Burma

      Between 1940 and 1945, sixty-one German cities with a total population of
      25 millions were destroyed or devastated in a bombing campaign initiated
      by the British government. Destruction on this scale had no other purpose
      than the indiscriminate mass murder of as many German people as possible
      quite regardless of their civilian status. It led to retaliatory bombing
      resulting in 60,000 British dead and 86,000 injured.

Intelligence and police training for the Burmese Government, paid for by Australian taxpayers, directly implicates the Australian Government in Burma's human rights abuses. Police intelligence training directly serves the military regime in Burma according to an Aidwatch report compiled by Dr James Goodman.

It is ironic that John Howard, a man who has done more to criminalise dissent in Australia than any other Australian Prime Minister, is so concerned about the Burmese people's attempts to overthrow an odious military dictatorship by taking to the streets.

"While the Australian Government express outrage at the Burmese military junta's treatment of the Burmese people, we continue to detain 7 Burmese men on Nauru even though we recognise them as refugees. These men fled the Burmese regime to Malaysia where they were again persecuted. They are members of a minority group called Rohingyas." said Pamela Curr from the Refugee Convention Defenders Alliance.

See also: Vigil for Burma 2/10 | Video: Vigil 27/9

Video: Protest in Sydney 6/10