FREE BURMA! burmacampaign.org.uk or freeburmacoalition.org

Burma, a country of 47 million people is ruled by fear. A military machine of 400,000 soldiers denies a whole nation its most basic rights. Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, symbolises the struggle of Burma's people to be free. Her Party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won 82% of the seats in the 1990 election. The people of Burma overwhelmingly rejected military rule yet the military continues to refuse to transfer power to Burma's democratically elected leaders. Aung San Suu Kyi has spent many years under house arrest and prevented from seeing her family. She was released from house arrest in May 2002. Hundreds of her supporters are still detained, many suffering torture and in some cases death. Her message is a simple one - that only by fighting fear can you truly be free - a message Burma's military aims to silence. U2's Grammy winning song Walk On is dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi.

House Update
Jane and I have moved into another bedroom, emptied our own of furniture and emptied our living room of furniture! We have also semi stripped both rooms of wallpaper. Today sees the arrival of the calvary in the form of Robert & Anneline Martin (Thank goodness). By the end of the day we hoped to have totally stripped both rooms of wallpaper, got the new wallpaper up and even some got painting done. Should anyone else take the head staggers and fancy giving us a hand please feel free - we’d love the help and company!

Wishing Charlie Knox all the best for the Crawford Cup Final
The Crawford Cup Final will take place at Ravenhill on Easter Tuesday (22nd April) between Ards 2nd and Ballynahinch 3rd. Kick off is at 2.30 p.m. and the entry price is £5.00 for adults and £2.00 for children.

A word of appreciation: - For wallpaper that comes off in long easily removed strips!