The US Campaign for Burma brings you this transcript of a distraught cell phone call.

“(They) shoot. (They) shoot here. (People) die. Today is not brutal like yesterday, I think. But, I will know more accurately tomorrow. Next one, what I am shivering is, please send it BBC and others. At Yay Way (Yay Way Cemetery at the outskirt of Rangoon), injured people are being burnt alive……(Inaudible)……People, who run the burning machine for cremation, spoke with tears to a people who came for a funeral. Send that information to BBC, CNN, etc. Thank you, bye.”

You will want to look at this site. It seems to be the longest existing Burma action group in the US. You’ll find news, history, ways you can pitch in.

US Campaign for Burma

Don’t pass over the petition

As the Washington Post points out, the coming “Saffron” Olympics in China will provide a show-case for those protesting the callous foreign policy in Darfur and Burma of the host country.

The Saffron Olympics

“…the weakest response of all was left to China, which did $2 billion worth of business with Burma last year alone and is its principal supplier of weapons. China’s ambassador at the United Nations blocked a Security Council resolution condemning the crackdown. The strongest word Beijing has been able to cough up is “restraint.”