PRESS RELEASE
Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB)
Press Conference on Parliament Hill
Thursday, March 13th at 9:30 a.m. Canadian Friends of Burma and Liberal MP Larry Bagnell will hold a press conference to discuss the appalling treatment of Burma's political prisoners.
At present there are close to 2000 democratic politicians and political activists held in prison across Burma and dozens more are unaccounted for and presumed detained or murdered.
Speaking at the press conference along with MP Larry Bagnell and a representative from Amnesty International will be Tha Zul Ceu, former Political Prisoner in Burma, Zaw Wai Kyaw of the Burma Buddhist Association of Ontario and Research Director Kevin McLeod from Canadian Friends of Burma.
Political prisoners live through incredible violations of their human rights. During interrogations and detention, they face torture and ill treatment, and it is reported that the various establishments where they remain imprisoned lack adequate food and water, proper bedding, are overcrowded and the ventilation is poor.
The press conference will be held in partnership with the Thailand based NGO Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Burma (AAPP). AAPP is headed by two former Burmese political prisoners: Ko Tate Naing and Bo Kyi.
Date: Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Time: 9AM
Location: Parliament Hill
For more information please contact CFOB at cfob@cfob.org or 613-237-8056
or AAPP Burma at Email aappb@cscoms.com (www.aappb.org)
or Zaw Wai Kyaw Burma Buddhist Association of Ontario 416-358-2318
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