Pan Bay Dah Poem

It has been almoost three long years since I started my blog site for the non Burmese speaking Free Burma supporters who supported for the democracy movement of Burmese people under the most notorious regime in the world.(They want to know about articles/news which were posted on the Internet in Burmese Language.)

Since than there are many blog sites start appeared on the Internet with the articles and news in Burmese language together with English translation. I am very glad that I am one of the blogger who able to contribute this movement. Since there are so many burmese democracy movement blog sites with english translation now these days, I can able to post more of my own thoughts/my feeling about Burmese Democracy movement than translation of the news and Article but I will continue to do the translation whenever the important news and articles are posted by the other bloggers.

This Poem was written for me by the Fame Poet Ma Thadar ( http:// thadar.blogspot.com) in December 2007. She is still posting a lot of very good patriotic poem.(in Burmese Language). I am trying to translate this poem but scrapped it so many times because unable to captured the very meaningful original version. I am still keep trying.(almost 2yrs!! and still trying)

Thank you so much Ma Thadar


တင့္ထူးေ၀ဆာ။ ပန္းေဗဒါ သို ့

ထြ႗္တန္ေဆာင္။ ပန္းျပႆာဒ္။
လွေခါင္မဥၨဴ။ စံတူ မနွိဳင္း
လွိဳင္းၾကမ္း ေပၚရပ္။
မားမား မတ္ေစ။
မုန္တိုင္း မေၾကာက္။
ေလာကဓံေအာက္မွာ။
လွျခင္း ျပည့္စံု၊
အလွ ဂုဏ္တင့္၊
ေဗဒါပြင့္။

ႏြံထဲ ေပါက္ေပါက္
ေရဆိုး ေသာက္လည္း
ရွင္းသန္ ့အဆင္း၊
တင့္တယ္ျခင္းစံု။
ပန္းအာမံုပြင့္၊
ေနျခည္ တင့္ခ်ိန္၊
မငံုတ၀င့္၊
ငံုတလင့္ျဖင့္
ရြန္းပလန္းဆန္း
ေဗဒါပန္း။

လွိဳင္းၾကြ ခ်င္ၾကြ။
ဒီ ထခ်င္ ထ။
မုန္တိုင္း က်ေစ။
ဘယ္ေတာ့ မျမဳပ္။
ေခါင္းေမာ့ ထားေစ။
ေရေပၚ၌ အျမဲတေစ။

တပင္ကို ဖ်က္
နွစ္ပင္ တက္
သားတက္ ပြါးေစ။
လတာျပင္ေၾကာ။
ေဗဒါေတာ။

ေသာင္နဲ ့ကမ္းစပ္။
ျမစ္ကမ္း၊ ကန္ေရ။
ေခ်ာင္း၊ ေျမာင္း အႏွံ ့။
စၾကၤာျဖန္ ့ေန။

ဘယ္ဘဲ ေနေန။
ဘယ္ဘဲ ေရာက္ေရာက္။
ဘယ္ဘဲ ေျမာေျမာ၊
နဒီေၾကာ၀ယ္။
အလွေ၀ျဖာ။ ငါးခိုလွဳံရာ။
ဘံုရိပ္ ဆာယာ။ ခရမ္းျပာ ၀င့္။
ပန္းေဗဒါ ပြင့္။
ေရ၌ တင့္သည္။
အံခဲ..ဇာနည္ေဆြ တကား။
သင္ ဘဲဲ..ျမန္္မာေပ တကား။

မသဒၶါ (၁၂။၆။၂၀၀၇)။
မေဗဒါေလာ၊ ကိုေဗဒါေလာ မသိေသာ္ျငား..အမွတ္တရ ကဗ်ာေရးေပးလိုက္ပါသည္။
အားမာန္အျပည့္ ႏွင့္ ေရာက္ရာ က်ရာ.ေပါက္ေရာက္ ရွင္သန္နိုင္ပါေစ။ မသဒၶါ လုပ္နိုင္ခဲ ့ျခင္း ေၾကာင့္ အားလံုး လည္းလုပ္နိုုင္ၾကမွာပါ.။ မိမိကိုယ္ကို ယံုၾကည္ေစခ်င္ပါသည္။

