OSI Grantee Captures Star-Power to Raise Awareness of the Human Rights Crisis in Burma

During the month of May, the U.S. Campaign for Burma, an Open Society Institute grantee, is participating in the public service campaign, Burma: It Can't Wait. The campaign, which releases a new web vignette each day, uses Hollywood stars to garner public attention and support for Burma’s democracy movement.

Thus far the campaign has featured Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Sarah Silverman, Eddie Izzard, Judd Apatow, Rosanna Arquette, Eva Longoria Parker, Steven Seagal, Ellen Page, Sylvester Stallone, Felicity Huffman, Joseph Fiennes, Famke Jannssen, and Jason Schwartzman, among others, all of whom share their thoughts on the human rights crisis currently unfolding in Burma.

According to Human Rights Watch, the government of Burma has been responsible for recruiting more child soldiers than any other country in the world, has coordinated programs of ethnic cleansing that rely on rape as a weapon of terror, and practiced policies of forced labor, censorship, and imprisonment of political activists.

To view the campaign visit: http://uscampaignforburma.org.

The U.S. Campaign for Burma is dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to bring about an end to the military dictatorship in Burma. Through public education, leadership development initiatives, conferences, and advocacy campaigns, the U.S. Campaign works to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in Burma and raise awareness about the egregious human rights violations committed by the current military regime.