2010 Burma Freedom Calendar

Release to Public
1 January 2010

Shwegondine Declaration of the National League for Democracy (NLD)

The people shall be informed what will be its stand if the State Peace and Development Council unilaterally
hold upcoming election at their own arrangement, without considering to resolve through dialogue. The
League accepts that elections are the landmarks to be passed in the journey to democracy. The NLD will not
abandon the struggle for democracy. The League will stand by the people in all circumstances. Therefore if
the State Peace and Development Council unilaterally hold possible upcoming election with their own plan
and if:
1. All the political prisoners including the leaders of the NLD were unconditionally released,
2. The provisions of the 2008 Constitution which are not in accord with the democratic principles were
amended,
3. All inclusive free and fair general election were held under international supervision,
the National League for Democracy, through this Shwegondine Declaration, states that, anticipating for the
realization of the benefit of the whole people, it intends to participate in the elections only after gravely
considering as a special case and after studying the coming Party Registration Act and the Laws relating to
the Elections. NLD, 29 April 2009

Commentary of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)

Under the dictator Senior General Than Shwe, Burma’s new military constitution, adopted last year despite
criticism it is a sham, cannot be changed before next year’s planned elections, the country’s state media said
in a commentary Sunday. The article, which appeared Sunday in the New Light of Burma and other
newspapers, appeared to be warning the National League for Democracy party of detained opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi and the international communities that its complaints will not be heeded. Sunday’s
military order confirmed the government’s previously stated position that it will not change the terms of the
charter, which guarantees 25 percent of parliamentary seats to the military and allows the president to hand
over all power to the military in a state of emergency. It also has clauses that and would bar Suu Kyi from
holding office. The propaganda also said that the constitution can only be amended by the new parliament
that will emerge from the 2010 election. Burma’s military junta has said it will hold a general election next
year, but has not yet set an exact date or passed the necessary laws. “The demand for amendment to the
constitution through discussions and a dialogue with them is beyond fulfillment,” said the General. “A
group of people has no exclusive right to amend the constitution that has been approved in a democratic
way.” The publication did not mention any group or individual but Suu Kyi’s party and several other
democratic groups have charged that the constitution was illegally approved by force, and urged the
government to review it. Suu Kyi recently asked for a meeting with junta leader Than Shwe, saying that
“she wanted to explain how she can cooperate with the junta in the interest of the country.” However, as
usual he did not respond to her offer. The fascist said the constitution was approved by the people and that
ambassadors and military attaches in Burma were allowed to observe the voting and the result has been
recognized. SPDC, 20 December 2009

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January 2010
1 January (BC 153), New Year’s Day, Gregorian calendar
1 January (2000), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, Ko Nyunt Zaw, All Burma Federation of Students
Union (ABFSU / Ba Ka Tha), All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF / Ma Ka Da Ta),
Henzada, Irrawaddy
4 January (1948, 4:20 AM sharp), Independence Day, Independence from United Kingdom. The popular
sentiment to part with the British was so strong at the time that Burma opted not to join the British
Commonwealth, unlike India or Pakistan.
6 January (1995), death in custody at Insein prison, U Kin Sein, Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP), Prome,
Pegu
8 January, Karenni State Day
8 January (1991), death in custody at Insein prison, Insein Hospital, U Sein Win (a) Yangyi Aung (1937-
91), University Student Union 1959-60, Thongwa Township, Rangoon
9 January, Naga New Year (according to lunar calendar Pyatho Waxing Day 10). Annually Naga festival is
held from Jan. 11 to 17.
10 January (1928), DOB, Penang Sayardaw U Pannya Vamsa, Spiritual Director, Chairman and Co-
founder of International Burmese Monks Organisation, Penang, Malaysia, native of Sin Koo Ywa,
Wakema Township, Irrawaddy, left Burma since 11 December 1957 until the present time.
10 January (1948), Kachin National Day
10 January (1973), Lahu Revolution Day
11 January (2006), death in custody, Ko Khin Maung Aung
11 January (2006), death in custody at Putao prison, U Khin Maung Lwin (a) Nay Min Aung, Green Stars
Youth Front, Democracy Party and Patriotic Youth Organisation, Kungyangon, Rangoon
12 January (1963), Palaung Revolution Day
18 January (1991), death in custody at Insein prison, U Tin Maung Win (1941-91), MP 1990, National
League for Democracy (NLD) Khayan Township Constituency (2), Rangoon, post-WWII Old
Student Leaders Organisation
19 January (1910), Date of Birth (DOB), Ludu U Hla (1910-82), veteran journalist, publisher, chronicler,
folklorist and social reformer, native of Pazun Myaung village near Nyaunglebin, husband of Ludhu
Daw Ahmar, political prisoner 1953-56, imprisoned for the fifth time in 1978, UNESCO award for
literature (1958)
20 January (1898), DOB, U Abdul Razak (1898-1947), National Hero, Martyr, teacher, native of Meiktila,
Mandalay, MP 1945 AFPFL Mandalay, Minister of Education and National Planning in Aung San’s
Cabinet, chairman of the Burma Muslim Congress, headmaster of Mandalay National High School,
the Muslim of Burma
20 January (1926), DOB, Gen Saw Bo Mya (1926-2006), KNU Cha irman
22 January (1909, Friday), DOB, U Thant (1909-1974), native of Pantanaw, former UN Secretary General
(1961-71).
22 January (2007), death of Poet Tin Moe (a) U Ba Gyan (1933-2007), native of Kan Mye Zagyan,
Myingyan. Cigar’s burnt down, The sun is brown, Will somebody take me home?
22 January (2009), death in custody at Insein prison, Ven. U Arnanda, 1948-2009, Thitsa Tharaphu
monastery, North Okkalapa, Rangoon
24 January (2000), Ratchaburi Provincial Hospital Siege without harming any patients, Thailand. God’s
Army and Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors: Myint Thein, Hla Myint, Naung Khan, Kyaw
Kyaw, Maung Htoo, Mohammad, Toe Toe, Myint Oo, Nyunt Shwe, and Saw Nya Twa, were
executed after surrendering by the Thai military. They demanded that doctors treat their wounded
and Thailand end its backing of the Burmese government attacks.
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27 January (1947), Aung San-Atlee Agreement, Bo Aung San began negotiating with the British labour
Prime Minister Clement Atlee and successfully concluded the Aung San-Atlee Agreement,
promising full independence for Burma within one year.
27 January (1961), DOB, Ko Zarganar (a) Ko Thura, Burma’s best-known comedian, movie/video
director, dentist, barred indefinitely from performing and making a living as a comedian 1994 and an
artist 14 May 2006, political prisoner 1988-89, 1990-94 Insein prison and 45+14 minus 24- year
imprisonment (2008) Insein / Myitkyina prisons for attempting to deliver aid to victims of Cyclone
Nargis.
28 January (2004), death in custody at Taungoo prison, Taungoo Hospital, U Sein Tin (a) Shein Tin, Anti-
Fascist People Freedom League (AFPFL), Burma Communist Party (BCP), People’s Progressive
Party, Rangoon
29 January (1999), death soon after release from Mandalay Ohbo prison, Ven. U Yewata (a) Yawada,
General Secretary of Thangha Thamaggi, Mandalay
30 January (1947), Mon National Day (according to lunar calendar Tabodwe – Maik by Mon – Waning
Day 1), the founding of Hongsawatoi by Sammala and Vimala
31 January (1947), Karen Revolutionary Day, Ba U Gyi laid down four basic principles: (1) Surrender is
out of the question, (2) We shall retain our arms, (3) Recognition of Karen State must be complete,
and (4) We shall decide our own political destiny.