သန္း ေ႐ြွ ဆို တဲ႕ င တိ

Poem by Bay Dah

သန္း ေ႐ြွ ဆို တဲ႕ င တိ

ႀသ ဂုတ္ ႐ွစ္ ရက္ ႐ွစ္ ဆယ္႕ ႐ွစ္
ေက်ာင္း သား ေတြ ကို ဒင္း သတ္ ကာ ပစ္

သ ခင္ အား ရ က်ြန္ ပါး ဝ ၊
ဒင္း ေႀကး စား တပ္ ရဲ႕ လူ သတ္ ဝါ ဒ

လိမ္ ကာ ညာ ကာ ေ႐ြး ေကာက္ ပြဲ လုပ္
ဒီ ခၽဳပ္ နိုင္ ေတာ႕ ၊ ဒင္း အ ေရး မ လုပ္
ေဒၚ စု ကို လည္း ၊ အ ကၽယ္ ခၽဳပ္

နဝတ နအဖ သန္း ေ႐ြွ အ က်င္႕ က ယုတ္
သူ တို႕ ပ ေထြး က တ ႐ုပ္ စုတ္
ဖါး လိုက္ ရ တာ ၊ အ ၿမီး ကို ကုတ္

၂၀၀၇ ခု နွစ္ စက္ တင္ ဘာ ၊ ရ ဟန္း သံ ဃာ
မ ေန သာ ၊ ၿပည္ သူ႕ ဘက္ က ရပ္ ရ ၿပန္
သန္း ေ႐ြွ အ မၽက္ မ နား တမ္း ထြက္
သံဃာ သတ္ တာ ၊ ရက္ ရက္ စက္ စက္
သာ သ နာ ကို ပါ ၊ ရမ္း ကား ဖၽက္

ကု သိုလ္ ရ ဖို႕ ၊ ဒင္း လုပ္ မိ
ေစ တီ ေတာ္ ၿပိဳ ကာ ကၽ တဲ႕ အ ထိ
အ တိတ္ န မိတ္ က တ ကယ္ ကို မ ႐ိွ
ေကာင္း ရာ သု ဂ တိ လား ဖို႕ က
လား လား မွ မ႐ိွ

ဒင္း ဦး ေနွာက္ က ကြာ စိ ေလာက္ သာ ႐ိွ
လိမ္ လိုက္ တာ လည္း အ ႐ွက္ ကို မ ႐ိွ
က ေလး ေတြ က ေကာင္ သိ

သမီး ကညာ မဂႍလာ ေဆာင္ ကာ ေပး မိ
ဒင္း အ ႐ွက္ ကြဲ တာ ၊ ရ စ ရာ ကို မ ႐ိွ
ေၿပာ ၿပန္ ရင္ လည္း လြန္ ရာ ကၽ မိ
ဒင္း သမီး ဗိုက္ ႀကီး ေန တာ သံုး လ ေတာင္ ရိွ
ဒင္း သမက္ မၽက္ နွာ သြား ကာ ႀကည္႕
လွည္း ကၽိဳး ထမ္း ရ တာ ကို ဂုဏ္ ယူ ကာ ေန မိ

ဒင္း တို႕ တ ေတြ ၊ သိကၡာ ကို လံုး ဝ မ ႐ိွ
အ ဝီ စိ ကို လား မဲ႕ ၊ သန္း ေ႐ြွ ဆို တဲ႕ င တိ

သန္း ေ ႐ြွ ရဲ႕ အ မၽိဳး ခၽစ္ ေႀကး စား တပ္

Poem By Bay Dah


သန္း ေ ႐ြွ ရဲ႕ အ မၽိဳး ခၽစ္ ေႀကး စား တပ္

သန္း ေ ႐ြွ ရဲ႕ အ မၽိဳး ခၽစ္ ေႀကး စား တပ္
သူ တို႕ ေဆြ မ်ိဳး အ ကၽိဳး ကို ဘဲ ႀကည္႕ ဖို႕ တတ္ ၊
ၿပည္ သူ ကို ေတာ႕ ရန္ သူ မွတ္ ။

သံယာ ေတာ္ ေတြ ကို အ ေသ သတ္
မ ေကာင္း တာ မွန္ သ မၽွ အ ေကာင္း မွတ္ ၊
႐ိွ သ မၽွ ကို လိမ္ ေၿပာ တတ္ ။

ဗိုလ္ ခၽဳပ္ ေအာင္ ဆန္း ဖြဲ႕ ခဲ႕ တဲ႕ မၽိဳး ခၽစ္ တပ္
သန္း ေ႐ြွ ရဲ႕ေဆြ မၽိဳး ခၽစ္ ေႀကး စား တပ္ နဲ႕ ေတာ႕
ကြာ တယ္ ဗၽ ။

ဗိုလ္ ခၽဳပ္ တပ္ က တိုင္း ၿပည္ ခၽစ္ တပ္
ၿပည္ သူ ကို ခ်စ္ တဲ႕ တပ္ ၊
ၿပည္ သူ က လည္း ခၽစ္ တဲ႕ တပ္။

