Posts Tagged ‘China’
Is China’s influence on Burmese generals eroding?
Mizzima
by Mungpi
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 20:57
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Though it may seem to many, including the international community, that China, Burma’s strongest ally, is the only country that can influence the rogue military rulers of Burma, an analyst said, China is also currently facing a tough situation as the Burmese generals are stupid and stubborn and do not do what they are asked to by their elder brother – China.
Mya Maung a long time Sino-Burmese analyst based along the two countries’ border in Ruili, during an interview with Mizzima said China is currently in a tight spot as the Burmese regime is stubbornly refusing to follow its suggestions.
Surprisingly, he said, China’s suggestions to Burmese military rulers include implementing an inclusive political dialogue with opposition groups, as well as to reconsider the constitution, which the junta had claimed was approved during a referendum in May.
“But the problem is China has its own national interests to think of at and they are not in a position to put too much pressures on the junta,” Mya Maung said.
According to him, among many economic ventures that China seeks in Burma, connecting a gas pipeline from Burma’s western Arakan state to Yunnan province and using the Sittwe port as a sea gateway, are crucial.
“China may seem to be endorsing the junta’s roadmap, but it is more concerned that there is some kind of stability in the country,” Mya Maung said.
He said the Chinese government sees that the United Nations’ initiative is ideal for Burma’s political solution as it has strongly opposed the Western nations’ way of pressuring the junta with economic sanctions.
China believes in engagement but would like a strong and stable government that would be accountable, Mya Maung said.
Currently, the United States and European Union has imposed economic sanctions on Burma’s military rulers.
Complimenting Mya Maung’s analysis, a secret document leaked to Mizzima reveals that China’s ambassador to Burma Mr. Juan Mu urged the Burmese Foreign Minister, during one of their meetings in early last year, to cooperate with the UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari and follow his suggestions on political reforms.
The meetings minutes between Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win and Ambassador Juan Mu, reveals that the Chinese ambassador had urged Nyan Win to allow Gambari to play a greater role by allowing him a tripartite meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and liaison minister Aung Kyi, and to allow him multiple-entry Visa to Burma, and to open a liaison office in Rangoon.
Juan Mu also said, China is endorsing the United Nations initiative and would be ready to provide necessary support to the special envoy Ibrahim Gambari.
But Nyan Win, yet another puppet Foreign Minister of the Junta’s paramount leader Senior General Than Shwe, refused the request saying a tripartite meeting between Gambari, Aung Kyi and Aung San Suu Kyi is impossible but assured meetings with junior junta officials.
Nyan Win, during the conversation with Juan Mu, also said Gambari cannot be given multiple entry Visa to Burma and the regime could not allow him to have a liaison office in Rangoon.
Juan Mu, representing the voice of China, however, told Nyan Win that China fully understood Burma’s situation and would use its influence to convince the international community particularly the diplomatic community in Rangoon on the junta’s planned roadmap.
Mya Maung said, though China wants to see a stable Burma, in recent days it has failed to influence the junta, led by Senior General Than Shwe, in many areas including its response to the deadly Cyclone Nargis.
“These are signs that China, though it may seem to be the only country with a lot of influence on Burma’s military rulers, are having a tough time with the generals, as they are forced to consider their interest,” Mya Maung concludes.
