Mon National Day in the year of 2008 in European soil
Mons in Netherlands celebrated Mon National Day on 13 Feb. 2008. More than one hundred people participated in the ceremony. Mons in Denmark and Norway will celebrate on 23 February. See more photos
"In sculpture, literature, law, religion, and social organisation alike, the Mons have known periods of the greatest brilliance, and others marked by destruction, exile, silence." Dr. Emmanuel Guillon
OMCC sends Mon representative to UNPO VIII General Assemble
31 October, 2006 Overseas Mon Coordination Committee (OMCC) sends Nai Sri Mon Chan to attend UNPO VIII General Assemble in Taipei, Taiwan from 27-29 October as Mon representative. OMCC is organized by all Mon in Overseas from Australia, Europe, and North America. In the resolution welcomes the UNSC’s decision to include the political crisis in the Union of Burma and worried by reconvening of the National Convention, the purpose of which is to legalize the military dictatorship in the future constitution of Burma.
Full resolution Report (in Mon)
Mons the whole world pray for Nai Yekha and Nai Cheem Gakao in 3rd of their imprisonments
On July 17, 2006, the Burmese military regime accused two Mon political activists, Nai Yakha and Nai Cheem Gakao, of conspiracy for attempting to overthrow the Burmese military regime and unjustly sentenced them to death. The sentences were later reduced to life in prison, and Nail Yakha and Nai Cheem Gakao have been in a notorious Burmese jail ever since. Full statement