Why is Sopheap Wearing a Red T-Shirt?

Photo by Tharum, found on his Facebook Profile

That's Sopheap in the red shirt.  I met her in Cambodia last month.  I spotted this photo in Tharum's Facebook photos the title is "Quiet Vigil Outside Burma Embassy in Phnom Penh."   Mean Lux has a set on Flickr here and you can see a photo of his red t-shirt.   I first heard about the Cambodian support of these efforts via Mean Lux's Facebook profile and his blog post.

Kalabird, an expat Cambodian blogger who is now back in the US, has written an excellent piece entitled "Empowering Myanmar, One Blog at a Time"

I also learned on Facebook that today is:

IN SUPPORT OF OUR BRAVE FRIENDS IN BURMA: MAY ALL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WEAR A RED SHIRT ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28.
JOIN THIS GROUP:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18262859152

Here's a petition you can sign and here's Amnesty International's information. 

There's a photo group  in flickr too.

Update:  Just found Preetaim Rai's roundup on Global Voices.

Comments

[Michaela]

The internet and social networking software presents a great platform to build community and gain support for causes. I imagine that the Cambodian reaction to the situation in Burma comes from the larger hactivism movement that has established itself across the web over the past several years. I wrote a post about this yesterday and am happy to see the global influence reaching people like you and me, and our friends in Cambodia.

[Geoff]

Good to see Cambodian youth sporting their red shirts. Unfortunately, DC isn't so active at the moment, as I'm one of a handful wearing red today. Sad, sad, sad -- you'd think DC's politically charged atmosphere would include at least some uproar over the situation!