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World focus on Burma (15 January 2009)
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WJA and GIA to host lecture for gemstones
Diamond World Magazine, India -
Also, the speaker will take the audience through some of his experiences at various gemstone hubs of the world, like Myanmar (Burma), East Africa, India, …
Thais ‘leave boat people to die’
BBC News, UK -
By Subir Bhaumik Thai soldiers are detaining illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Burma and forcing them back out to sea in boats without engines, …
East Timor’s dream: Zone of peace
Business Mirror, Philippines -
… include the dictatorial rule in Burma, the former trouble in Aceh in Indonesia, the Moro conflict in Mindanao, and the insurgency in Southern Thailand. …
Burma’s Human Rights conditions deepens in 2008: HRW
Mizzima.com, India -
Another point that the HRW noted was the extension of the detention period of Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest. …
Kerry praises Rice for UN ambassador
Boston Globe, United States -
Sometimes, working through the United Nations has proved frustrating when it comes to addressing humanitarian crises in places like Burma, Darfur, …
Mandalay, student activist sentenced to 104 years in prison
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
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The sentencing of the young student is only the latest in Myanmar, headed by a military dictatorship that cuts off any form of dissent by imprisoning its …
Myanmar: Cyclone recovery “will take up to four years”
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
… citing the importance of the TCG – comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the government of Myanmar and UN – in facilitating access and …
Freedom House Report Shows Setbacks in Global Freedom
UNPO, Netherlands -
Burma was also rated amongst the “worst of the worst” for political and civil liberties, largely due to severe crackdowns on political activists in the …
Thailand Urged to Stop Pushing Refugees Out to Sea
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By LAWI WENG A refugee rights organization has called on the Thai government to stop stranding Rohingya boat people from western Burma’s Arakan State at sea …
Murders in Nepal, Sri Lanka Underscore Dangers for Journalists in Asia
findingDulcinea, New York -
In nearby Burma, where media and access to the Internet are severely restricted, the military government recently released a list of rules that editors must …
Six opposition party members freed
Mizzima.com, India -
by Phanida Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma’s military junta on Wednesday released six members of the opposition party, who had been arrested and detained for …
Thailand persecutes Muslim minority
Spero News -
The issue of Rohingya refugees from Burma, arrested in Thailand and abandoned on the high seas after seeking refuge, will be an issue discussed at the ASEAN …
Non-military Pilots to be Trained in Rangoon
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN Military-ruled Burma is set to open a pilot ground training school at Hmawbi Air Force Base in Rangoon Division that—for the first time—will …
Ramos-Horta: Help, yes, but not mediate
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
Ramos-Horta said the continued conflict in various parts of the world — in Gaza, Somalia, Sudan, and Burma/Myanmar — is “an indictment of all of us. …
Burma Situation Affects Region: Thai PM
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WAI MOE Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday that because the situation in Burma could affect other countries in the region, …
Change required in Burma: Thai PM
Mizzima.com, India -
He told reporters that whatever happened in Burma had an impact on the region as a whole, and that was the reason why Thailand would persuade the military …
Officials sacked after Than Shwe visit
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Jan 15, 2009 (DVB)–Provincial and township administration officials in Zalun township have been dismissed after junta leader senior general Than Shwe was …
Human Rights in Burma Deteriorating: Report
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
China, Russia, India and Thailand continue to provide diplomatic support for the Burmese junta and are major trade and investment partners, the report said. …
Burmese Schoolteacher and Family Repatriated
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Ko Gyi has previously been interviewed by BBC Burmese Service and The Irrawaddy. Thai authorities also raided his home and school in Ranong and seized some …
Six NLD members released
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
“I told them it was my own decision to get involved in politics as I used to be a soldier and I love Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is the daughter of the …
Daw Suu’s lawyer frustrated by appeal delays
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Jan 15, 2009 (DVB)–Kyi Win, lawyer for detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has expressed his frustration with the authorities’ slow response to her …
Hope for India’s ‘broken’ Buddhists
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong -
“Buddhist communities here are still very poor,” explains Fulzele, “We can’t build huge monasteries like in Burma [Myanmar], Sri Lanka or Thailand, …
Activist sent to 104 years in jail by Myanmar junta
Merinews, India -
The activist, also known as Phyo Gyi, is a member of the All Burma Federation of Students Union (ABFSU) in Upper Myanmar and was picked up by the police on …
THAILAND: Addressing sexual violence in Mae La refugee camp
IRINnews.org, NY -
MAE LA, 15 January 2009 (IRIN) – Mae La camp, the largest of nine for Burmese refugees on the Thai border, resembles a small thatched city, now more than a …