သန္း ေ႐ြွ တပ္ က ေႀကး စား တပ္
သူ တို႕ ေဆြ မၽိဳး ကို ဘဲ ခၽစ္ တဲ႕ ဓါး ၿပ တပ္
အ မၽိဳး ေကာင္း သား သမီး ေတြ ကို
မ တ ရား ကၽင္႕ တဲ႕ ၊ မု ဒိန္း တပ္

ဗိုလ္ ခၽဳပ္ တပ္ နဲ႕ သန္း ေ ႐ြွ ရဲ႕ အ မၽိဳး ခၽစ္ ေႀကး စား တပ္
ကြာ လိုက္ တာ မၽား
နတ္ သုတၶာ နဲ႕ ေႀကာင္ ခၽီး လို႕ သာ မွတ္ ။

သန္း ေ႐ြွ ဇာတ္ သိမ္း ခန္း

Poem By Bay Dah

သန္း ေ႐ြွ ဇာတ္ သိမ္း ခန္း

ေစာ ေမာင္ အ သက္ ေပၽာက္
အာ ဏာ သန္း ေ႐ွြ ဆီ ေရာက္
ခင္ ညြန္႕ လည္း ေန ရာ ေပၽာက္

သန္း ေ႐ြွ ဘု ရင္ ႐ူး ၊ အာ ဏာ က ယစ္ မူး
ဘယ္ နိုင္ ငံ က မွ မ ေလး စား ဘူး
ကမ ၻာ အ လယ္ မွာ ေသာက္ ႐ူး

သန္း ေ႐ြွ မ ယား ႀကီး ၊ ေလာ ဘ ႀကီး
ဘု ရား ၿပိဳ လည္း ခိုး လို႕ မ ၿပီး
သူ တကာ ပစၥည္း ၊ အ ပိုင္ စီး

သန္း ေ႐ြွ သ မီး ၊ တ ဏွာ ႀကီး
လင္ တု မ ရ မီွ က တည္း က ဗိုက္ က ႀကီး

သန္း ေ႐ြွ စစ္ တပ္ ၊ လူ တ ကာ သတ္
သံ ယာ လည္း အ သက္ ထြက္
သာ သ နာ လည္း ပၽက္

ဗိုလ္ ခၽဳပ္ ေၿပာ တဲ႕ ဖါ နိုင္ ငံ
သန္း ေ႐ြွ လက္ ထက္ ေရာက္ မွ
တ ကယ္ မွန္
တိုင္း ၿပည္ လည္း ပၽက္ ၊ နိုင္ ငံ တ ကာ အ လယ္ ကံ ေထြး ခြက္

အသက္ လည္း အို ၊ ခနၶာ လည္း ၿပိဳ
ညဏ္ က လည္း မ ႐ိွ ၊ သံ ေဝ ဂ လည္း မ သိ

သန္း ေ႐ြွ မ ႀကာ မွီ္ အ သက္ ေပၽာက္
င ရဲ ကို တန္း ကာ ေရာက္။

ဘု ရင္ ႐ူး ႀကီး သန္း ေ႐ွြ

Poem by Bay Dah

ခင္ ညြန္႕ ကို ဘု ရား မွတ္ လို႔ ၊ ေႀကး စား တပ္ က ကိုး ကြယ္ မိ၊
ၿခ ထြက္ မွ ေထာင္ ပို႕ မွန္း သိ၊

ေႀကး စား တပ္ ရဲ႕ ဖ ေအ ၊ ဘု ရင္ ႐ူး ႀကီး သန္း ေ႐ွြ
ဘာ လုပ္ လို႕ ဘာ လုပ္ ရ ဓွန္း ဓ သိ ပါ ေပ၊
ခင္ ညြန္႕ ေရး ခဲ႕ တဲ႕ လဓ္း ေၾကာင္း ကို ေလ ၊
ေယာင္ ရဓ္း ကာ လွဓ္း ကာ ေန

ဆက္ ေလၽာက္ လဲ အ ခက္
ေနာက္ ဆုတ္ ရင္ လည္း ေသာက္ ႐ွက္
သာ သ နာ ကို ဖ်က္
သံ ယာ အ သက္ ကို ကြပ္ မ်က္

