Do you want to do something quick and practical to help the people of Burma?

For just £10 – which you can pay by text message, now – you can buy a radio that Amnesty International will smuggle into the country. It will mean an ordinary terrorized Burmese citizen will be able to hear international news broadcasts and find out what is actually happening in their country. Just click here for details.

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• Alex

  Well… perhaps so. I certainly think his use of “smuggling” is unnecessary, emotive and perhaps misleading.

  I have looked for the term “smuggling” on the charitable site and can’t spot it. They explicitly state owning a radio is not illegal, although I can’t vouch for the legality of the process by which radios may cross the border into Burma.

• thomasgoodey

  NoWSo we have Hari telling us that the operation is smuggling, i.e. a crime, and Amnesty not telling us anything much. And you want us to contribute our hard-earned money to this? What’s next – Amnesty fronting some of the opium that Burma produces in order to help the suffering population?

• Alex

  Yes I do. It’s a good cause. Enabling people to communicate is always a good thing.