February 2010
5 February (1947), Founding Day of Karen National Union (KNU)
5 February (1952), DOB, Sayar Nyi Pu Lay (a) Nyein Chan (a) Bo Nyo, son of Ludu U Hla and Ludu Daw
Ahmar, native of Mandalay, well-known short story writer, artist, photographer, political prisoner
1978, 10-year imprisonment (1990) Insein / Thayet prisons.
5 February (1961), Kachin Revolutionary Day
7 February (1947), Shan National Day
9 February (1972), Akha Revolution Day
10 February (1909), DOB, Sayagyi Minthuwun (a) U Wun (1909-2004), Birthday centennial 1909-2009,
renowned romantic poet and writer, native of Kungyangon, Irrawaddy.
10 February (1939), seventeen persons (including seven monks) taking part in peaceful demonstrations in
Mandalay were shot and killed by ethnic soldiers under British command. Thirteen were seriously
wounded.
10 February (1998), death in custody at Tavoy prison, Naw Thin Su, Mergui/Tavoy United Front,
Thayetchaung, Tenasserim
11 February (1948), Karen National Day, National Slogans of the Karen People: (1) Give us the Karen
State at once, (2) Show “Karen one Kyat, Burmese one Kyat” at once, (3) We don’t want communal
clashes, and (4) We don’t want civil war.
12 February (1938), DOB, Prof. Dr. Kanbawza Win (a) Ba Thann Win, Doctor of Philosophy (Education)
Washington International University 1999, Masters of Arts (International Relations) Rangoon
University 1970, Bachelor of Arts in Honours, Political Science, Rangoon University 1967, former
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Prime Minister of Burma has served as a Distinguished Visiting
Professor at the Menno Simons College of University of Winnipeg and later as a Senior Research
Fellow at the European Institute of Asian Studies, Brussels is now the incumbent Dean of the
Students of the AEIOU Programme, Chiangmai University Thailand and an Adjunct Professor of the
School of International Studies, Simon Fraser University, of British Columbia, Canada. Currently,
December 2009, attending the Climatic Conference in Copenhagen has written many Articles and
Books.
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12 February (1947), Union Day, celebrates the signing of the Panglong Agreement and the creation of the
Union of Burma. General Aung San was able to convince some of the Shan Saophas, Kachin
Duwars and the Chin leaders and finally succeeded in concluding an agreement with ethnic
minorities for a unified Burma at the Panglong Conference on February 12, celebrated since as
‘Union Day’. The Karen sent only 4 observers. The Arakanese and the Mons were considered as part
of the Burmese tribe having being subdued since the Burmese kings and were not consulted; the
Karenni was an independent state and not invited. A new democratic and federal constitution was
drafted that safeguarded basic civil liberties and the rights of the citizen.
There were 23 signatories in all expressing their willingness to work with the ‘interim Burmese
government’ in order to achieve independence speedily, and agreeing in principle the formation of a
‘Union of Burma’. Burman representative: Aung San; Chin representatives: Hlur Hmung, Thawng
Za Khup, Kio Mang; Kachin representatives: Sinwa Nawng, Zau Rip, Dinra Tang, Zau La, Zau
Lawn, Labang Grong; Shan representatives: Tawnpeng, Yawnghwei, North Hsenwi, Laika, Mong
Pawn, Hsamonghkam and representatives of Pawnglawng, Tin E, Kya Bu, Sao Yapa Hpa, Htun
Myint, Hkun Saw, Hkun Htee.
Aung San’s assurance on the day, “If Burman receives one Kyat, you will also get one Kyat”, has
often been quoted by ethnic nationalists since.
“The cause of the Union, the cause of the national races, and the cause of democracy and human
rights are inseparable,” Aung San Suu Kyi told her supporters. 12 February1998
13 February (1915), DOB, Bogyoke Aung San (1915-1947), native of Natmauk, national hero, founder of
Burma army, 13 February has been commemorated every year as Burmese Children Day
14 February, Chinese New Year (according to lunar calendar 4708, Year of the Tiger)
14 February, Lahu New Year (according to lunar calendar, usually coincides with the Chinese New Year)
14 February, Valentine’s Day. Lovers express their feelings to each other.
14 February (1991), Founding Day of National League for Democracy - Liberated Area (NLD-LA)
14 February (2008), Padoh Mahn Sha (a) Mahn Sha Lar Phan (1944-2008), Secretary General of the
Karen National Union (KNU), was assassinated by Pauk Sa from the group of Htain Maung’s Karen
Peace Council, commander San Pyone (assassinated on 26 June 2009) from pro-Burmese junta
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army Battalion 7 and the Burmese soldiers with the blessing from the
Government of Thailand.
16 February (1993), death in custody at Insein prison, U Khin Maung Myint, All Burma Federation
Students Union, Peoples’ Progressive Party, Dedaye, Irrawaddy
17 February (1863), Founding Day of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva,
Switzerland
17 February (1937), DOB, Maung Swan Yi (a) Win Pe, famous poet, writer, literary critic, scholar, political
prisoner, National Literary Prize 1964 for his collection of poetry, Poems of Red and Blue.
18 February (1998), death in custody at Insein prison, U Thein Tin (a) Tin Thein Maung (a) Pan-Hta-We
Tin Maung, writer, pharmacist, Rangoon division organizer of NLD South Okkalapa, Rangoon
19 February (1996), death in custody at Insein prison, U Tun Sein, Labor Union of United National Unity
Front, Union of Prisoners in 1970s, Kemmendine, Rangoon
20 February (1948), Chin National Day
22 February (1932), DOB, Mr. Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy (22 February 1932 – 25 August 2009),
Senator 1962-2009, Democratic Party, Massachusetts, USA. In a statement made on 11 May 1990
Sen. Edward Kennedy urged the US administration to support economic sanctions against Burma’s
military dictatorship and to take concrete steps to back efforts of international and private voluntary
organizations in aiding Burmese refugees.
27 February, Pa-O National Day (according to lunar calendar Tabaung Full Moon Day)

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27 February (1937), DOB, Sayar Kyi Aung (a) Kyi Lin (1937-2009), famous poet, literature critics, native
of Ave, Mandalay, political prisoner gagged by Censorship Board, 8-8-88 uprising.

March 2010
1 March (1935), DOB, U Bilal Raschid, son of U Raschid, native of Thayetmyo, an architect, founder and
President of Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Burma (International), President of the
world-wide Burmese Muslim Association, ambassador-designate of NCGUB to the U.N. and testified
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in this capacity in 1992, President of the Rotary Club
of Rangoon, Burma (1969-70), Assistant Governor of Rotary District 7610, Virginia, USA.
2 March (1962), The darkest hellhole of military dictatorship terminating democracy and human rights by
Gen. Ne Win (Burma Socialist Program Party, BSPP / Ma Sa La, 4 July 1962) with his henchmen
Gen. Saw Maung, 18 September 1988/ Gen. Than Shwe, 23 April 1992 (State Law and Order
Restoration Council, SLORC / Na Wa Ta / Nyeinpi, 18 September 1988) and Gen. Than Shwe (State
Peace and Development Council, SPDC / Na Ah Pha, 15 November 1997).
Sao Myi Myi Thaike, age seventeen, son of the first president Sao Shwe Thaike, younger brother of
Eugene and elder to Harn, first democracy martyr was killed by Burmese soldiers.
Prime Minister U Nu with his cabinet members and over thirty ethnic leaders had been jailed.
6 March (2008), death in custody suffering from TB at Tharawaddy prison, Ko Win Tin (a) Annul (1978-
2008), high school student, NLD Youth Pegu
7 March (1990), death in custody at Insein prison, Bo Set Yaung (a) U Khin Maung, Burma Communist
Party (BCP), Bahan, Rangoon
8 March (1975), International Woman’s Day. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic,
political and social achievements of women.
8 March (1991), death in custody at Insein prison, U Nyo Win (1930-91), All Burma Federation Students
Union 1954-60, University Student Union, Student United Front, Post-War and Independence Era
Old Students Association, Peoples’ Progressive Party, League of Democratic Alliances, Shwekyin,
Pegu
10 March (1966), DOB, Ko Mya Aye, political prisoner 65-year imprisonment (2008) Insein / Maubin /
Loikaw prisons, 8-8-88 uprising, Saffron Revolution 2007, 88 Generation Students Group, Mingalar
Taung Nyunt, Rangoon
12 March (1927), DOB, Thura Tin Oo, former Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense (1974-76), Vice
Chairman of NLD, Rangoon, under house arrested since 30 May 2003 and extended yearly on 13
February
12 March (1930), DOB, U Win Tin (Hanthawaddy), renowned journalist, Central Executive Council NLD,
advisor to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, political prisoner 3+11+7- year imprisonment (1989) Insein
prison, released 2008
13 March (1988), martyrs Maung Phone Maw, Maung Soe Naing, Maung Win Aung, Maung Tin Maung
Oo, Maung Than Shwe, and Maung Maung Soe, Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) students,
triggered the 8-8-88 uprising, March 13 has been commemorated every year as Burma’s Human
Rights Day
13 March (1997), death in custody at Insein prison, Rangoon General Hospital, Rev. Saw Hla Chit,
Christian priest, Bogale, Irrawaddy
15 March (1975), deaths of Communist leaders Thakin Zin and Thakin Chit
15 March (1996), death in custody at Thayet prison, Ven. U Arsara, Young Monks Union, Thayetaw
Monastery, Lanmadaw, Rangoon

