World focus on Burma (11 September 2008)
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Aung San Suu Kyi meets her lawyer again
Mizzima.com, India -
She was last arrested in May 2003 following a brutal attack by junta-backed mobs on her motorcade in upper Burma’s Depayin town. In May, the junta extended …
Karen Hodges travels to Burma with NCP, offers aid
Etownian, PA -
Burma, the most poverty-ridden location in Southeast Asia, has recently come under devastation from the Cyclone Nargis that struck in May 2008 leaving …
Operation Blessing International mobilizing medical teams and …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Most recently, OBI mobilized teams and funded major relief and recovery efforts in Myanmar, the Sichuan Province of China, Rift Valley in Kenya, Bangladesh, …
Security blanket at hospital where Daw Suu’s aide is admitted
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – A security blanket envelops the Muslim Charity Hospital on Barr Street, Kyauktada Township, Rangoon where Win Pa Pa, daughter of Khin Khin Win, …
Nilar Thein arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
She took part with other 88 generation leaders in the peaceful march in August last year to protest against the military regime’s doubling of fuel prices. …
Burmese PM Outlines Post-Cyclone Relief, Rehabilitation Work …
RedOrbit, TX -
11 (Xinhua) – Over 1 million people in Myanmar’s storm-hit regions have been rescued in time, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar [Burma] quoted …
88 generation activist Nilar Thein arrested
Mizzima.com, India -
… recipients of the Czech Republic’s Homo Homini award for their promotion of democracy, human rights and nonviolent solutions in Burma’s political conflicts.
Cooking lessons, guilty; coup, no problem
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
… a member of the Asian Human Rights Commission with over 15 years of experience as an advocate of human rights and the rule of law in Thailand and Burma. …
A Burmese blogger monk wins NP contest
OpEdNews, PA -
This prize is dedicated to my woman hero Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and my country Burma. I will donate it to an organization.Patgarcia also deserves to be a …
Amnesty honours musician Gabriel
BBC News, UK -
Musician Peter Gabriel has been named Ambassador of Conscience 2008 by human rights group Amnesty International. Gabriel was presented with the honour by U2 …
Will the UN unseat the junta?
Mizzima.com, India -
The first claim references the annulled 1990 election results, the latter that of systematic human rights abuses by the junta directed at its own citizenry. …
Exiled opposition MPs contest junta’s UN seat
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
NCUB spokesperson U Myint Thein said the campaign was intended to highlight that the military regime did not legitimately represent the people of Burma. …
Suu Kyi meets again with lawyer
The Standard, Hong Kong -
Burma’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for two hours with her lawyer on Thursday, witnesses said, amid worries for her health after her …
US voices concern over Aung San Suu Kyi’s health
Merinews, India -
It has been almost a month since Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi stopped receiving food deliveries. Amidst reports that she is on hunger strike …
Nilar Thein Arrested, Sources Say
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN Burmese security forces have reportedly hunted down and arrested the prominent woman activist Nilar Thein, who went into hiding one year ago. …
Burma: Status of Aung San Suu Kyi
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
We continue to urge the Burmese regime to release immediately and unconditionally Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as all other political prisoners and begin a …
Swedes mark fifth anniversary of death of Anna Lindh
TopNews, India -
… of Myanmar, a former student activist, who has lived in exile for the past 20 years and is currently based in Thailand where she is active in the Burma …
Burmese Dissidents in Exile Challenge Junta’s UN Seat
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… because it had committed state-sponsored violence, particularly in the brutal ambush on democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters in Depayin, …
MaximsNews Network, NY -
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The Secretary-General received a letter yesterday from the organization of Myanmar politicians who were elected to Parliament in 1990 seeking to replace the …
Cyclone relief effort boosts Irrawaddy healthcare
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
After the cyclone hit Burma in early May, doctors and surgeons came from all over Burma to treat patients. Ko Vanku of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters …
Gambari to brief Security Council today
Mizzima.com, India -
United Nations Special Envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, is poised to meet with Security Council members Thursday morning in New York, according to the …
The voice of art in a battle for freedom
Ode Magazine, CA -
… support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a key political figure who has been under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for the past 18 years over her bid …
Vote McCain, Re-Elect Lobbyists
Fog City Journal, CA -
He fired one for ties to Saudi Arabia, two for ties to the military junta in Burma, a lobbyist for energy companies, and one who was with a group attacking …
Campaigning starts in right earnest
South Asian Focus, Canada -
Their response to international crises- conflict in Lebanon, floods in the Philippines, cyclones in Burma and earthquakes in China- has been abysmal. …
Countering the drug menace
Zee News, India -
Burma, Laos and Thailand together constitute the Golden Triangle, which is the world’s largest source of opium. However, the opium crop in this zone has …
A second prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim?
Aliran Monthly, Malaysia -
If Malaysia does not wish to descend to the level of Burma and Zimbabwe, both of which were also British colonies and enjoyed the rule of law and freedom …
Ceasefire groups strengthen forces in Shan state
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Eastern Command leader Ya Pyit also told the Haha Ja group, based in Homong near the Thai-Burma border, that if they did not lay down their arms they could …
Burmese losing the battle against rats
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
Four months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma, another natural disaster has struck the country. This time the ruling military regime has had 50 years to …
Junta sets new target for overseas job placement
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – Burma’s Ministry of Labor has set a new target for overseas employment agencies, looking for each registered agency to place 300 Burmese workers …
NLD members questioned over bombing
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
“The NLD will never take up arms to win power – Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would never accept that. She had said in the past that she doesn’t want to repeat the …
