Executive Council Statement
2001 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award
… Chicago, IL In 1988, students, monks, civil servants and workers by the hundreds of thousands took to the streets in cities all over Burma demanding an end to 25 years of brutal military rule. Tragically, the military responded by opening fire on the peaceful protests, massacring thousands. Many others were forced to flee the country. Now 13 years later, Burma’s military regime desperately clings to power after having been singled out …