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16 March (1927), DOB, Sir. Daniel Patrick Monihan (16 March 1927 – 26 March 2003), Senator,
Democratic Party, New York, USA, a consistent champion of the Burmese, Moynihan Amendment:
Toughened economic sanctions.
16 March (1988), Red Bridge Remembrance Day. The white bridge was splattered with students’ blood.
The security police and soldiers under Maj Sein Htwa, who raped girls in detention, killed and
drowned about 200-300 students. The wounded bodies were cremated day and night at Kyandaw
cemetery and some were fed to a crocodile farm in Thingangyun.
17 March (2006), beaten to death on the street by fascist members of Rangoon Kemmendine Township
police, reserve fire brigade and Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA / Kyant
Phoot), Ko Thet Naing Oo (a) Pya Laung, All Burma Students Democratic Front
18 March (1988, Friday), Bloody Friday. Thousands of students marched down to Sule Pagoda in central
Rangoon were arrested or killed by the Lon Htein – commander Sein Lwin – and army units – the
22, 66 and 77 LIDs. Schools and universities were closed down.
20 March (1988), Chin National Revolution Day, Founding Day of Chin National Front (CNF)
20 March (2009), death of Sayamagyi Kyi Oo (1925-2009), mother of the Zarganar, highly respected writer,
Yankin, Rangoon.
21 March (1909, Sunday), DOB, Sayagyi Maung Htin (a) Htin Hpatt, journalist-writer of national fame,
native of Labutta, Irrawaddy.
21 March (1960), International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Police opened fire and
killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid “pass
laws.”
21 March (1999), World Poetry Day. The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing
and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the UNESCO session declaring the day says, to
“give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements.”
21 March (2008), Kyaw Zin Naing (1982-2008) set himself on fire at Burma’s most revered Buddhist
Shwedagon Pagoda to protest military rule and died on 17 April 2008 from burns of more than 60
per cent of his body.
23 March (1876), DOB, Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (1876-1964), native of Wa-le village, Shwetaung
Township, Prome
23 March (1976), 1976 Hmaing Rarpyi uprising (a) Hmaing Centenary uprising, Students uprising
commemorating the centenary of the birth of Thakin Kodaw Hmaing. Over 230 students were jailed
long term imprisonment and expelled permanently from schools.
23 March (2000), Founding Day of Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). Bo Kyi
founded the AAPP with other former political prisoner colleagues on 23 March 2000, the 11th
anniversary of the arrest of 1988 student leader Min Ko Naing. The AAPP is an independent, non-
profit organization that monitors the situation regarding political prisoners in Burma, including
human rights violations, persecution and intimidation to both current and former political prisoners
and their families.
23 March (2006), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, U Ko Oo, secretary of NLD, Thayet Township
24 March (1982), World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis
today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of about 1.6 million people each
year, mostly in the third world.
27 March (1945), Resistance Day, marking the start of Burmese resistance to occupying Japanese army and
today we are still struggling to get out from under oppressive military dictatorship and achieve
democracy
27 March (2009), death of Sayagyi Kyi Aung (a) kyi Lin (1937-2009), famous poet, literature critics, native
of Ave, Mandalay, political prisoner gagged by Censorship Board, 8-8-88 uprising.

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28 March (1948), People’s Democratic Revolution Day of Burmese Communists. The Communist Party
of Burma (CPB) went underground.
31 March (1928), DOB, Dr. Salai Tun Than, Burma Independence Army (BIA), former rector of Yezin
Agriculture Institute in Pyinmana, leader of Civil Disobedience Movement, USA.

April 2010
1 April, April Fools Day. Practices include sending someone on a “fool’s errand,” looking for things that
don’t exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
2 April (1925), International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to
call attention to children’s book.
5 April (1988), Captain Myint Oo ordered his soldiers to load their guns and aim at Aung San Suu Kyi who
was walking down the street along with her followers in Danubyu during a campaign tour of the
Irrawaddy.
6 April (1923), DOB, Dr. Than Htun (1923-2005), highly respected historian, Ngathaingchaung’s Asian
Youth League, Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League, chairman of Burmese Student Union Ba Ka
Tha 1947, professor at History Department, Arts and Science University, Mandalay, visiting
professor at Tokyo University, Tokyo International Christian University, Osaka University, and
Northern Illinois University, a Literate of the 11th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes in the Academic
Prize Category (2000), military regime critic “An elephant is an elephant.”
7 April (1950), World Health Day. It is celebrated to create “awareness of a specific health theme to
highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization.”
9 April (1967), Founding Day of Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
10 April (2000), Kayan National Day
11 April (1919), Founding Day of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
12 April (1907), DOB, Sayar Zawgyi (a) U Thein Han (1907-1990), native of Phapon, Irrawaddy, famous
author and poet, nationalist literary person and vocal supporter of independence from the British
Empire
16 April (1991), death in custody at Interrogation Center, Military Intelligence Unit 12, Rangoon, Ko Soe
Htay (1972-91), student
17 April, Burmese New Year (according to lunar calendar Tagu 1372), water festival can wash away evils
and sins accumulated in the past and prepare for the future, bringing the people into a happy new
year
17 April (1945), DOB, Maung Wun Tha (a) Soe Thein, native of Waw, Pegu, highly respected writer,
editor of the Hanthawaddy and Botahtaung daily, MP 1990 NLD Waw, Pegu, political prisoner
1989, 1990-92 and 1996-2001 Insein prison, 7-7-62 student uprising, 8-8-88 uprising. Independence
is something we gained from the British. However, in reality we still have to struggle if we want to
enjoy freedom. I want to remind our people to remember the value of freedom.
17 April (1946), DOB, Lashio Thein Aung (a) Jimmy Jack, The LEGEND, nationally recognized Burmese
stereo singer. Burma 1962 – Almost half the nation was on the march “Demonstrations against
Democracy” I was the only-one student in my hometown Lashio that went home on that day. My
name is Jimmy Patrick Nathan; I was born in Bhamo and raised in Lashio. I left Burma in 1972
spent some time in the mountains and jungles along the Burma-Thai boarder as a freedom fighter.
Close political ties with Brang Seng, Eugene Htaike, Tin Maung Win, Ye Kyaw Thu and KMT. In
Chicago I promised A Ba U Aye Myint that I would stand and fight for Democracy hand in hand
with the 8.8.88 Student Generation. Freedom Fighter 72, Man without a Country.
21 April (1948), DOB, U Tin Maung Thaw, Secretary of Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in
Burma (International), Co-Chair of U.S. Campaign for Burma, USA.
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22 April (1970), International Earth Day is intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the
Earth’s environment. John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global holiday called “Earth
Day” at a UNESCO Conference on the Environment in 1969. The first Earth Day proclamation was
issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto on March 21, 1970. UN Secretary-General U Thant
supported McConnell’s global initiative to celebrate this annual event, and on February 26, 1971, he
signed a proclamation to that effect, saying: May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to
come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm
and fragile cargo of animate life.
27 April (1949), DOB, Dr. Sai Kham Leik, the most well known songwriter and composer in Burma. He
was once detained as a medical student at the Mandalay Medical Institute for participating
enthusiastically and forming the Shan Literature and Cultural Committee. Be Patriotic Forever:
Without unity and determination the desired goal will never be reached.

May 2010
1 May (1890), Labour Day (a) May Day (a) World Workers’ Day
2 May (1957), Founding Day of Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)
2 May (2001), World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May). Laughter is a positive and powerful emotion
that has all the ingredients required for individuals to change themselves and to change the world in
a peaceful and positive way.
2 May (2006), death in custody at Sandoway prison, Sandoway hospital, U Myint Than, Shan New
Generation Youth, Shan
2 May (2008), Cyclone Nargis. The military media claimed that 351 death and over 100,000 Internally
Displaced Persons on 4 May 2008. However, the death toll according to UN is 140,000 reported on
an anniversary. A new U.N.-led report says the damage from Burma’s Cyclone Nargis in May is
estimated to be $4 billion. The report released Monday says this includes $1.7 billion in damage to
assets and $2.3 billion from loss of income of the victims. The report, prepared by the U.N., the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Burmese government, is the first comprehensive
assessment of the damage caused by the cyclone in May (AP, 21 July 2008). In a rare appearance,
first lady Laura Bush spoke to the media from the White House briefing room, urging the
government of Burma to accept aid from the United States. No aid response teams are allowed to
enter the country without the government’s permission. “The government of Burma should accept
this team quickly – as well as other offers of international assistance,” she told reporters
(abc.go.com, 5 May 2008). British Ambassador John Sawers called Burma’s refusal to let aid
workers in as the death toll mounts “an appalling crisis” and labeled the government’s actions
“inexplicable and inexcusable’ (CNN, 10 May 2008). In a sign of the tensions between the generals
and the international community, Burma’s U.N. envoy, Kyaw Tint Swe, accused France of sending a
warship to his country. France’s U.N. ambassador said the junta was on the verge of a “crime against
humanity.” French envoy Jean-Maurice Ripert said the ship is operated by the French navy but is
not a warship. It is carrying 1,500 metric tons of food and medicine as well as small boats,
helicopters and field hospital platforms (Reuters, 16 May 2008). French President Nicolas Sarkozy
says Burma’s ruling junta has made a “bad choice” by not letting foreign military ships join the
cyclone aid effort (usatoday.com, 24 May 2008).
3 May (1991), World Press Freedom Day. The United Nations General Assembly declared 3 May to be
World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind
governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the