Burma: India Uncut congratulates Ashin Mettacara
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka -
India Uncut was also Nominated for best Asian blog and has been selected the finalist 2008 weblog awards. The blog was leading over Ashin Mettacara’s blog …
LARRY LITTLE: Bush Years: the Good, Bad and Ugly
Kitsap Sun, United States -
3) Laura Bush as been truly a First “Lady,” and even Edith Wilson-like in her quietly handling point on crises such as Burma. 4) He has been a statesman in …
Burma sentences student to 104 years jail
Australia Network News, Australia -
Bo Min Yu Ko was sentenced at a Mandalay court for his political activities which included going to the Thai border to contact an exile group. …
Activist jailed 104 years
Straits Times, Singapore -
‘He was sentenced for his political activities as he went to the border (with Thailand) to contact an exile group,’ a Myanmar official told AFP on condition …
British minister calls for a new approach to EU-ASEAN trade pact
Monsters and Critics.com -
… Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam by 24.2 per cent and the region’s exports to the EU by 18.5 per cent. …
UniNet aims to be R&D hub in Indochina
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
We will then begin negotiation and cooperation with Burma and Cambodia to connect their education networks with UniNet,” Wichan said. “The Thai government …
Jose Ramos-Horta on my mind
Minda News, Philippines -
The same principle has been lately challenged in ASEAN with another monstrosity that is Burma. It was but natural then, nay, imperative to bring back “home” …
Thank you, Laura; please tell Michelle!
Washington Times, DC -
Among others, her advocacy on behalf of human-rights abuse victims in the Union of Burma has brought tremendous attention from the international community. …
Myanmar’s previous name was Burma. “The allegations include assertions that Burmese and other migrants — whether or not they have UNHCR documentation …
Asean a diplomatic ‘superpower’
AsiaOne, Singapore -
But the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is a diplomatic superpower compared to the EU, argued an eminent political analyst, adding that Asean …
Questions Asians ask about America
Redwood Times, CA -
Editor’s note: In the next Letter from Asia, Stephens will take us deep into the heart of Burma, into an area up the Chindwan River where no foreigner has……
Bahrain among freest in region
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain -
“At a time when democracy’s antagonists are increasingly assertive and its supporters are in disarray, the new administration must focus on the need to …
Burmese Labor Activist Describes Kidnapping
Radio Free Asia, DC -
A Burmese labor activist in Malaysia describes how he was kidnapped and intimidated for speaking out against human trafficking. Burmese labor activist Ye …
Obama urged to act on human rights
Aljazeera.net, Qatar -
… decision-making processes let countries such as Sudan and Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, carry out rights abuses behind claims of sovereignty. …
Legacy of 50 years, 1900-1950 AD
Modern Ghana, Ghana -
African youth, as soldiers, are marched to Burma, and die aplenty for the British Crown. America stays strongly opposed to joining the war that she sees as …
Key Questions for Susan E. Rice, Nominee for US Ambassador to the United Nations
Heritage.org, DC -
[14] In Burma, UNDP was accused by local NGOs of allowing the regime to use its funds to further its political agenda and undermine the rights of its …
Group criticizes China’s human rights record
eTaiwan News, Taiwan -
In Myanmar, an “already dismal human rights record” got worse last year after a huge cyclone killed more than 84000 people. Human Rights Watch criticized …
Report: US needs to reclaim human rights agenda from ‘spoilers’
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
… Egypt for encouraging less scrutiny of the Darfur conflict, and India and China for staying silent on repression in Myanmar (Burma). …
My shock at rough treatment of refugees on Thai holiday beach
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
… Thai navy guards beat scores of Rohingya refugees, who hail from the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh, on a busy tourist beach in the Similan Islands. …
Repugnant refugee policy must be disowned
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
They bring to life a witness’ account of the rough reception that awaits Muslims from Myanmar who take to the sea in small boats in the hope of escaping …
Refugees in ordeal on Thai island
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic group who hail from an area along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. Mr Jones, his girlfriend and parents were among a boatload …
Reason’s Howley Banned in Burma
Reason Online, CA -
… and critical writings on the nation’s tyrannous regime in our pages. (Howley lived in and worked as a journalist in Burma before joining Reason. …
China criticised over human rights
The Press Association -
In Burma, an “already dismal human rights record” got worse last year after a huge cyclone killed more than 84000 people. Human Rights Watch criticised the …
World focus on Burma (30 December 2008)
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Burma Arrests 9 Pro-Democracy Protesters
Voice of America -
By VOA News Witnesses say Burmese authorities arrested nine members of an opposition political group Tuesday, as they held a protest in Rangoon calling for …
BURMA:: New Thai Policies Not Junta-Friendly
Inter Press Service, Italy -
But a new foreign policy chapter between Thailand and Burma, or Myanmar as the junta renamed the country, emerged in 2001. It came with the electoral …
Don’t Panic List Time!
