Dear friends, Burma's generals have brought their brutal iron handdown on peaceful monks and protesters -- but inresponse, a massive global outcry is gathering pace.The roar of global public opinion is being heard inhundreds of protests outside Chinese and Burmeseembassies, people round the world wearing the monks'color red, and on the internet-- where our petitionhas exploded to over 200,000 signers in just 72 hours. People power can win this. Burma's powerful sponsorChina can halt the crackdown, if it believes that itsinternational reputation and the 2008 Olympics inBeijing depend on it. To convince the Chinesegovernment and other key countries, Avaaz is launchinga major global and Asian ad campaign on Wednesday,including full page ads in the Financial Times andother newspapers, that will deliver our message andthe number of signers. We need 1 million voices to bethe global roar that will get China's attention. Ifevery one of us forwards this email to just 20friends, we'll reach our target in the next 72 hours.Please sign the petition at the link below -if youhaven't already- and forward this email to everyoneyou care about: http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/t.php The pressure is working - already, there are signs ofsplits in the Burmese Army, as some soldiers refuse toattack their own people. The brutal top General, ThanShwe, has reportedly moved his family out of thecountry – he must fear his rule may crumble. The Burmese people are showing incredible courage inthe face of horror. We're broadcasting updates on oureffort over the radio into Burma itself – tellingthe people that growing numbers of us stand with them.Let's do everything we can to help them – we havehours, not days, to do it. Please sign the petitionand forward this email to at least 20 friends rightnow. Scroll down our petition page for details oftimes and events to join in the massive wave ofdemonstrations happening around the world at Burmeseand Chinese embassies. With hope and determination, Ricken, Paul, Pascal, Graziela, Galit, Ben, Milena andthe whole Avaaz Team
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