Documentary Screening: Burma's Secret War

To mark the birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the CTU welcomes you to watch:

Burma's Secret War
2006: From UK Channel 4’s Dispatches Series

For most of the past 16 years the truly elected leader of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been held under house arrest by a brutal military dictatorship that suppresses all opposition through a policy of rape, forced labour and systematic killings. This is a country unique in failing all five crucial tests by which the UN measures human rights, yet until now the world has all but ignored. 

Journalist Evan Williams goes undercover for Dispatches deep inside Burma on a highly dangerous journey to witness new levels of violence by the regime against its own people.  Evan documents atrocities committed against the Karen people, and follows up by illegally entering Burma again - this time as a tourist.  He meets dissidents willing to sacrifice their freedom so that people on the outside should know what is going on.

When: Tuesday June 19 2007, 4.30pm

Where: Council of Trade Unions
Level 7, West Block, Education House, 178 Willis St, Wellington

Opening Remarks: Toe Toe , current intern with the CTU, from Thailand-Burma border.

For more info: phone 04-802-3817