In London haben heute immerhin 3000 Menschen ihre Solidarität mit der Demokratiebewegung in Burma gezeigt. In Berlin ist das leider nur schwer vorstellbar. Zu denken geben sollte uns aber auch, dass Burma-Gruppen aus Großbritannien und ganz Europa jetzt zu einer Demo vor der deutschen Botschaft in London aufrufen!
 
Will Germany Block EU Burma Sanctions?

Demonstration at German Embassy, 23 Belgrave Sq, London, 3.30pm Monday 1st October.

“The Burma Campaign UK and campaign groups across Europe are to turn their campaigning focus on Germany, which, along with France, has in the past blocked tough EU economic sanctions.
‘Germany must stop protecting the regime in Burma,’ said Mark Farmaner, Acting Director of the Burma Campaign UK. ‘The EU must impose tough targeted economic sanctions, including a complete ban on new investment, a ban on financial transactions, banning key imports such as timber and gems, and freezing the regimes assets. The EU must stop funding this brutal dictatorship. We call on Germany to publicly state it will support tough new economic sanctions.’
On Friday Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the Burma Campaign UK and pledged to push for tough economic sanctions. Negotiations between European capitals are believed to be taking place now.
France had been one of the main opponents of banning new investment in Burma, a key demand of Burma’s democracy movement for more than a decade. France’s Total Oil, the largest company in France, is also the largest European investor in Burma. But France has now come out in support of banning new investment, leaving Germany as the main obstacle to the EU implementing sanctions.”