Annual Burma Human Rights Day Event 2010 in San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco-based non-profit organization, Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) is holding its tenth annual event to commemorate the struggle for democracy in Burma on Saturday March 13, 2010 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall in Berkeley from 6 pm to 10 pm.

Ever since Ko Phone Maw, a Rangoon Institute Technology student, was brutally killed by the military junta on 13th March 1988, the day has been marked by activists all across the world.

The evening will start with Burmese food, films and talks by notable guest speakers. Dr. Sein Win, Prime Minister of National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) will talk about the current situation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party. Toe Lwin, a former political prisoner, who was with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi when she escaped from an assassination attempt coordinated by the junta in 2003 will talk about his life in Burma as an activist and his personal experience from the De-peyin Massacre and inside the Khantee prison.

“We need to raise the awareness about the brutal dictatorship and the suffering of the people of Burma, BADA continues to hold Burma Human Rights Day event each year in honor of brave men and women who have lost their lives or given up so much fighting for democracy in Burma, ” said Nyunt Than, President of BADA.

Place: the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall, 1924 Cedar in Berkeley
$15 Suggested Donation (dinner included) to benefit BADA

For more information, visit http://wwww. badasf.org