Columbia City Paper, SC -
Burma’s military junta – When Category 4 Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma in May, the goons who run Burma like their plantation were not only unprepared, …
The Best and the Worst of 2008: The World
Century Foundation, NY -
Burma cyclone heightens country’s misery and isolation. Myanmar’s rigid military rulers, whose violent suppression of Buddhist monks’ protests in September …
Busy Year For Natural Disasters
RedOrbit, TX -
China’s Sichuan province was struck with both an earthquake which left nearly 70000 dead and cyclone Nargis which struck Burma killing an estimated 130000. …
Nine arrested in rare protest in Rangoon
Mizzima.com, India -
Nyan Win said, the NLD regularly conducts meetings on Tuesday to discuss current and contemporary politics of Burma. Today’s discussions were led by party …
Julie Benz To Host US Campaign For Burma Dinner
Look To The Stars, UK -
The organization is dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to bring about an end to the military dictatorship in Burma.
Burma activists arrested at march
BBC News, UK -
Nine activists have been arrested in Burma’s main city, Rangoon, during a march calling for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Nine NLD youth members arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dec 30, 2008 (DVB)–Nine National League for Democracy youth members were arrested at around 3pm today as they took part in a peaceful march following a talk …
Restrictions stepped up against Win Tin
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
He recently visited the families of political prisoners and has also been working to heal rifts between NLD leaders and youth members.
Burma’s Bleak Prospect in 2009
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WAI MOE All parties in Burma can expect 2009 to be a busier year than the one now ending as the country heads for a general election in 2010, …
Africa: Press Freedom Round-Up 2008
AllAfrica.com, Washington -
In Burma (17 arrests), outspoken journalists and bloggers were jailed in a crackdown by the military government. “The figures may be lower than last year’s …
Hope Floats in the Burmese Town Near Thailand’s Border
Jakarta Globe, Indonesia -
Yet, there’s nothing like this in Myawaddy, Burma, the poor town opposite Mae Sot, Thailand. The towns lie across the Moei River, a sluggish brown border …
Nine NLD Members Arrested in Rangoon
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Meanwhile, Burmese military authorities have transferred political prisoners, including student leaders, members of the 88 Generation Students and NLD …
Poor Maternal Health Care Widespread In Eastern Burma
Medical News Today (press release), UK -
Frequency and types of human rights violations varied across the project sites in Eastern Burma. In the Karen region, more than 10% of household were forced …
Agreement between Myanmar and China: Beijing secures gas supplies …
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
Humanitarian organizations consider the agreement as the latest concession to the Burmese military dictatorship: none of the countries involved in its rich …
Press Gazette, UK -
Thirty-one media arrests were reported in Iraq, 17 in Burma and 38 in China, which hosted the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. The press freedom …
Activists calling for release of Suu Kyi arrested
The Associated Press -
It was not immediately clear where the NLD members were taken. NLD spokesman Nyan Win said he heard that female party member Htet Htet Oo Wei was among …
Press Freedom Round-up 2008 / Better figures despite a hostile …
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse), Switzerland -
In Burma (17 arrests), outspoken journalists and bloggers were jailed in a crackdown by the military government. “The figures may be lower than last year’s …
New Year’s Event Spotlights Sexual Orientation Issues
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By VIOLET CHO RANONG — Burmese lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) migrant worker activists in Ranong used the New Year to organize a festival …
Myanmar authorities arrest nine protestors
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
The NLD won the 1990 general election, while Suu Kyi was under detention, but has been denied the right to rule by Myanmar’s junta for the past 18 years.
