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20th Anniversary of Burma Human Rights Day 
 March 13
 The day of Phone Maw’ Death
Don't forgetbloody March 13!Don't forget the PhoneMaw Day!
 
 The Responsibility of  Youth and Students Today  to Fight Against Military Dictatorship
In March, 1988, Ko Phone Maw and Ko Soe Naing who were stu-dents at the Rangoon Institute of Technology, were brutally killed ontheir campus by the BSPP military regime. This event was followed by the Red Bridge Students Affair – the former name of the bridge was White Bridge, but as many university students were killed there by themilitary, students changed it to Red Bridge (meaning Bloody Bridge).Both bloody affairs led to the “Four Eights Affair” - the pro-democra-cy peoples’ uprising of 8/8/88. Although the dictatorship has alwaystried to suppress these revolutions, it was never able to destroy thespirit of the students and their Student’s Union. This has been provedas successive generations of students have handed over the spirit tothe next generation.Since under colonial rule, Burmese students have been at the forefrontof the struggle for independence. They love freedom and justice andthey are ready to give their right hand for their truth, and to protestagainst the unjust rule for our people. This is the Burmese studentSpirit. The Burmese military regime have blindly ignored the wishes of thepeople since the 1990 general election result, and have convened asham national convention to draft a constitution.Since September, 2007, the SPDC regime have arbitrarily arrestedstudent leaders and Buddhist monks, and recently they announced1/2008, 2/2008 and 3/2008, and are trying to gain legitimacy throughthem. It is unimaginable for the future of our country, our peopleand our students if the SPDC’s sham constitution can be made to ap-pear legal through a referendum. Therefore it is our people’s and our
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students’ unavoidable national responsibility to ensure a NO vote atthe referendum. Students should follow the way of former studentgenerations and organize the people to vote NO at the upcoming ref-erendum.In accordance with the spirit of the Burmese student union, the new generation of students should not put aside their historic responsibil-ity to stand at the forefront of our people and turn down the SPDC’sunilateral constitution.
Go to the Ballot Booth and vote "No".
 We would like to request that the international community and studentbodies recognize Burma Human Rights Day, condemn the Burmesemilitary regime’s brutality and demand a stop to human rights viola-tions in Burma. They should demand that the SPDC regime guaranteeto give a free and fair referendum for the draft constitution. ALL BURMA FEDERATION OF STUDENT UNIONSFOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Tanslation and Editing: Myint Zaw Design: Kyaw Win (Mr. Balance)Published by All Burma Federation of Student Unions - Foreign Affairs Committee
The Union Publishing, P.O Box (102), Mae Ping Post Ofce, Chiang Mai (50301) Thailand
e-mail: bakatha@loxinfo.co.th
©2008 Union Publishing Vol. 3, No. 1, May 13 2008.
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