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Press Release:

Burma VJ on CBC and 2nd Anniversary of Saffron Revolution

While Burma supporters and activists in Canada are preparing various activities and events on the 2nd anniversary of ‘Saffron Revolution,’ CBC, the national TV network, is to air the related documentary – Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country - on September 28 evening. Multi-award winning doc chronicles Burma's underground video journalists who risk death to smuggle footage out of the country. 

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (1 hour version)
Monday September 28, 2009 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2009/burmavj/

In Toronto, supporters and friends of Burma are invited to attend the Commemoration at Toronto’s Burmese Buddhist Temple

Saturday September 26th 2009 @ 10:15 am;
(Lunch will be provided after the program)
Where: Mahadhammika Temple, 12 High Meadow Place,
Toronto, Ontario M9L 2Z5

Activists are also gathering at their relevant Burmese Buddhist temples in Vancouver and Saskatoon.

-Canadian Friends of Burma
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The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) is federally incorporated, national non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Burma since 1991. 145 Spruce St. Suite 206, Ottawa, ON   K1R 6P1, Tel: 613.237.8056, Mobile: 613.297.6835, Fax: 613.563.0017, Email: cfob@cfob.org; Website: http://www.cfob.org
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