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 Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper
journalists in 1991.
3 May (1992), death in custody at Insein prison, U Soe Win, younger brother of Bo Zeya, People’s
Comrades Party led by Gen Aung San, Mayangon, Rangoon
3 May (2008), four prisoners Ohn Kyaw (NLD member from Dawpon Township), Thant Zaw (Hlaing
Township), Win Tun Win (Insein Township), and another anonymous prisoner were tortured to
death by Insein prison authorities
5 May (1757), Fall of Hongsawatoi Mon Kingdom to Burmans (according to the Mon lunar calendar Kason
Waning Day 8 of the year 1120), Over 70,000 Mon people were killed by the Burmese King
Alaungpaya (a) U Aung Zeya of Konbaung Dynasty.
6 May (2009), The World Famous Unjustified Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. John William Yettaw was
arrested on May 6 for swimming to and entering Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside home, where he
stayed for two days. She said that the charges against her were “one-sided.” She accused Burmese
authorities of failing to provide proper security despite the fact that she informed them of a previous
intrusion by Yettaw in November 2008. The first day, May 18, of the trial against Aung San Suu
Kyi, her colleagues Khin Khin Win and Win Ma Ma and US citizen John William Yettaw began
today at 10:30 am and finished this afternoon at around 2 pm local time. All were charged under
section 22 of the State Protection Act. Four lawyers (Kyi Win, Hla Myo Myint, Nyan Win and Khin
Htay Kywe; one of Daw Suu’s Lawyers Aung Thein has had his licence to practise law revoked by
the authorities) represented Aung San Suu Kyi. Khin Htay Kywe, Hla Myo Myint and Nyan Win
also represented National League for Democracy party members Khin Khin Win and Win Ma Ma.
Lawyer Khin Maung Oo represented John William Yettaw. There are two judges in the case, U
Thaung Nyunt from Rangoon Northern District Court and U Nyi Nyi Soe from Rangoon Western
District Court in the presence of district legal advisor Myint Kyaing. Lt. Colonel Police Special
Branch Officer Zaw Min Aung read out the statement of prosecution against Aung San Suu Kyi, her
colleagues and John William Yettaw. Aung San Suu Kyi said, “I have no guilt as I didn’t commit
any crime.” The court initially sentenced Suu Kyi on Tuesday, August 11, to a three- year prison
term with hard labour. But after a five-minute recess, the country’s home minister entered the
courtroom and read aloud a special order from junta chief Sr-Gen Than Shwe. The order said Than
Shwe was cutting the sentence in half to 1 and 1/2 years and that it could be served under house
arrest. A US citizen jailed for swimming to the house of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu
Kyi was set to fly out of the army-ruled nation Sunday, August 16, with a visiting American senator
who secured his release. John Yettaw was handed over to US embassy officials at Rangoon’s
notorious Insein prison after Democrat Senator Jim Webb persuaded the military junta to spare him
from a sentence of seven years’ hard labour, officials said.
7 May (2005), death in custody at No. 1 Interrogation Center, Ko Aung Hlaing Win, NLD Youth, Tagu
Seik Village, Einme Township, Irrawaddy
9 May, Mother’s Day (second Sunday of May) is a day of honouring mothers.
10 May (1906), established Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA), students of Rangoon College: U
Ba Pe, U / Sir Maung Gyi, and U Ba Yin
10 May (1919), DOB, Dagon Taryar, renowned writer and poet, peace movement “No enemy, only friend;
no hatred, only love. Politics is making friends who are enemies.”
10 May (1976), Founding Day of National Democratic Front (NDF), the non-Burman ethnic armed
opposition groups
12 May (2009), death in custody at Myingyan prison, Salai Hla Moe (1960-2009), carpenter, political
prisoner 11- year imprisonment (2003) Myingyan prison, organizer NLD Tupe Township, Chin.
13 May (1998), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, U Aung Kyaw Moe (a) Moe Aung (1960-98),
United National Democracy Party, Kamayut, Rangoon
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15 May (1964), The first time demonetization of 50 and 100 kyat notes had ruined tens of thousands of
people. For the second time, on 3 November 1985, the 25, 50, and 100 kyat notes were demonetized
without warning. On 6 September 1987, hundreds of students from Rangoon Universities – RIT and
RASU – went on brief demonstration marches across the university campus around Rangoon
protesting the government’s action to demonetize kyats 25, 35, 75 banknotes without compensation
for the third time on 5 September 1987.
20 May (1990), death in custody at Maubin prison, Ko Kyaw Myo Thant (a) Japan Gyi, history student
during 8-8-88 uprising, Democratic Party for New Society (DPNS), Bogale, Irrawaddy
21 May (1958), Shan Revolution Day
21 May (1989), All Burma Federation of Students Union Conference in Mandalay, 2 days, the biggest
conference and all student leaders from around the country attended
25 May (1907), DOB, U Nu (a) Thakin Nu (1907-1995), former chairman of All Burma Students Union,
former prime minister of Union of Burma
27 May (1990), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD won the elections by a landslide, electing 392 (80.82%)
candidates out of 485 parliamentary seats. The military-backed National Unity Party won only 10
seats (2.06%). No less than 93 parties contested the election. A majority of the armed forces joined
the rest of the population to vote for the opposition and against the dictatorship. The will of the
people had been voted: the generals must go. Although the people have spoken clearly and loudly
for a new direction, the military junta has made it clear that it will do everything necessary to avoid a
transfer of power.
29 May (2005), death in custody at Moulmein prison, U Min Tun Wai, NLD Kyaikmayaw, Mon
30 May (2003), Depayin Massacre , 70-282 unarmed NLD brutally killed and hundreds wounded by the
order of Sr-Gen Than Shwe, Gen Soe Win, Col / U Aung Thaung, Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,
Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, and Lt-Col Than Han.
31 May (1999), death in custody at Insein prison, Ko Hla Khin, youth leader, NLD Shwepyitha, Rangoon

June 2010
3 June (1930), DOB, Mr. George Fernandes, Defence Minister in the National Democratic Alliance
Government (1998-2004), Janata Dal (United) party, India.
4 June (1964), Kayan Revolution Day
6 June (1974), 1974 Workers’ Strike. The workers demanded higher salaries, lowering of basic commodity
prices, freedom to form an independent labor union, and some fringe benefits for their families.
6 June (1975), 1975 Shwedagon Strike (a) 1975 June strike, one year anniversary of the 1974 Workers’
Strike. In order to prevent student activists from assembling, all universities and colleges were shut
down from June 1975 to January 1976.
7 June (2000), death soon after release, Daw San San Win, political prisoner since 1997, MP 1990, NLD
Ahlone, Rangoon
8 June (1996), death in custody at Thayet prison, Ko Myint Swe (1964-96), Dala, Rangoon
8 June (1998), death in custody at Insein prison / Rangoon General Hospital, U Tin Shwe (a) Monywa Tin
Shwe (1930-98), lawyer, well-known writer, NLD Monywa, Sagaing
9 June (1920), DOB, Bhamo Tin Aung (1920-1978), renowned writer, Jack London of Burma, native of
Pegu, political prisoner 1952-59, 1963+, Coco Island 1968-72, student union movement 1936-38,
Burmese British Army 1941+. He wrote several novels from a socialist viewpoint and focused on the
poorest classes, such as farmers, workers and the oppressed. His works are still popular among
readers because he wrote about progressive, modern ideas, including philosophy and religion, for
three decades.

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9 June (2005), death during forced labour session, Ko Win Lwin, Ngapyin Village, Aunglan (Allen)
Township, Magwe
11 June (1991), death in custody at Insein prison, Sayar Maung Thaw Ka (a) Ba Thaw (1928 – 1991),
people’s hero, ex-navy officer, humorist, poet and political activist, CEC member of NLD,
Kyauktada, Rangoon
12 June (2001), death soon after release with AIDS from Thayet and Insein prisons, Ko Bo Ni Aung, All
Burma Students Democratic Front
13 June (2004), death in custody at Insein prison, U Min Thu, lawyer, NLD
14 June (1928), DOB, Che Guevara (a) Ernesto Guevara (a) Che (1928 – 1967), Argentine Marxist
revolutionary, medical doctor, military theorist, and guerrilla leader.
16 June (1993), assassinated by the Burmese military outside Bangkok, Thailand, U Hla Pe, MP 1990, NLD
Pyawbwe (2), Mandalay
17 June (1932), DOB, U Kyaw San, MP 1990, NLD Taze (1), Sagaing Division, political prisoner 1992-95,
1998-2004, sentenced to 7-year imprisonment (2005) in Insein Prison
19 June (1945, Tuesday), DOB, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, native of Rangoon, figurehead of the Burmese
democracy revolution, survivor of Depayin Massacre, political prisoner 1989-95, 2000-02, 2003 +
one-year extension November 2004 + six- month extension November 2005 + one-year extension 27
May 2006 + one-year extension 25 May 2007 + one- year extension 27 May 2008 + 3 months in
Insein prison during the trial + 3- year imprisonment with hard labor and then conditionally reduced
to 18-month house arrest August 2009. She has been in Insein prison since 14 May 2009, violating
the rules and regulations surrounding her house arrest over an incident in which a US man swam
across a lake and entered her home. “The National Convention process is a sham,” claimed she in
November 1995.
19 June (1992), death in custody at Interrogation Center, U Mohamed Ilyas (a) Mohamad Elias (a) Maung
Nyo (1932-92), NLD Maungdaw, Arakan
20 June, Father’s Day (third Sunday of June) is a day honouring fathers.
20 June (2001), death in custody at Mandalay prison, La Khong Lay (a) Tin Maung Myint, NLD Madaya,
Mandalay
20 June (2001), World Refugee Day. Each year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) selects a theme and coordinates events across the globe.
21 June, Kayah National Day
21 June (1988), Myenigon Massacre , Rangoon
21 June (2002), death in custody at Bassein prison, Maung Maung Aye, NLD Labutta, Irrawaddy
22 June (1996), death in custody at Insein prison, Mr. James Leander Nichols (a) Leo Nichols, Eurasian,
honorary consul in Burma for Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden as well as correspondent for
Switzerland
25 June (1954), the first hijack in Burma. Dakota passenger plane of Burma Airways during its Rangoon-
Kyaukpyu-Akyab flight was hijacked by KNU. Lt Saw Kyaw Aye, Lt Thein Kyaw and Ah Nyein
forced a pilot to land his domestic DC-3 at gunpoint and made off with a bundle of cash (K 740,
000) destined for government employee plus government supplies.
26 June (1976), the first student hanged by the military junta, Salai Tin Maung Oo (a) Richard Din (a) Big
Lion, 3rd year Zoology student, Chin Student Association at Rangoon Arts and Science University

