Hosted by: USCB & Kachin Alliance
The event will start on: 01.12
And will end on: 01.12
Posted by: admin
Washington DC
Join us at a peace rally at the State Department and the White House on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 12pm, Washington, D.C.EVENT DETAILS
1. Where: State Department (Virginia Ave and 21 Street, Discobolos statute, south corner)
When: Saturday, January 12, 2012 @12pm to 2pm
2. White House (Lafayette park, North East section)
When: Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 2:30pm to 4:30pm
3. Prayer service at Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St., N.W.
When: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 5:30pm
It has been 17 months since the outbreak of armed conflict in Northern Burma, June 9th, 2011. The civil war being fought between the Burmese government forces and Kachin Independence Army has displaced over 100,000 internally displaced personals (IDPs), to date. The ongoing fierce aerial assaults,the use of combat helicopters, fighter jets, and shelling on unarmed innocent civilians by our own government’s forces have killed civilians, hence putting the lives of thousands of Burmese citizens in grave danger.
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said last week that Washington is "extremely troubled" by the government's use of air power, and is calling for talks that would lead to an end to the fighting. The U.S government talks to the Burmese regimes is not enough. The displacement of around 100,000 civilians in the past 17 months and the death of around 300 people during last air strike in Kachin State and nearby Shan State must be condemned. The U.S government must demand an end to the war against the Kachin and allow humanitarian access to all populations in need.
Contacts for further information:
Gum San - 202 500 5076, Ja Seng Mai - 215 359 6679 and Myra Dahgaypaw - 718 207 2556.