ဘု ရင္ ႐ူး ႀကီး သန္း ေ႐ွြ အ တြက္
အ ေၿဖ က အ ခက္ ၊ ကၽပ္ ကုန္း ဘက္ ကို
ေၿပး ကာ ထြက္

ဒုကၡ လည္း ေရာက္ ၊ ေသ ရ မွာ လည္း ေႀကာက္
နာ ဂစ္ မုန္ တိုင္း က ေနွာက္

ဘာ လုပ္ လို႕ ဘာ လုပ္ ရ မွန္း မ သိ
ေ႐ွြ တိ ဂံု ပံု ေတာ္ ၊ ခိုး ကာ ဘု ရား တည္ မိ

နတ္ လည္း မ ကယ္ ၊ ဘု ရား လည္း မ ကယ္
သန္း ေ႐ွြ ဘု ရင္ ႐ူး ၊ င ရဲ လား ေတာ႕ မယ္ ။

Calm before the Storm

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No headlines news about Burma, No information came out from Burmese activists. May be people around the world might think, the struggle for democracy and freedom in Burma might be slow down or cool down, if they think like that way, they are totally wrong. Like the wave hit the beach, if the people around the world think that the wave is smoothed by the beach after hit then they are totally wrong because there are a lot of undercurrents under the surface after the wave hit the beach and the next wave will be hit again and again and again.

As a Buddhist, one must believe that nothing is permanent, The Military Junta will never last forever, even the mighty super power Dictator country like Soviet Union was fall down by the democracy movement.

We must avoid mentioning Than Shwe's Thug army as the Burmese Army because The Burmese Army which was founded by General Aung San was not the same as the Thugs Army which was made used and headed by Than Shwe and his puppets.

It is not the ethnic Burmese Army is suppressing and torturing the other ethnic minority races, it is Than Shwe puppet thug Army who suppressed and tortured all the ethnic groups such as Burmese(Bamah ethnic), Shan, Karen, Kahin, Chin, Araken, Kayah, Mon, Palaung, Padaung etc . For example during U Thant uprising, Rangoon University Student were killed/murdered by the Ne Win's Commandos which were formed with mostly Chin ethnic soldiers(the infamous Red Scarf). Than Shwe Army create a Karen Militia Thugs( DKBA) who are mainly Buddhist to fight against the own ethnic Karen group KLNA who are mainly Christain. They(Than Shwe and his puppets) also organized a group of thugs(most of them are ethnic Bamah(burmese)) to assasinate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party members at Central Burma near Deepayin Town.

Than Shwe and its Thug Army create ethnic tension by letting one ethnic group to beat/killed other ethnic groups or create fighting among own ethnic group which have different religion believes among themselves or who are not the same ideology as them.

So it is not the same Burmese National Army which was founded by General Aung San is suppressing the Ethnic Minorities, it is the Fascist Nazi Than Shwe Thug Army is suppressing all the people, all the ethnic groups including ethnic Burmese(Bamah) of Burma.

Than Shwe used his thug army to make the Ethnic tension, the Religion Tension so that they can practise "Divide and Rule" policy. This is the reason they always mentioned themselves as Burmese Tat-ma-daw and claimed as that "Country will fall apart" if the Than Shwe Nazi Fascist Army(Tat-ma -daw) is not in control of everyone inside Burma". They use the word "Burmese Ta-ma-daw" for their Nazi Army, tat-ma-daw means Army in Burmese because this is to create tension between Burmese(Bamah) ethnic group and other ethnic groups inside Burma.


Than Shwe's' army while giving favour to the Wa army( who were just the thugs of former Burmese Communist Army now become the major Drug Producers of the world ) but at the same time Than Shwe Army is suppressing the Karen Ethnic groups.( I am nothing against the ordinary Wa people who actually (most of them) were staying inside China or around Burmese/Chinese Border area before 1988 and only after the 8888 uprising and after the cease fire agreement between Wa drugs Army and Than Shwe Nazi Army then so called " people" of the Wa "ethnic" group migratied into Burma, most of them only speak Yunnan's Chinese Language). Actually many of my friends are from the northern Shan State and they are much aware of the situation there..

The Main reasons of cease fire between Wa Drug Army and Than Shwe Thugs Arrny after the cracked down of the 8888 Democracy uprising was that Than Shwe can relocated its army into Cities and Towns of all over Burma(to supressed people calling for democracy and freedom) and also Than Shwe can relocated his Army divisions(his cracked units) to the Burmese/Thai Border to suppress newly formed student army group ABSDF(which was formed after the cracked down of students lead 8888 democracy uprising)

In fact what is actually happening in Burma is, it is the struggle between the people of Burma who want Democracy/Justice/freedom and the Military Junta which was started by Ne Win in 1962 and succeeded by Sein Lwin then Saw Maung and now by Than Shwe and his puppet Nazi Army, it is not the struggle between any ethnic groups or the struggle between any religious group.

