, the regime has launched a severe crackdown on protestors. Over 100 people have been arrested in the last week, including almost all the leading pro-democracy activists, and demonstrators have been savagely attacked by police and pro-junta mobs.

The following is a list of statements made by governments and NGOs about the crackdown:


  
 
 
     
 

 

Swedish MPs call for immediate release of all activists arrested in Burma
   
 
Over the last few days, Burma, and Rangoon in particular, has witnessed a number of peaceful manifestations. A few hundred, sometimes thousands of people have been protesting against the ruling juntas catastrophic economic policy. Extreme rises in fuel prices and commodities have left the population in despair.

People have taken to the streets, to express their views. Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are fundamental human rights. No government has the right to take these rights away from their people.

We, members of the Swedish parliament, call for:

    * the unconditional release of all activists who have been arrested under the last few days in Burma.
    * the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Burma, including NLD leader and Nobel prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
    * a common EU statement clarifying, that the EU will not tolerate a violent response from the military against the people, who are simply exercising their fundamental right to speak their mind.
    * clear and decisive action from the UN should the regime in Burma decide to try to curb the demonstrations by violent means.


Members of parliament:

   1. Bodil Ceballos
   2. Magdalena Streijffert
   3. Mikaela Valtersson
   4. Mats Pertoft
   5. Carina Hägg
   6. Olle Thorell
   7. Lena Hallengren
   8. Andreas Norlén
   9. Agneta Berliner
  10. Rosita Runegrund
  11. Jan Ericson
  12. Lars Hjälmered
  13. Maw Andersson
  14. Kerstin Engle
  15. Patrik Forslund
  16. Göran Lindblad
  17. Leif Pettersson
  18. Ulrika Karlsson
  19. Gunvor G Ericson
  20. Eva Olofsson
  21. Margareta B Kjellin
  22. Helena Leander
  23. Britta Rådström
  24. Ulf Holm
  25. Finn Bengtsson
  26. Cecilia Wigström
  27. Hans Rothenberg
  28. Cecilia Magnusson