Burma’s Democracy Uprising marked with photo exhibition in Bangkok

Kachins joined to the country’s largest Democracy Uprising which started on August 8, 1988.

The 23rd anniversary of student-led democracy uprisings in Burma, also known as the ‘8888’ movement, was marked today with a special photo exhibition held at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT), in Bangkok, starting
at 7 p.m., an event organizer said.

The main purpose of the photo exhibition is to encourage member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to support the formation of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations in Burma, according to Naw San, the General Secretary of the Students and Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB).

August 8 is also the 44th year anniversary of the founding of the ASEAN.

The event was conducted by Thailand based exiled Burmese political opposition groups, including the Forum for Democracy in Burma (FDB), SYCB, Nationalities Youth Forum (NYF) and Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma(AAPP-B).

The exhibition also included photos commemorating the Depayin Massacre, in 2003, and the September 2007 monk- led mass protests, as well as documenting current human rights abuses by the government.

“We will be showing incidents of oppression in Karen, Karenni, Shan and Kachin states, which occurred after last year’s election,” said Naw San.

And, attention was drawn to the condition of political prisoners in Burma.