the U.S. book release of Undaunted by Zoya Phan

Dear Mike, We are thrilled to announce the U.S. book release of Undaunted by Zoya Phan, a prominent Karen leader and Burma activist, and International Coordinator of the Burma Campaign UK. Released in the U.S. on May 4, 2010, Zoya Phan's new book, Undaunted, chronicles her full life story from her harrowing childhood in remote jungles of Eastern Burma home to the Karen ethnic group, to her frustrating years at a Thai refugee camp, to her escape and emergence as an iconic Burma activist after agents of the Burmese regime assassinated her freedom-fighter father in 2008. This book comes at an opportune time to shed light on Burma. As the regime plans to hold upcoming sham elections that will institutionalize impunity and prolong military control of the country, dictator Than Shwe is attempting to forcibly bring all ethnic minorities under his iron grip, even if it means burning down hundreds of villages, killing innocent people and driving tens of thousands of civilians out of their homes and into hiding. Undaunted paints a vivid picture of the long-overlooked plight of Burma's Karen people and their inspiring struggle against injustice and oppression. It offers a very personal perspective on the longest running civil war in the world, telling of individual courage and the capacity to overcome and triumph. But much more than, it tells the story of Zoya, a person well worth reading about. Undaunted is now available. Click here to purchase it. Sincerely, Nadi Hlaing Development Assistant, the U.S. Campaign for Burma "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu/ We are people through other people." Support 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma: Become a member of the U.S. Campaign for Burma. Or, make a tax-deductible donation today.