9 Myanmar activists held
Straits Times, Singapore -
There was no immediate confirmation from the NLD. Myanmar’s military rulers have kept 63-year-old Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest …
Political prisoner dies of tuberculosis
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… middle school in Mandalay, was arrested under section 5(j) of the Emergency Provision Act in December 2003 and was sentenced to seven years in prison. …
UN General Assembly isn’t the right forum for dealing with Burma …
China Post, Taiwan -
The resolution called for the release of over 2100 political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi. (country’s new) constitution resulted in the de facto …
Americans found allies in Burma villagers
Los Angeles Times, CA -
By A Times Staff Writer Reporting from Myitkyina, Myanmar — Long before war brought Evelio Grillo and his comrades to Burma, they had allies ready to …
Burma’s Stilwell Road: A backbreaking WWII project is revived
Los Angeles Times, CA -
They gave their lives to build a 1079-mile road across northern Burma (now Myanmar) to reinforce Allied troops, a project derided by British Prime Minister …
A more dangerous world as 2008 ends
San Antonio Express, TX -
The ruling junta in Burma turned the natural disaster of Cyclone Nargis into a manmade tragedy. Congo, Zimbabwe and Somalia spiraled further into …
MONKS & AMISH
MorungExpress, India -
In Burma the monks who are not in detention by repressive militaryrulers who call the country Myanmar, have returned to their pagodas. …
Insurers’ disaster losses up 50% in 2008
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
The year’s deadliest disaster was Cyclone Nargis, which devastated coastal areas in Burma in early May, killing nearly 85000 people. …
NBC Field Notes
MSNBC -
In 1948, Burma (now called Myanmar) became independent of British rule. In 1951, during the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured …
China To Build Strategic Oil Reserves (SNP)
24/7 Wall St., NY -
That means expanding opportunities in Myanmar (Burma) and Sudan, both countries that have difficulty attracting investment because of their repressive human …
2008 was bad year for disasters
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand -
Cyclone Nargis killed more than 135000 people in Burma in May. An earthquake in the Sichuan province of China on 12 May left 70000 dead, 18000 missing and …
‘Major year for natural disaster’
BBC News, UK -
Cyclone Nargis in Burma killed an estimated 130000 people and devastated much of the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region, while the earthquake which struck …
The good news for the new year is as follows. -
Otago Daily Times, New Zealand -
April: Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest and assumes her rightful place as the democratic head of the government of Burma. …
Natural disasters ‘kill 220000 in 2008′
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
Most devastating was Cyclone Nargis, which battered Burma in May to kill more than 135000 people, and the earthquake that shook China’s Sichuan province the …
World focus on Burma (21 December 2008)
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China in the 21st Century
Harvard International Review, MA -
China acts against its own people with impunity and backs the enemies of democracy all around the world, Pyongyang, Burma, Uzbekistan, Iran, Sudan, …
Thailand’s Fresh Hope
Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia -
… where he read philosophy, politics and economics (as did former prime minister Kukrit Pramoj and Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi). …
US becomes gentler, not toothless
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates -
… after Cyclone Nargis, American ships would have provided large-scale relief, had Burma’s military government allowed them to proceed. …
Burma Arrests 19 North Korean Defectors, Kids Included
FOXNews -
“North Korean defectors usually travel though China to countries such as Burma — also called Myanmar — Laos, and Thailand” before making their way to South …
Burma to Try 19 North Korean Defectors
Voice of America -
Burmese immigration authorities have moved the group from a detention center to a prison, where they await a trial expected to open next week. …
World focus on Burma (20 December 2008)
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Experiment with democracy ends sadly
Hamilton Spectator, Canada -
Relatively few Asian countries are openly run as dictatorships nowadays — China, Vietnam and Burma (Myanmar) are the main exceptions — but the urban …
I Meant to Do That
Gold Seek -
Most of us are familiar with the devastating hurricane that hit Myanmar (Burma) this last year, and the difficulty in getting aid to those who were …
We must stand by one of our most important allies
Vancouver Sun, Canada -