July 2010
1 July (1999), death soon after release, U Kyaw Min, political prisoner, NLD Bassein west (2), Irrawaddy
6 July (1946), DOB, Mr. George Walker Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, 2000-2008,
Republican, USA.
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6 July (1946), DOB, Mr. Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, Actor, Director, RAMBO IV, 2008. Live for nothing,
die for something.
7 July (1962), 7-7-62 students uprising (a) 1962 Rangoon University students uprising. Students protested
new regulations prohibiting unauthorized political gatherings, requiring the locking of dormitories at
8:00 p.m. sharp, and settings fixed study hours.
8 July (1941), DOB, U Nwe Aung, M.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry), Chair of Committee for the Restoration of
Democracy in Burma (Germany) since 1987, Chair of Burma Bureau (Germany) until April 2009,
Director of National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) PM Office in
Washington DC (1994-1996), Director of NCUB Europe Office in London (2007-2010). Politics:
Aim to abolish military dictatorship and establish Federal Union in Burma.
8 July (1962), Ordered by Gen Ne Win, Brig-Gen Aung Gyi, Col Kyaw Soe, Lt-Col Sein Lwin, and Maj
Tun Yi, the fascist Burmese soldiers from 4 Burma Rifle Battalion destroyed the Student Union
Building, which had a prominent standing in the history of Burma independence movement. Ko
Kyaw Win of Myaungmya, who was in bed with injuries, and about 100-400 students were blown up
together with the building under a bloody policy declared by Gen Ne Win as to ma tch “sword with
sword, spear with spear.” The bodies, some students still alive, were crushed at the sewage treatment
plant in Rangoon.
12 July (2001), death in custody with AIDS at Tharawaddy prison, Ko Sithu (a) Ye Naing, Botany student
during 8-8-88 uprising, Sanchaung, Rangoon
18 July (1918), DOB, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African
National Congress’s armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe, political prisoner 27 years released 1990,
first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election serving in
the office from 1994–99, received more than one hundred awards over four decades, most notably
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, the most favorite model of Aung San Suu Kyi.
18 July (2008), death in custody with TB at Mandalay prison, Ko Rarpyi (a) Maung Maung Rarpyi (a)
Khin Maung Tint (1962-2008), political prisoner 2 times, 20- year imprisonment (1998), 8-8-88
uprising, All Burma Students Democratic Front
19 July (1947, 10:37 AM Saturday), Martyrs’ Day (a) Arzarni Day. Gen Aung San and his cabinet
members, Mahn Ba Khaing, Thakin Mya, Dedoke U Ba Cho, Abdul Razak, U Ba Win and Saopha
of Mong Pawng Sai San Tun, cabinet secretary U Ohn Maung and a bodyguard Yebaw Maung
Htwe were assassinated.
Usually sirens are sounded at 10:37 AM with a two- minute silence was held throughout the whole
country in honour of the nine Martyrs of Burma. This ritual is discarded by the Burmese military
junta nowadays and there are very few public activities, for example previous practices of flying
flags at half mast or sounding are no more practiced nowadays.
20 July (1989), Aung San Suu Kyi placed under first house arrest and held her incommunicado.
20 July (2004), death soon after release, Wanay Soe (a) Ko Nay Win (1959-2004), Editor of Pyit Hmu
magazine, NLD Ye, Mon
21 July (2004), death in custody at Kale prison, U Khin Maung Myint, Supporting Committee for Central
Youth Wing of NLD, Latha Township, Rangoon
23 July (1988), resignation of Chairman Gen Ne Win of the Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP / Ma Sa
La), Traitor of 30 Comrades
23 July (1991), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, U Maung Maung Aye, National Democracy Party,
Kamayut, Rangoon
24 July (2004), death soon after release, U Kyi Tin Oo, NLD Hlaing Township, Rangoon
26 July, Dhamma Day (according to lunar calendar Waso Full Moon Day)
26 July (1942), DOB, Daw Mar Mar Aye, nationally recognized Burmese Classic singer, native of
Myaungmya, Irrawaddy, gagged by Censorship Board.
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26 July (1957), Founding Day of New Mon State Party (NMSP), (according to lunar calendar Waso Full
Moon Day)
27 July (1977), Captain Ohn Kyaw Myint, an attempted coup ringleader, hanged by military junta
29 July (1971), Wa National Revolution Day, Wa National Organisation (WNO)
31 July (2002), death in custody at Moulmein prison, Mai Aik Pan, Palaung State Liberation Party/Front,
National Democratic Front, Namsang, Shan

August 2010
1 August (2001), death in custody at Thayet prison, Saw Tin Myint, Karen National Union, Lepadan,
Irrawaddy
2 August (1992), death in custody at Insein prison, Mahn Dawait (1936-92), Rangoon University Student
Union, Karen National Union, Wakema, Irrawaddy.
2 August (1996), death in custody at Insein prison, U Hla Than (1947-96), lawyer, MP 1990, NLD Coco
Islands, Rangoon
6 August (1988), Pegu Massacre , over 20 students and civilians were gunned down by Fascist Burmese
troops in front of High School (3), Pegu
7 August (1993), death in custody at Myitkyina prison, Sumprabum Labour Camp, U Cho Gyi, CEC of
National Democratic Front, Mandalay
7 August (1998), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, Tharawaddy Hospital, U Saw Win (a) Kyaw Zaw
Linn (1937-98), MP 1990, NLD Htilin, Magwe, assistant editor of Botataung Newspaper,
University Student Union
8 August (1964), Founding Day of Kayan New Land Party (KNLP)
8 August (1988), 8-8-88 uprising (a) 8/8/88 Nation-wide democracy uprising, approximately 10,000 were
imprisoned as well as 500 - 3000 students, monks and civilians were brutally killed by the order of
Number One Gen / U Ne Win, President Brig-Gen / U Sein Lwin, Minister of Home and Religious
Affairs Maj-Gen Min Gaung, Chief of Police Thein Aung, Head of Rangoon Police Department Pe
Kyi, and Rangoon Division Party member Khin Maung Win using 22 Light Infantry Divisions.
Secret Code Names: Ne Win – Mar Ga, Sein Lwin – Chin The, Min Gaung – Pyan Lhua 1, Khin
Maung Win – Pyan Lhua 2, Pe Kyi – Daw Na.
8 August (1990), In commemoration of the second anniversary of 8-8-88 uprising, more than 7,000 monks
and novices walked through the streets of Mandalay, solemnly and peacefully accepting alms from
the people. Soldiers confronted the monks and opened fire, striking monks with batons, kicking
monk’s bowls and robes, killing two monks and two students, and wounding seve nteen others. One
novice disappeared. Monastics began to boycott all Burmese military and their families, by refusing
to accept alms from them and to administer Buddhist rituals to them, such as weddings and funerals.
The military junta invaded all 133 monasteries in Mandalay with troops and armor, abolished several
monastic organizations, replaced the heads of leading monasteries with state-controlled monks,
restructured the Buddhist hierarchy, arrested thousands of monks, imprisoned four hundred for terms
of three to twenty years, tortured and killed many, forced at least 75 out of the monastic life, and
obliged many to flee into exile.
9 August (1948), Kayah Revolution Day
9 August (1988), Sagaing Massacre , ordered by Thura Kyaw Zwa and Brig-Gen Tun Kyi
11 August (1936), DOB, Ko Lay (Ava Ghonyi), native of Ava, Mandalay, famous poet, gagged by Censor
Board.
12 August (1930), DOB, Mr. George Soros, Hungarian-American, financial speculator, philanthropist,
founder of Open Society Institute, Chairman of Soros Fund Management LCC, New York, USA.
12 August (1950), Karen Martyrs’ Day when Saw Ba U Gyi was fallen
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13 August (1940), DOB, Ludu Sein Win, 15 different pen names, veteran journalist and social critics,
political prisoner 1967-80 (2 years in Coco Island), Upper Burma’s left-wing Ludu (the People)
newspaper, his name has been censored / suspended / banned in Burmese press several times,
Rangoon, Idol: An example of courage to the next generation of activists.
13 August (1967), Bloody Rice Killing Day, Burmese military killed 100-300 Arakanese in the streets of
Arakan State’s capital, Akyab, when they gathered to stage a peaceful demonstration asking the
Burmese military junta for more rice
13 August (2005), death of U Tun Wai, renowned actor and director, banned from making films and
publishing books.
14 August 1990, death in custody at Akyab prison, U Tha Tun (a) Oo Tha Tun (1908-90), scholar,
distinguished historian, Arakan League for Democracy, Mrauk U, Arakan
15 August (1939), Founding Day of Communist Party of Burma (CPB). Founders were Thakin Aung
San, Thakin Soe, Thakin Ba Hein, Yebaw Ba Tin, Thakin Hla Pe, Yebaw Tun Maung and Thakin
Bo.
16 August (1971), Founding Day of Shan State Progress Party (SSPP)
17 August (1948), Karenni Army Day
19 August (2004), death of U Kyi Maung (1919-2004), a Veteran Jailbird, former military colonel, vice-
chairman led the National League for Democracy to a sweeping victory in 1990 elections, Member
of Parliament (MP) 1990 for Bahan Township, Constituency 2, Rangoon. “The army must be
professional and apolitical,” said Col Kyi Maung in 1990.
19 August (2007), Saffron Revolution 2007 after the regime hiked fuel prices on August 15, students and
Buddhist monks took the lead, starting in Pakokku, Magwe. In response to the protests, the
government began arresting and beating demonstrators. On August 21, 22, 2007, participants on the
August 19 protests were detained by local authorities.The government arrested 13 prominent
Burmese dissidents including Min Ko Naing, Mya Aye, Ko Ko Gyi, Min Zeya, Jimmy, Pyone Cho,
and Ant Bwe Kyaw. On September 5, 2007, Burmese troops forcibly broke up a peaceful
demonstration in Pakokku and injured three monks. On September 22, around two thousand monks
marched through Rangoon and ten thousand through Mandalay, with other demonstrations in five
townships across Burma. Those marching through the capital chanted the “Myitta Thote” (the
Buddha’s words on loving kindness) marching through a barricade on the street in front of Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Although still under house arrest, Suu Kyi made a brief
public appearance at the gate of her residence to accept the blessings of the Buddhist monks.
Effective September 26, Burma’s junta imposed dusk-till-dawn curfews on the country’s two largest
cities of Rangoon and Mandalay. Additionally, gatherings of more than five people were prohibited.
On September 27, the junta security forces began raiding monasteries across the country to quell the
protests, arresting at least 200 monks in Rangoon and 500 more in the northeast.
23 August (1988), U Tun Wai, renowned and beloved actor, organised the famous Aung San Suu Kyi’s
public address to a crowd of more than 500,000 people at Shwedagon Pagoda
25 August (1948), Mon Revolution Day (according to lunar calendar Wagaung Full Moon Day)
26 August (2000), death in custody at Moulmein prison of murderous terror, U Win Bo, former Army
captain, 26 August has been commemorated every year as Burma Prisoners’ Day.
28 August (1931), Sayar San was hanged by the British Imperialists.