We, the people of all the ethnic groups of Burma will never surrender and we will keep fighting for the Democracy and the freedom for our country Burma against the Than Shwe Military Junta and his Nazi Thugs who occupied our country since 1962.

Get rid of Dictators and their Thugs

Look at the youtube, it reminded me of the our 8888 Democracy uprising. This Iranian Dictator use the same method that Ne Win, Sein Lwin, Saw Maung, Khin Nyunt and Than Shwe using. Kill their own people by using their dogs(thugs) In Burma, Junta using militia thugs called "Swan Ah shin" and in Iran, the Dictator used "Basij". Both "Swan Ah Shin" and "Basij" are worse than animal.

Act Now !

Today marks the day that Burma's Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 13 years in detention. She is the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

You can check full list of Burma's Political Prisoners Photos and their Profile at this website. You can also sign for the Petition.

Free Burma's Political Prisoner Now (http://www.fbppn.net/)

8888 We will never Forget

We will and we shall never forget 8888 Uprising

Burmese ? Do Something About Your Country !!!
Source:Goldie Shwe (http://whoiswhoinburma.blogspot.com/)

This 20th Anniversary of the 8888 protest is a good time for every Burmese people to do self assessment.

• Are you Burmese or do you belong to an ethnic minority group?

• Are you a participant or a witness to the 8888 protests?

• Do you agree that the military junta brutally crushed the protests?

• Do you agree that the military junta is a terminal cancer within Burmese society, sucking out the energy and resources from the entire nation?

• Do you agree that the junta and followers are interested only in personal wealth and have no single interest in the real development of Burmese nation ? (Read Full Article here)

US Congress Bans Gem Imports from Burma

I got this email from US Campaign for Burma::

Dear Bay Dah,

We are pleased to write to you with major news: last night the U.S. Congress passed new, enhanced sanctions legislation banning the import of gems from Burma. We want to thank the thousands of you who telephoned, emailed, and met with your members of the House of Representatives and Senate. We also want to acknowledge the hard work carried out by the members of the House and the Senate -- as well as their staff members -- who led this effort.

What Does the Legislation Do?
- This new law closes a gaping loophole in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act that had previously allowed Burmese gems to be sold in the United States, even though most all other imports are banned. The Burmese regime's sale of rubies and jade brings them upwards of $300 million per year -- much of that from unsuspecting American consumers. Now, that will come to an end!

- The law also creates the position of a U.S. "Special Coordinator" for Burma, whose job will be to reach out to other countries to build support for Burma's human rights activists and ultimately seek a peaceful transition to democracy in the country.

Why The Legislation Is Important and Next Steps
- Similar to how "conflict diamonds" help prop up a civil war in Africa, the sale of Burmese rubies and jade funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to Burma's military dictatorship, financing their reign of terror.
We still have much more work to do -- the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act must be renewed and gems weren't the only source of funds for the military regime -- but for one day we want to pause and celebrate an important step forward.

THANK YOU.
Aung Din, Jeremy Woodrum, Jennifer Quigley, Thelma Young, Jacqui Pilch

Related Link

Associated Press: US Congress passes new Myanmar gemstone sanctions bill,

Agence France Presse : US Congress approves legislation to bar Myanmar gems,

Shame on You !! Than Shwe and his dogs

Burmese People will never Forget General Aung San

He was the Founder of Burmese Army and He sacrificed his life for the Burma and Burmese people

According to the sources from inside Burma that Foreign Embassies were informed that they didn't need to attend the ArZarNi(Martyr's) Day Anniversary on 19 July due to the fact that the junta will only mark this very important occasion in Burmese History as the Township level occasion ONLY. (as a Burmese , I can't believe that they(junta) stoop that low!!! .. Bay Dah)


There is a Burmese proverb ... "A dog who ate the leather Blanket that he slept on without appreciating the fact the blanket gave him the place to sleep .. သေရ ေပၚ အိပ္၊ သေရ နား စား တဲ႕ ေခြး ".


Than shwe, you are same as that dog. May be worse than that dog.

General Aung San founded the Burmese Army and this is the fact you will never able to erase it.. You abused and misused of this patriotic Army to become your personal army for your personal gain instead of for the country and now you ignored the most Important person in Burmese History and Burmese Army History who sacrifice his life for the Burma Independence and you also ignored the one of the most Important day in Burmese History.



Burmese People will never forget Bogyoke(General) Aung San, no matter what all of you try to force the people to forget him. Bogyoke will always in Burmese People Heart.

South Afarica's Leader Don't be double Standard.

Look at the situation in Zimbabwe. Does it make you feel familiar of the situation.

Of course, you are not wrong. It is the same situation, same happening as in Burma.


