Democratic Voice of Burma via BBC Monitoring: Burmese students appeals to UN to help stop arrests

The 88 Generation Students have appealed to the United Nations and the international community to act in time to help stop the ongoing arrests in Burma.

[Begin Htay Kywe recording] Many of us have already been arrested and it is evident that there is no security and rule of law in Burma. It also makes it very clear that there are political and economic hardships in Burma.

We are endeavouring to enable the people of Burma to liberate themselves from the life they are living now. We believe that the community of world nations is observing these developments. Under such a situation, we wish to extend our invitation to UN Special Envoy Mr Gambari to visit Burma.

Each and every citizen of Burma is a witness to the injustices, the acts of oppression, and what is taking place now. The problems today are associated not only with hikes in fuel oil prices but also with the failure of the economic, administrative, and political systems and the people of Burma are now showing that they want to see changes taking place. [End recording]

That was Ko Htay Kywe of the 88 Generation Students.

He also invited the people to do their part in their given roles.

[Begin Htay Kywe recording] We, who are in the movement for democracy and want to see a bright future, are sacrificing our life and welfare today. I wish to invite all the people of Burma, including the ethnic nationalities, to join our efforts. We have been promoting the rule of the people’s representatives who were elected in the 1990 elections. We are extending our invitation to the representatives to join our efforts. [End recording]

That was Ko Htay Kywe of the 88 Generation Students.

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma website, Oslo, in Burmese 25 Aug 07