UPDATE – NOVEMBER 2010: Due to the success of this fundraising campaign, we are hoping to fund a further 10,000 radios to send to Burma. Find out more and donate
Three weeks ago we appealed to you to help fund our Radios for Burma project. Thanks to your overwhelming generosity, we are now able to provide over 4,500 radios to the people of Burma.
Due to this incredible response, we have extended the deadline for funding the first wave of distribution into the country because we believe we can still achieve the target of 5,000 radios for Burma.
If 250 people reading this blog get two people they know to buy a radio, we’ll be there in no time. Spread the word and help break through the wall of censorship.
Our aim is to amplify independent media so we can empower more people, especially in rural and information starved parts of the country to access their rights and learn about issues relevant to their daily lives.
If you haven’t already, please buy a radio for Burma and help break the silence.
If we exceed our target then your donations will go towards achieving our wider campaign objectives which are consistent with the Radios for Burma project
The importance of Radios for Burma was underlined again last week when the exiled media organisation, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), reported that the government have introduced a wave of new censorship rules. Journalists feel they will soon lose all independence as unprecedented levels of censorship become standardised across all publications.
Many thanks to all of you who donated to the campaign and helped spread the word. We really appreciate it. You have made a difference.
Organisations like the DVB beat the blackout by using the radio – they broadcast freely into Burma from outside the country and as radios are not banned this is the most effective way to reach the population. With the new laws limiting printed publications and the elections coming up later this year, this service is now more vital than ever.
Here’s a reminder of why it is so important:
Read more about the background to the campaign and join the discussion
Done. Hope it helps them out.
kill the govt people
Deepak Vyas, you are an idiot. What do you think Amnesty is about?
Done! It is VERY important.
Only by keeping the global spotlight on Burma can there be any change. The regime has ruled on cruelly with little world attention for too long… I hope that this campaign provided Burman citizens with a vital link with the world, and gives them the message that they are not forgotten. A candle in their darkness…
As God is my witness I would like to contribute towards buying ‘radios’ for Burma …..BUT…first I would like Amnesty International to point its’ finger at all the Imperialist Governments who (not so secretly) deal with this ‘vulgar detestable regime’ and “NAME THEM….EXPOSE THEM……and SHAME THEM” with their nationals and ‘voters’!
So many Governments play ‘nose clean’ with their voters by keeping their back yard clean and IMPORT (in their case not trafficking!) whatever they need from the Burmese Regime for services rendered, such as acting too busy with their internal and other foreign bombs affairs or look the other way. The first letter that I receive to participate in objecting a government in the ‘Europe & the West’ I will confirm my first contribution towards 2 radios (I am a pensioner).
The main Imperialist government supplying arms and financial aid to Burma is China. I don’t think they would listen to Amnesty Int’l’s concerns about how they conduct their affairs.