We all now collude with this, in the same way that most newspapers and TV stations do the Burmese junta’s work for it by using the fake name Myanmar. …
Central News Agency
eTaiwan News, Taiwan -
Following is a list of important events that have occurred on this date in the past: 1852: British troops annex Pegu, lower Burma, during a war with Burma. …
Year in Review: World news
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States -
The leaders of the country, formerly known as Burma, came under international criticism after the secretive ruling junta refused to let in aid quickly. …
The Chinese and President-elect Obama
Harvard International Review, MA -
… Iran, Sudan, Burma/Myanmar, and UN reform. Certainly, China would like the institutionalized arrangements set up in the last few years to continue. …
Drawn from all over the world
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
Now he’s on to Myanmar (formally Burma), where the country’s military dictatorship made headlines in 2007 for brutally crushing anti-government protests. …
Human rights and state power
Boston Globe, United States -
… or the horrific rights violations by the military dictatorship in Burma. There is now an assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, …
31st MEU Reflects on ’08
Global Security, Alexandria -
… training during Cobra Gold ’08 in Thailand while the remainder of the MEU supported Operation Caring Response in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. …
Ex-hostage Betancourt to take break from public life
AFP -
… to support the hundreds of hostages in Colombia and elsewhere in the world, citing Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi and Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. …
UN slams N. Korean on rights; Defending regime were China, Cuba …
World Tribune -
Among those opposing the resolution were China, Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar (Burma), Russia, Syria and Venezuela. …
INBOX DELIVERY: Digital Variety Edition only
Variety, CA -
The top prizewinner at Intl. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, “Burma VJ” celebrates the courage of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), …
The old Thailand returns
Tehran Times, Iran -
Relatively few Asian countries are openly run as dictatorships nowadays — China, Vietnam and Burma are the main exceptions — but the urban elites and the …
EarthRights Burma School Courses Underway
Earthrights.org, DC -
… the EarthRights Burma School is making great progress in training the next generation of grassroots human rights and environmental activists. …
Burma: Cyclone Fact Sheet #2 (FY) 2009
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
The Tripartite Core Group (TCG), composed of representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Government of Burma, and the UN, …
The Legacy Of Condoleezza Rice
CBS News, NY -
“And if I have a real disappointment about this period, it’s about- it’s about Darfur and Zimbabwe and Burma, because these are tyrannical regimes,” she …
India: Brickbat for commercial channel on terror coverage
American Chronicle, CA -
His special focus areas remain the socio-political developments in Northeast India as well as in Burma, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
Three villagers arrested after KNU ambush kills at least one junta ...
Independent Mon News Agency, WA -
The KNU is one of Burma’s largest armed insurgent groups, and has maintained armed to rule by Burma’s military government for decades.
Anniversary of US-China Ties highlights Complex Relationship
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
“America stands in firm opposition to China’s detention of political dissidents, human rights advocates, and religious activists,” Bush said. …
Kyaw Thu quits film for art and social work
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
The fund also carried out relief work in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and delivered assistance to survivors. Last month, the FFSS was forced to move out …
Anniversary of US-China Ties highlights Complex Relationship
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
On human rights, President Bush says that America presses for openness and justice not to impose its beliefs, but to allow the Chinese people to express …
World focus on Burma (23- November 2008)
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Cyclone devastation ‘to last another year’
Religious Intelligence Ltd, UK - By: George Conger.
Cyclone Nargis came ashore on May 2, destroying over 95 percent of the buildings in the Irrawaddy Delta region. The archbishop said that “official …
Human rights calls on Burma
Human Rights Tribune, Switzerland -
The long-time issue of Burma would be even more critical now that the military junta has opted for a ruthless approach against its political dissidents. …
Burma: ‘Only 65 years?’