- Not given recognition on Victory of Opposition Party in the Election
- No transfer of Power after the election
- Accusation of involvement of "Neo Colonial" western countries
- Just for the sake of holding the country power, Give the excuses of the country is in "danger" of invasion by Western Countries and US
- Arresting, terrorising, torturing of supporters of Opposition Party
- Crackdown on Opposition Party
- Forced Relocation of the People
- Land Seizures
- Formed Government organize "Thugs"(Militia group) to terrorise its own people
- Organize fake Public Rally to lie the whole world that people support the Dictator
- Blocked and Banned International news media
- Worthless Currency and Uncontrollable Inflation


When last time whenever EU and US submitted the Humanitarian Intervention action for Burma in UN security Council, South Africa government together with China and Russia, always VOTE AGAINST of UN Humanitarian Intervention in Burma. (The reason of Voting against the Burma Policy is whatever happening in Burma is not effecting to the South Africa and besides that some of South Africa's "friendly" Africa Nations leaders are as corrupted as Burma Junta and South Africa's leader didn't want to upset the corrupted follows Africa Nations leaders. The South Africa Government always mentioned it as "Internal Affairs")

Now Zimbabwe is facing the same Problem as Burma. Instability in Zimbabwe, start effecting South Africa domestic issues and South Africa start lose face among the International Communities and among the other African Nations.

So what the South Africa's Leader Mr. Jacob Zuma saying now.. just look at the news from Africa - Reuters below:

S. Africa's Zuma says Zimbabwe out of control
Tue 24 Jun 2008, 7:33 GMT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday the situation in Zimbabwe was out of control and called for urgent intervention by the United Nations and the regional SADC grouping.

"The situation in Zimbabwe has gone out of hand, out of control... We cannot agree with what (the ruling) ZANU-PF is doing at this point in time," Zuma said at an investment conference.(link)


The Government of South Africa and its leader Mr. Jacob Zuma, SHAME ON YOU!!!

Now you know what is happening to Burma and Burmese People. When these kind of brutal suppression were and continue happening in SOUTHEAST ASIA COUNTRY, you don't care and voted against the UN resolution but now when it happen in the one of the Africa Nations, you are begging for URGENT UN Intervention!!!!!


DON'T BE DOUBLE STANDARD !!!!!


Here is the Photos of Evil Soul Twin Brothers (Mugabe (Left) and Than Shwe

Ashin Sopaka awarded International freedom prize

Myanmar monk awarded International freedom prize

Buddhist Channel, June 23, 2008

Source: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=9,6673,0,0,1,0

Cologne, Germany -- Ashin Sopaka, a Burmese monk was awarded International freedom prize. The prize was presented by the Society of liberty in Rome, Italy.

Ashin Sopaka, a well known Burmese monk currently in exile, played an important role in the Myanmar democracy movements, especially in the September 2007 "saffron revolution".

He is the founder of Cologne-Buddhism-Center (KBC) under the name of Santi Dhamma Vihara in Germany. He is currently lecturing Buddhist studies to the German.

About Ashin Sopaka
Ashin Sopaka was born in Wun Tho, Sagaing Division, Burma in April 16, 1980. He was ordained a novice in 1994 and a monk in 2000. He studied Buddhism at Khanti Pariyatti Monastery (Wun Tho, Sagaing Division, Burma), Wayalet Pariyatti Monastery (Rangoon, Burma) and Man Aung Monastery (Rangoon, Burma).

Ashin passed Buddhist examinations known as Pathamange, Pathamalatt, Pathamagyi in Burma. He arrived Colombo, Sri Lanka on 9th May, 2004 and studied B.A and M.A programme in Colombo.

He successfully completed his B.A and M.A from the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. He got involved in the Burmese Saffron Revolution while studying at the Buddhist and Pali University.

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Ashin Sopaka Peace Walk (May 2007) Interview Video(YouTube)

Source: http://burmadigest.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/video-diaries-peace-walk-in-usa-prayer-for-daw-suu-and-all-political-prisoners/

A Buddhist monk from Burma id doing a peace walk in USA from Washington DC to New York, starting on May 30, 4th anniversary of Depayin massacre, where Burma National Leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi just escaped Burma regime’s attempted assassination, but nearly 500 followers of Daw Suu were brutally beaten to death by pro-junta militia thugs.

He also made a similar peace walks in Thailand & Germany last year.

Who will save Burma's women and children?

