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The situation seems to be getting critical over there. Let's hope for the best.

I just got this email.

Dear friends of human rights,

Hi, this is Jeremy Woodrum writing from the US Campaign for Burma. As you probably know, the situation in Burma has reached a boiling point. Yesterday, 200,000 people marched throughout Burma calling for human rights and democracy. The marches were led by Buddhist monks, the most revered people inside Burma.

We NEED YOUR HELP TODAY. People inside Burma are putting their lives on the line for values that we share.

We are working as hard as we can to keep this issue in the news and press the UN Security Council to take action. So far, China is completely undermining and paralyzing the UN -- stopping it from doing its job. The UN is now making the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda -- doing virtually nothing while a country burns.

We greatly fear a massive crackdown inside Burma. The last time people marched in these numbers the regime gunned down 10,000 peaceful demonstrators. We have received credible news that the regime is ordering some of its soldiers to shave their hands so they can impersonate monks and incite violence, which would be used to justify a crackdown by military troops.

We are URGENTLY asking for your strong financial support. Our phones are ringing off the hook and we are doing everything in our power to keep international attention focused on Burma.

Please please go online and make a donation today to help our work. We are running urgently short on funds during this critical time and we ask you to be as generous as you can. If you don't have money, put the donation on your credit card and consider it an investment in human rights.

We're working as hard as we can, but we need your help -- please donate as much as you can today. Donations of $5,000 --- $1,000 -- or $500 are needed: http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/join/joinnow.html

If you can't give that much, do what you can, but please do all that you can.

For human rights,

Jeremy Woodrum