September 2010
3 September (1946), DOB, U Henry Soe Win, the strong leader, RIT student 1965-74, 1974 U Thant
Uprising, U Thant’s Funeral Arrangement Committee, Founder of Democracy for Burma (D4B
Listserv), Australia, left Burma in December 1974 after involvement in U Thant uprising.
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3 September (1950), DOB, U Htun Aung Gyaw, political prisoner 1975-80, 1974 U Thant uprising, 1975
June strike, 8-8-88 uprising, Freedom Fighter of Burma 1988, former chairman of ABSDF, president
of Civil Society Burma, New York, USA, Atrocity: Burmese generals are using their guns to quiet
the opposition and the people in general.
5 September, Democracy Heroes’ Day of ABSDF
6 September (1936), DOB, Dr. Aung Khin, physician, Vice-Chairman of Committee for the Restoration of
Democracy in Burma, Board member of the Burmese American Democratic Alliance, USA.
Regardless of religion or ethnicity, let us unite and fight for the Cause of Burma in solidarity. We
must have three essential weapons in order to win Than Shwe’s neocolonialism and our lost
democracy and human rights. They are (1) Unity, (2) Tenacity, and (3) Perseverance.
8 September (1948), Karenni Martyrs’ Day
9 September (1939), U Ottama Day, death of nationalist Buddhist Arakanese monk Venerable U Ottama
(1879-1939), the pioneer of the Burmese independence movement, cosmopolitan revolutionary
11 September (1943), DOB, U Hkun Htun Oo, MP 1990, Shan Nationalities League for Democracy,
Committee Representing People’s Parliament, Hsipaw (1), Shan, political prisoner 93-year
imprisonment (2005) Putao Prison
12 September, Grandparents’ Day (second Sunday of September) to honor grandparents, to give
grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children’s children, and to help children become
aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.
15 September (2006), The UNSC decided to put the situation of Burma on its agenda. The decision was
adopted by a 10-4 vote, with one abstention. (10 supported: U.S., U.K., France, Denmark, Greece,
Japan, Argentina, Ghana, Peru, and Slovakia, 4 opposed: China, Russia, Republic of the Congo and
Qatar, one abstained: Tanzania)
16 September (1998), Founding Day of Committee Representing of People Parliament (CRPP)
17 September (2002), death in custody at Insein prison, U Aung May Thu, All Burma Federation of
Students Union, NLD Minhla, Tharawaddy, Pegu
18 September (1988), General Saw Maung, Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces Services and Minister of
Defence, had assumed power as the Chairman of a 19- member State Law and Order Restoration
Council (SLORC), so-called coup d’etat.
Ko Soe Kyaw Phone Maung, student from Rangoon Art and Science University (Hlaing campus)
was killed in front of the USA embassy.
19 September (1929), on the 166th day of hunger strike in Rangoon Central Prison, Sayadaw U Wisara died
for the freedom of Burma.
19 September (1988), Moulmein Massacre , seven students were killed
19 September (1988), shot to death by fascist Burmese soldiers, Ma Win Maw Oo, Hlaing Thayar, Rango on
21 September, International Day of Peace. It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such
as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is a observed by many nations,
political groups, military groups, and peoples. Long live absolute world peace.
22 September (1992), Founding Day of National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB = DAB + NDF
+ MPU + NLD-LA)
22 September (2007), a march of monks to the residence of Aung San Suu Kyi, “We want national
reconciliation, we want dialogue with the military, we want freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi and
other political prisoners,” demanded monks.
24 September (1927), DOB, Maung Su San (a) Chan Aye (a) Tin Shwe, lawyer, highly respected writer,
editor, political prisoner 1957, 1990-92 Insein prison, MP 1990 NLD Moulmein (2), 1938-39
Rangoon University student boycott, Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League 1945, Ba Ka Tha 1946-
47, Ba Ka Pa 1949-57, Mingalar Taung Nyunt, Rangoon.
24 September (1968), death of CPB Chairman Thakin Than Tun
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24 September (1988), Founding Day of National League for Democracy (NLD)
25 September (1994), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, U Kyi, NLD Tharawaddy, Pegu
26 September (2007), By the order of Sr-Gen Than Shwe (Butcher of Burma 2007), Col / U Aung Thaung,
Lt-Col / U Thaung, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Maj-Gen Maung Oo, Brig-Gen Kyaw
Hsan, Brig-Gen Win Myint, Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Col Thein Han, Lt-Col Aung Kyaw
Zaw; Fascist Burman soldiers shot and killed approximately 31-200 protesters, ransacked Buddhist
monasteries, beaten monks and dissidents and arrested an estimated 3,000-6000 people. The Burma
army, Light Infantry Division 99, burned an undetermined number of bodies, some still alive, at the
Ye Way crematorium sealed off by armed guards northeast of Rangoon.
Shin U Thilawuntha, professor of sacred Buddhist scripture of the Yuzana Monastery in Myitkyina,
was beaten to death in detention. Maj-Gen Ohn Myint ordered the arrest and personally involved in
the brutal torture.
27 September (1942), DOB, Pyapon Ni Lon Oo (a) Aung Myint, highly respected poet, political prisoner,
gagged by Censorship Board.
27 September (2007), Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai, AFP, was shot to death by the Burmese
military near the Sule Pagoda in Rangoon while covering the demonstration.
28 September (1982), Maj Mahn Ngwe Aung and Myo Aung, Karen National Union, were killed during a
shootout with soldiers guarding the building while attempting to seize control of the Burmese
broadcasting building in Ra ngoon
28 September (2005), death in custody at Insein prison, Nai Aung Loon (a) Ong Lorn, New Mon State
Party