Source: http://nationmultimedia.com/2008/06/19/opinion/opinion_30075891.php

Nilar Thein, a brave human rights activist who is "on the run", hiding from Than Shwe's military dictatorship in Burma. She has been separated from her infant daughter now for over 10 months as she continues to help lead the movement for freedom in Burma. (source: U.S. Campaign for Burma )

Nilar thein is a former student leader in the 1988 democracy uprising in Burma and spent more than nine years in prison.(Source: The Nations)

Who will save Burma's women and children?
By Nilar Thein

Published on June 19, 2008

I woke up from a dream in the middle of the night. I was with my daughter, playing in a small garden.

We were playing hide and seek. I was looking at her from behind a tree. She was so beautiful, with the prettiest smile on her face, looking for me happily. I couldn't hide anymore. I wanted her to find me. I wanted to hold her in my arms and kiss her face gently. I started to show myself to her, but, suddenly I saw three men -with black coats and ugly faces - watching from the shadows near my daughter. I stepped back. I wanted to be found by my daughter, not by them. I still saw my daughter, still looking for me with her innocent smile. I didn't want to hide anymore. I wanted her to find me, but these men would take me away and put me in hell. Then I woke up, with tears on my cheeks.

I have been separated from my daughter for nearly ten months. A midnight knock at our door in August last year changed our lives dramatically. The military junta's security forces took my husband Kyaw Min Yu (also known as Jimmy) on the night of August 21, 2007. He is a leader of the prominent dissident group, the 88 Generation Students, comprising former student leaders and former political prisoners. He and other leaders were taken from their homes that night by the authorities. As a former student activist and a former political prisoner myself, I knew very well how my husband and friends would be treated in the junta's interrogation cells. Therefore, when they came back to arrest me, I went into hiding.

But I must continue to lead the 88 Generation Students with my other colleagues, so that Burma may realise its freedom, and find justice and democracy someday. I must avoid being arrested. However, there are so many difficulties and hardships in moving secretly from one hiding place to another, and I didn't want my daughter to share these hardships. Therefore, I decided to send my three-month-old baby to my parents. Now, I miss her so much.

My mind wanders to University Avenue, where "the Lady", Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained under house arrest for so many years. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will have to spend her 63rd birthday today alone in detention. She will be missing her two sons, too. Her strength and determination helps me and many women in Burma stand up for justice. I thank her for being with us and leading our movement. She is a great reminder to the world that the military junta that rules our country forcibly separates mothers and children.

Coincidentally, the UN Security Council will hold a debate in New York today on "Women, Peace and Security". This debate is a discussion of UNSC Resolution 1325, which was passed unanimously in October, 2000. Resolution 1325 "Calls on all parties to armed conflict to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, and all other forms of violence in situations of armed conflict." It also "Emphasises the responsibility of all States to put an end to impunity and to prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes including those relating to sexual violence against women and girls, and in this regard, stresses the need to exclude these crimes, where feasible from amnesty provisions."

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is expected to chair the debate, with many world leaders discussing the development of women, peace and security. Will they discuss Burma? Will they remember Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the women of Burma who are suffering all forms of abuse by the military junta?

Burma is now in the midst of two conflicts. One is the 50-year-old civil war, raging between the Burmese military and the minority resistance forces, predominately in the eastern part of the country. Burmese troops are raping with impunity tribal women and girls, some as young as eight years old. Burmese soldiers use women in conflict areas as porters to carry their military equipment and supplies during the day, and use them as sex slaves at night. Many women have been brutally killed to erase the evidence of these crimes.

The other conflict is a 20-year old war, waged by the Burmese junta against its own unarmed citizens, who are calling for freedom, justice and democracy. Women activists are beaten, arrested, tortured and then put in prison for many years. Many female activists are mistreated and sexually assaulted by their interrogators and jailers. Children are used as bait by the authorities to get their mothers arrested. Of the 2.5 million people severely affected by Cyclone Nargis - many of whom the military junta simply left to die through starvation and disease - at least a million are women and girls. Recently, a UN expert said that up to 35,000 pregnant women, all cyclone survivors, are at extreme risk of death. However, they will never receive any care from the military.

I hope that Secretary of State Rice and other leaders at the UN Security Council will give consideration to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the women of Burma during their debate. Resolution 1325 is a great development, but implementation and enforcement is still in question. When the government itself is the abuser of human rights and the perpetrator of rape and other forms of gender-based violence, who will protect the victims? Who will end their tragedy? Who will secure the joyful reunion of mothers with their children?

The appeasement policy of some bureaucrats is shameful. Effective and urgent action from the UN Security Council is necessary to help the women in Burma. No more debate. Take action. Please let me be happily reunited with my daughter.

