World focus on Burma (3 August 2008)
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New UN rapporteur arrives in Burma
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Rangoon (dpa) – A United Nations rapporteur arrived in Burma Sunday to discuss human-rights concerns, diplomatic officials said. Tomas Ojea Quintana, on his …
New UN human rights envoy visits Myanmar Xinhua, China -
New UN rights envoy on first mission to Myanmar Straits Times, Singapore -
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The Age, Australia -
Burma’s closest ally is China, with whom it shares a long border, while it is also a member of ASEAN. China, India and ASEAN — who largely make up the …
Politics part of arena in which Bush attends games
News & Observer, NC -
Then in Thailand, Bush will draw attention to the repressed citizens in neighboring Myanmar, also called Burma, and reflect on the future of US policy in …
Schenectady Gazette, NY -
The Asian population in the Capital Region has increased about 150 percent from 1990 to 2006. The Capital Region had a small base of about 10388 Asians in …
CHINA’S OLYMPIC CHALLENGE A CASE OF DIGNITY
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
… poor human rights situation in China, the crackdown in Tibet, and Beijing’s support for the genocidal regime in Sudan and the military junta in Burma. …
Insein Prison (round complex) is shown in a satellite image. “Prison happens to be the longest-running political seminar in Burma,” a former inmate says. (Digital Globe Via Google Earth)
Washington Post, United States -
Human rights groups say more than 1800 political detainees languish long-term in about 20 prisons and labor camps in Burma, also called Myanmar. …
Tampa Tribune, FL -
Or, wring its hands when Burma suffered through a devastating hurricane. Humanitarian aid? Obviously not the UN’s table. Instead, the UN elected Zimbabwe to …
Myanmar Muslims stay put despite Bangladesh misery
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan -
A Rohingya elder, Suriyaya Begam said returning to Myanmar would make life worse for her people. “We were tortured in Burma. Our mosque was attacked. …
Turkey: A battle in the war of elites
Arab News, Saudi Arabia -
… individuals from participating in presidential or parliamentary elections; or as Burma, which is ruled by a pernicious and corrupt military junta. …
Huffington Post, NY -
It was a missed opportunity for the United States of America to stand strong for the anguished people of Darfur and Burma as well as for the Tibetans in …
Iran to attend its first SAARC summit
Tehran Times, Iran -
Australia and Burma have shown interest in becoming a part of the South Asian regional bloc. Accordingly the Colombo Summit is likely to consider their …
:. Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir
Kashmir Watch, Pakistan -
The torture and imprisonment in Indian-occupied Kashmir is no less intense as it is in Burma. In fact the pain, suffering and humiliation in Kashmir is …