October 2010
1 October (1999), Burmese Embassy Siege, Bangkok, Thailand. Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors:
Myint Thein, Ye Thiha, Hla Myint, Johnny and Swe Min.
1 October (2008), death in custody, Ko Aung Moe Win, NLD youth, Natmauk, Magwe
2 October (1869), DOB, Mahatma Gandhi (a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), political and
spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, Non-violence idol of Aung San Suu
Kyi, India.
3 October (2005), death in custody at Police Station, U Htay Lwin, NLD, Aung Myay Thazan, Mandalay
4 October (1926), DOB, Kyemon U Thaung (a) Aung Bala (a) Tin Maung (1926-2008), renowned Senior
Journalist, Writer, political prisoner 1964-67, native of Nyaung U, Mandalay
6 October (1989), Ye Thiha and Ye Yint hijacked F-28 aircraft of Burma Airways that was on its way from
Mergui to Rangoon, and forced the aircraft to land in Thailand without harming any people. They
demanded, among other things, the release of Burmese political prisoners.
7 October (1931), DOB, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa
9 October (1983), Rangoon bombing by North Korea, North Korean commandos detonated a bomb in
Rangoon during a state visit by Republic of Korea officials. Twenty-one Burmese and Korean
officials were killed.
9 October (2007), death in custody at interrogation center Palate, Mandalay, U Win Shwe (1965-2007),
NLD Kyaukpadaung, Mandalay.
10 October (1941), DOB, U Peter Limbin, MP 1990, Members of Parliament Union, Independent,
Maymyo, Mandalay, former Foreign Minister of NCGUB
10 October (2003), death in custody at Insein prison, Saw Do Saw (a) Saw Than, Karen National Union,
Karen
10 October (2007), Ko Win Shwe, NLD, was murdered by police and security forces during interrogation in
Sagaing. White House foreign affairs spokesman Gordon Johndroe said “The United States strongly
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 condemns the atrocities committed by the junta and calls for a full investigation into the death of
Win Shwe during his detention in Burma. The junta must stop the brutal treatment of its people and
peacefully transition to democracy or face new sanctions from the United States.”
11 October (1999), death of U Ye Kyaw Thu, co-founder of Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in
Burma (CRDB)
11 October (2002), death in custody at Kengtung prison, Sai Pha Than, NLD Kengtung, Shan
12 October (1988), Founding Day of Arakan League for Democracy (ALD)
13 October (1993), death in custody at Thayet Prison, Ko Ai Ko (a) Aik Ko (1962-93), student at Workers’
College during 8-8-88 uprising, Hlaing, Rangoon
14 October (1988), Founding Day of Democratic Party for New Society (DPNS)
14 October (1991), Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Aung San Suu Kyi as 1991 Nobel Peace Prize
winner.
16 October (2006), death in custody at Mandalay prison, Ko Thet Win Aung, student, US State Department
statement: This death demonstrates the tragic price the people of Burma are forced to pay for
opposing the repressive policies of the regime and standing up for their human and democratic rights
18 October (1936), DOB, Dr. Than Nyein, MP 1990, NLD Kyauktan (1), Rangoon, political prisoner 7-
year imprisonment (1997) and extended yearly in January at Insein / Tharawaddy / Paungde / Prome
prisons, released September 2008.
18 October (1962), DOB, Ko Min Ko Naing, 88 Generation Students Group, political prisoner 1989-2004
Insein / Akyab prisons, 2006 and 65-year imprisonment (2008) Insein / Maubin / Kengtung prisons
18 October (1990), death in custody at Insein prison, Hse Shi (a) Hsi Shi (a) Se Shi, Kachin Independence
Army, Kachin
19 October (2004), death in custody at Insein prison, Rangoon General Hospital, Ko Zaw Myo Htet (a) Zaw
Zaw, university student, Minhla, Sagaing.
20 October (1990). patam nikkujjana kamma – meaning a refusal to accept alms from members of the
military regime and their families or to attend religious ceremonies held by them. Eight offences are
listed as reasons for holding “patam nikkujjana kamma.” These include vilifying or making insidious
comparisons between monks, inciting dissension among monks, defaming Buddha and Dhamma and
the Sangha. Some senior monks belonging to the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee were also
involved in the boycott campaign.
First: On 20 October 1990, the regime issued Order 6/90, dissolving “illegal” monk organizations
and unions. The next day, Order 7/90 was issued, declaring that any monk or novice who
contravened regulations banning non-religious activities would be disassociated from the Sangha
and would be prosecuted. The following day, the military crackdown began. In Mandalay alone,
more than 130 monasteries were raided and monks were disrobed and imprisoned. As many as 300
monks nationwide were forced to disrobe and were arrested. Some monks in Burma may believe that
the “patam nikkujjana kamma” of 1990 is still in effect, since they haven’t yet received any proper
apology – only a harsh crackdown.
Second: On 5 September 2007, several hundred monks in the city of Pakokku marched and chanted
the Metta Sutta in solidarity with a suffering nation. Troops attacked, tying up and beating three
monks. The next day, young monks briefly took several government officials hostage. In a widely
read leaflet, the All Burma Monks Alliance demanded that the military apologize for their brutal
actions against Pakokku’s monks. There was no apology. The alliance urged all of Burma’s Buddhist
monks to boycott alms. City by city, monks took to the streets. The Saffron Revolution had begun.
On 17 September 2007, the Buddhist monks have withdrawn spiritual services from all military
personnel in a symbolic move that is seen as very powerful in such a deeply religious country as
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 Third: The International Burmese Monks’ Organization and the Sangha League are launching
another monks’ boycott in Burma similar to the 2007 Saffron Revolution when Buddhist monks
were instrumental in leading anti- government protests. The All Burma Monks’ Alliance, which led
the 2007 demonstrations, has renewed its call for the regime to apologize for the beating and arrests
of monks in Pakokku two years ago and to release all monks who were imprisoned during the
subsequent crackdown. The monks set an Oct. 3 deadline for the regime to respond, saying that if
there is no apology, monks will start another boycott of alms offered by all military and government
personnel. Burmese authorities responded to the monks’ call by increasing security in Rangoon early
this month. In October, the ABMA expelled junta leader Sr-Gen Than Shwe from the Buddhist faith
on the grounds that he had failed to issue an apology for his abuse of monks and the religion of
Buddhism.
20 October (1998), death in custody at Wakema prison, U Kyaw Din (1939-98), NLD Wakema, Irrawaddy
20 October (2007), World Malaria Day. It is hoped that the establishment of World Malaria Day will
mobilize communities across the world to get involved in the fight. It is in recognition of the fact
that the world health community recognizes malaria as a global emergency that knows no borders.
21 October (1998), death in custody at Military Camp Mandalay, U Aung Min, NLD, Mandalay
23 October, Abhidhamma Day (according to lunar calendar Thadingyut Full Moon Day)
23 October (1931), DOB, Maung Tha Ya (a) Thein Lwin, renowned Burmese novelist, political prisoner
1953-55, native of Mandalay, one of the founding members of the All Burma Federation of Students
Union 1951, National Literary Prize 1969 for Mut thut yat lo lan hma ngo (Crying in the Middle of
the Road), the military junta banned his works since 1989, USA.
24 October (1876), DOB, Sayar San (a) Ya Gyaw (1876-1931), native of Shwebo, leader of the anti-British
rebellion of 1930-32
25 October (1960), Founding Day of Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO)
26 October (2006), death in custody at Moulmein prison, Maung San
27 October (2007), Founding Day of International Burmese Monks Organization. The IBMO was
formed in the United States on 27 October 2007, after appeals by monks and laypeople to protect
Buddhism in Burma following the regime’s brutal crackdown on the September “Saffron
Revolution.” IBMO chairman U Pannya Vamsa, Penang, Malaysia, and secretary U Uttara, head of
the Buddhist organization, Sasana Ramsi Vihara, London.

November 2010
1 November (1992), assassinated by the Burmese military in Kunming, China, U Win Ko, MP 1990, NLD
Ye-U, Sagaing, Finance Minister of NCGUB
2 November (1959), DOB, Kyaw Thu, a well-known actor and vice president of the Free Funeral Services
Society (FFSS), patriot, Saffron Revolution 2007, gagged by Censorship Board.
3 November (2007), died one month after being beaten, Ko Ko Win, Saffron Revolution 2007, NLD South
Okkalapa, Rangoon.
4 November (1946), DOB, Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States of America (2000-08).
5 November (1988), Founding Day of All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF, Ma Ka Da Ta)
5 November (2005), death in custody at Insein prison, Ko Aung Myint Thein, human rights activist, Free
Trade Union of Burma, Democracy and Peace Party, Shwe Paukan, Rangoon
9 November (1990), death in custody at Interrogation Center, U Maung Ko (a) Sayar Ko (a) Min Thit
(1938-90), General Secretary of All Burma Port Workers’ Union, NLD, Rangoon
10 November (1990), Ye Man and Ye Htin Kyaw hijacked the Thai International Airways TG-305 airplane
that was flying from Bangkok to Rangoon and forced the plane to land in India without harming any
people. The demands put forward by them included the release of all political prisoners, including
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 Aung San Suu Kyi; the withdrawal of martial law and the abolition of all military tribunals; the
reopening of the universities, which were closed down after the 1988 military coup; and the handing
over of power to the National League for Democracy, which scored a landslide victory in the 1990
general elections.
12 November (1866), DOB, Sun Yat Sen (a) Sun Deming, (1866-1925), Chinese revolutionary and the
Father of Modern China, China.
15 November (2002), death in custody at Insein prison, Insein Hospital, U Maung Ko, NLD Kyaukpadaung,
Mandalay
17 November (1941), International Students Day. On 17 November 1939 students resistance in the streets
of Prague against Nazi occupation inspired the establishment of an anti-Nazi students coalition. In
1941 November 17th was declared International Students Day by the International Students Council
in London that became the starting point of the founding of the International Union of Students
(IUS). We will never forget the Nazi atrocities. Given the significance of the alliance, which
defeated the Nazis, the courage that was taken by our predecessors in resisting nazism and fascism,
the IUS has maintained the tradition of marking 17 November each year as the International
Students Day.
18 November (1992), death in custody at Insein prison, Rangoon General Hospital, Ven. U Zawtika, monk,
Shwe Phone Pwint Monastery, Pazundaung, Rangoon
19 November (1933), DOB, Poet Tin Moe (a) U Ba Gyan (19 November 1933 – 22 January 2007), native
of Kan Mye Zagyan, Myingyan. Cigar’s burnt down, The sun is brown, Will somebody take me
home?
20 November (1948), DOB, Mr. John Robert Bolton, Permanent U.S. Representative to the U.N. 2005-06,
Republican, played a key role in bringing Burma before the UN Security Council 2006.
21 November, Tazaungdine Festival (according to lunar calendar Tazaungmone Full Moon Day)
25 November (1981), By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25
November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited
governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public
awareness of the problem on that day. Women’s activists have marked 25 November as a day
against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three
Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael
Trujillo (1930-1961).
27 November (2003), death soon after release, Ko Hla Maung, Karen, political prisoner 20- year
imprisonment (1994), MP 1990, Patriotic Old Comrades League (POCL), Kya Inn Seikkyi (1),
Rangoon
29 November (1915), DOB, Ludu Daw Ahmar (a) Amah (1915-2008), native of Mandalay, Mother of
Burma