Burma Female Activists
Left to Right: HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thin, Leading activist Nilar Thein, A woman activist during a protest, Naw Ohn Hla joins as protest, Mie Mie leads a Rangoon protest





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Many Road-blocks in Rangoon today

Roads Block in Rangoon on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday Today(19June 2008)
According to the information which comes out from Rangoon, there are so many road-blocks around Rangoon today(Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday), including at Prome road near Red Bridge(Formerly Known as "white Bridge" before 8888) which is near the Rangoon University(near Inya Lake) where so many students were beaten and drown by Junta Police in March 1988 Student Protest.

Related Breaking News:
Source: Bangkok Post(http://www.bangkokpost.com)

Burma arrests Suu Kyi supporters on her birthday

Rangoon (dpa) - Burmese authorities on Thursday arrested at least 30 supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi who had gathered to protest her five years of imprisonment on her birthday, eye witnesses said.

A group of National League for Democracy (NLD) members gathered outside their party headquarters in Rangoon to mark Suu Kyi's 63rd birthday which falls on Thursday by releasing 63 sparrows and shouting "Free Aung San Suu Kyi".

Seven government cars arrived shortly after the protest began and rounded up at least eight NLD members, including one Buddhist monk, taking them away to an unknown destination, security personnel confirmed. (Full story click here)

Happy Birthday My Fair Lady

Today is the Happy 63 Birthday of The leader of the Burmese People Daw Aung San Suu Kyi



Many Happy returns of the Day Our Leader, The Lady











Source: http://linletkyalsin.blogspot.com/

This is the translation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Birthday Day Celebration Invitation in Singapore



All the Burmese in Singapore are kindly invited to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi 63rd Birthday Celebration on 22 June 2008(Sunday).

Date: 22 June 2008

Place: Topayoh Burmese Monestry

Programme:
10:00 am to 11:00am

Birthday Prayer

11:00am to 12:00am

1. Offer Meal to the Sanghas

2. Offer Lunch to the Public

12:00am to 1:00pm

Reciting of Poems

Photos Exhibitions

Latest New from BBC, 5:00pm GMTNews US marines just 30 mins away from Burma shore Line

Source: BBC world News

I just saw a BBC world news on TV right now(5:00pm GMT). The BBC correspondent interviewed(on the US ship) with the US marines. They(marines) are Just 30 Mins away from the Burma's Shore Line and ready to go in if they get order.( The marine said at the moment they are waitng for the Junta approval but they(marines) follow orders and those who make the order ask them to go in they are ready to go in)

Thai PM is more foolish than the Junta

Thai PM Samak went to Burma and return empty handed but protect Junta. he said he saw Aid supplies donated by the HM Thai King at the relief centre so he said aid supplies are reaching to the Cyclone victims. WHAT A FOOL!!! he tried to please both HM the Thai king and the Junta.

HM Thai King donated the Aid supplies a week ago before Thai PM went to Burma. If the Junta really distributed the Aids supplies to the Cyclone victims, there would be no Aid Supplies at relief center, Aid should be with the cyclone victims but instead he still saw the Aid supplies at the relief center.

That's mean the Junta never distributed the Aid supplies and just keep them for show whoever come and inspect or visit the relief centre.

SAMAK your brain is so little, you didn't know logical thinking, how cam you become a PM. No wonder, that's why you are just a Thaksin follower like a puppy followed his master.

Only the fool who doesn't have enough IQ, will belive what the Junta said
Samak, please read the following article before you say anything.


Steal Big, Steal little
Source: Rule of Lords (http://ratchasima.net/)

International groups in Burma are reportedly acknowledging that the army is “diverting” or “pilfering” aid (euphemisms for thieving) to Cyclone Nargis victims but are declining to give details for fear that they will be locked out completely.(Full story Click here)

Local heroes emerge to help Myanmar cyclone victims where government has failed

Source: AP (http://www.ap.org/)

Myanmar volunteers serve a free breakfast to children at a temple after the destructive Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 12, 2008. From a shopkeeper offering free rice porridge to medical students treating the countless sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping up to help cyclone victims while the military regime restricts critically needed international aid. (© APhoto)
(Full story click here)

UN and Donation Countries Please monitor your donations supplies

To whom it may concern

The news were start coming out, those supplies donated by the various countries, UN and Humanitarian Organizations for cyclone victims are now start selling in the Rangoon's various Market and road side. Especially supplies from the Thailand.

Main Culprits are Members of the pro-government militia(terrorist Thugs officially setup by the Junta) the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) and the police and the Fire fighters,

UN, International communities and various Humanitarian organization, don't bee too naive. The Junta are all crooks, make sure all the supplies which were donate by all of you, really received by the cyclone victims.

(Please read the post below which I re-posted from Soneseyar Blog)