December 2010
1 December (1920), National Day (according to lunar calendar Tazaungmone Waning Day 10), on 5
December 1920, student leaders: Sayagyi U Tun Pe, U Tun Wai, Ko Pe Thein, Ko Myint, Ko Ba
Oo, Ko Tun Thwin. Burmese National Day became a symbol of the strong link between political
and educational rights and highlighted the important role that patriotic students have played in
Burmese politics.
1 December (1969), South East Asia Peninsular (S.E.A.P) Games uprising. Students from Rangoon,
Mandalay and Moulmein took advantage of the Southeast Asian Games in Rangoon to protest the
Revolutionary Council. The protest was crushed down, many students were expelled from their
universities and Burma stopped hosting SEAP games since then.
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1 December (1988), World AIDS Day is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by
the spread of HIV infection. It is common to hold memorials to honor persons who have died from
HIV/AIDS on this day.
1 December (1999), death of U Tin Maung Win, founder and chairman of Committee for the Restoration of
Democracy in Burma (CRDB)
3 December (1919), DOB, Bo Kyaw Zaw (a) Thakin Shwe, Thirty Comrades, Kunming, China
3 December (1996), 1996 December student movement in Rangoon and students marched to downtown.
Over 200 students were arrested.
5 December (1927), DOB, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth King of Chakri Dynasty, Thailand
5 December (1974), 1974 U Thant uprising, approximately 1,000 students were killed during anti-
government demonstrations. One student leader Salai Tin Maung Oo, 3rd year Zoology was hanged.
In order to prevent student activists from assembling, all universities and colleges were shut down
from December 1974 to May 1975.
6 December (1936), DOB, U Win Khet, editor, Burma Media Association, NLD (LA) Australia
6 December (1959), DOB, Dr. Cynthia Maung, Backpack Health Worker Team, Maesot clinic, Thailand
7 December, Shan New Year (according to lunar calendar Nataw Waxing Day 1 of the year 2105)
7 December, Writers Day (sa hso daw nei, according to lunar calendar Nataw Waxing Day 1). Writers,
reporters, journalists and poets are firmly maintaining the excellent tradition of this special day and
seizing the opportunity to speak freely about our democratic rights and against the fascist regime.
7 December (1920), Burmese Student Uprising. In 1920 the students spearheaded the strike against the
Act of 1920, which placed Rangoon University under the University of Calcutta. This strike not only
drew the support of all the people of Burma but also heightened the patriotism of the Burmese
people.
10 December (1945), DOB, U Aye Tha Aung, ex-army sergeant-major, political prisoner 2000-02, MP
1990, Arakan League for Democracy, Secretary of Committee for Representing the People’s
Parliament (CRPP)
10 December (1948), World Human Rights Day (a) International Human Rights Day. The Day marks the
anniversary of the Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Over
the years, a whole network of human rights instruments and mechanisms has been developed to
ensure the primacy of human rights and to confront human rights violations wherever they occur.
11 December (1949), Anti-Feudal Pa-O Resistance Day
11 December (1987), Least Developed Country. The Burmese economy was in the 1950’s second in Asia
only to Japan in wealth and prosperity. As some critics labeled it, “Military Mismanagement,” the
junta had run the country into a state of poverty and depression to the point that Burma qualified
under the UN’s Least Developed Country Status. The UN recommened “Least Developed Country”
Status on 29 October 1987. The UN’s General Assembly approved LDC status for Burma on 11
December 1987.
12 December (2003), death in custody at Insein prison, Rangoon General Hospital, Saw Sar Do Saw, school
teacher, Karen National Union, Lepadan, Irrawaddy
15 December, Kayan Martyrs’ Day
15 December (2009), death of Ei Kyar Kwe (a) Danubyu Kyaw Tun (1937-2009), writer, poet, satirist in
political, social and current affairs, chief editor of Thauk Kyar, native of Danubyu, Irrawaddy,
founder and chairman of the Danubyu Poets’ Club.
16 December (1972), DOB, Ma Su Su Nway, native of Htan Manaing Village, Kawmoo Township, Twante,
Rangoon, labor and rights activist, first Burmese citizen to take government officials to court for
making people labor without compensation, 12 ½ minus 4-year imprisonment (2008) Insein / Kale
prisons
16 December (2005), death in custody at Pegu prison, Ko Aung Zaw Latt, student
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17 December (2006), Founding Day of the Justice Restorers , a group of 30 Burmese law students
18 December (1961), DOB, Ko Ko Gyi, 88 Generation Students Group, political prisoner 1989, 1991-2004
Insein / Thayet prisons, 2006 and 65- year imprisonment (2008) Insein / Maubin / Kengtung / Mong
Hsat prisons. “We paid the price with our families, our youth and our society. But we are satisfied
with that sacrifice.” March 2005
18 December (1990), Founding Day of National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
(NCGUB). Dr. Sein Win, Prime Minister since 1990, cousin of Aung San Suu Kyi, established itself
in Manerplaw near the Thai border. The NCGUB stated its goals: (1) to eliminate the militarization
of the country, (2) to achieve democratic rights and human rights, and (3) to establish a genuine
federal union where the rights of minority groups, including rights of self-determination, are fully
guaranteed.
19 December (1990), death in custody at Myingyan prison, U Chit Htaung, NLD Phasawng, Kayah State
19 December (2008), Maung San, NLD Youth, political prisoner 2-year imprisonment (2007) Pegu prison,
committed suicide in protest of the deprivation of medical care and tortures he suffered in the hand
of prison authorities. His family came to request the permission for treatments recently but it was
turned down and they confiscated all the food and medicine parcels for him. The authorities also
refused to return his remains home and buried him in Pegu.
20 December (1938), Bo Aung Kyaw Day. Bo Aung Kyaw was killed by the British police during third
Rangoon University student boycott.
23 December (1997), death of former CPB Chairman Thakin Ba Thein Tin
23 December (2009), death in custody at Tharawaddy / Insein prisons, Ma Tin Tin Htwe (a) Ma Pae (1971-
2009), political prisoner 3 ¼- year imprisonment (2007) Tharawaddy prison, 2007 Saffron
Revolution. According to AAPP, there are 143 political prisoners who have died in prison since
1988.
25 December, Christmas Day
26 December (1941), The Thirty Comrades had set up in Bangkok the Burma Independence Army (BIA)
and they now followed the Japanese army when it captured Rangoon on 7 March 1942.
26 December (1944), Burma Army Day, Army of Bogyoke Aung San, Motto: People are our parents!
Serve the people heartily! Do all for our people! Unite the people during the war!
26 December (1988), Founding Day of People’s Defense Force (PDF) by former Col Sein Mya
28 December (1784), Fall of Mrauk-U Arakanese Kingdom to Burmans (according to lunar calendar Nataw
Waning Day 7 of 1146 AE)
28 December (1879), DOB, Venerable U Ottama (1879-1939), the pioneer of the Burmese independence
movement, cosmopolitan revolutionary, Shwe Zedi monastery, Akyab, Arakan
28 December (2008), death in custody at Mandalay prison, Htay Lwin Oo (1962-2008), teacher, labor rights
activist, NLD from Amarapura in Mandalay, was arrested on 21 December 2003 and sentenced to 7-
year imprisonment under section 5 (J) of the Emergency Provisions Act.
30 December (1988), death soon after release with disability, Ko Zaw Win Tun, physics student, Rangoon
University, Thaketa, Rangoon

Year of Freedom from the Burmese Oppressive Military Junta

New Year’s Resolution, 1 January 2010
Burma Compatriots
Citizens for Peace, Liberty, Justice, Equality, Stability, and Prosperity
Revolutionaries against censorship, lawlessness, slave labor, rape, torture, corruption, and crony capitalism
Contact Info: burmacompatriots@gmail.com

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Note: In honor of the strong will of the Burmese people, we would like to use the conventional English only
in all of our documentations regarding Democracy for Burma.

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