Green Left Weekly, Australia -
One of Burma’s most prominent activists has been sentenced to 65 years jail, along with two other pro-democracy leaders, in connection with anti-government …
Call for education to stop conflicts
The Press Association -
The Nobel Laureates, including former US President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, have issued their …
Weekly Business Roundup China’s Burma oil conduit threat
The Post, Pakistan -
Nissan and Suzuki have partnership deals with First Myanmar Investment (FMI), a junta-linked leading Burmese business. FMI president Theim Wai announced …
‘China is a threat to democracy’
BBC News, UK -
Most provocative in Asia will be his views on Burma, China and democracy, some of which have sparked anger among Asian governments in the past. …
Sunday, November 30
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
1962 – U Thant of Burma is elected UN Secretary-General, succeeding the late Dag Hammarskjold. 1964 – Soviet Union launches spacecraft toward Mars in …
The US Should Move Beyond Sanctions
KanglaOnline, India -
In an apparent shift from the policy of traditional sanctions, the US Congress created a post for policy chief for Burma to increase pressure on the …
The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
Multinational Monitor -
Another of Chevron’s inherited legacies is the Yadana natural gas pipeline in Burma, operated by a consortium in which Unocal was one of the lead partners. …
Burma’s Leader Calls on People to Back Road Map to Democracy
Voice of America -
In an 88th National Day message carried Saturday by the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper, Senior General Than Shwe said the people are duty-bound to …
Hong Kong’s architectural firms are first to feel effects of …
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates -
By Raphael Minder, Financial Times Hong Kong: In late August, Woods Bagot, an international architectural firm, invited clients to an office party to …
Playing China Rules and The Illusions Of “Free Trade”
Right Side News, GA -
However, Beijing’s continuing arms sales and military support to rogue regimes, namely Sudan, Burma, and Iran, threaten the stability of fragile regions and …
Tea room pours good cheer: Attendees share laughter, help church …
Trading Markets (press release), CA -
“We have sent women to retreats, and we have sent women onto the Navajo Nation, and we have purchased property in Myanmar (formerly Burma) to help build a .
President Bush: ‘Economic turmoil’
The Swamp – Tribune’s Washington Bureau, DC -
We’re standing for a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons — and with a Burma free of repression. Above all, we can be confident in the future of this …
Thinned-down demo site still has a flavour all its own
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
Goods aside, there’s a shrine to King Taksin the Great (not to be confused with Thaksin), who freed the Thai state from the Burmese yoke more than two …
“The past cannot be rectified but our future can be moulded”
MorungExpress, India -
The endured desire of the Nagas to concertedly expedite a final solution to the protracted Indo-Naga-Burma political imbroglio persisted. …
The Knuckleheads of the Day award
Wizbang, DC -
Today’s winner is Senior General Than Shwe and the rest of Myanmar’s ruling junta. They get the award for the following- Myanmar’s most famous comedian was …
World focus on Burma (22 November 2008)
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South Africa’s Archbishop Tutu Gets Fulbright Award
Voice of America -
… but that the world’s revulsion for human rights violations in places like Darfur, Burma, Zimbabwe and Gaza shows that evil is not the norm. …
“But it’s a bigger joke on those abroad who still think ignoring repression in Burma will bring positive change,” he said.
Myanmar opposition calls for amnesty on national day
TopNews, India -
The National League for Democracy, Myanmar’s main opposition group, demanded the release all political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi and student …
Burmese comic gets 45 years
Chortle, UK -
… June and seized his computer after he organized a group of around 400 volunteers to provide disaster relief in the areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. …
HMS Westminster arrives in capital for march
Portsmouth News, UK -
Westminster was also sent to offer help with the humanitarian effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. The full article contains 182 words and appears in …
Comedian gets 45 years – criticized Burma junta
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
… and 14 members of detained Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s party got 2 1/2 years each for calling for her release on her birthday in June, …
Comedian gets 45-year term as Burma punishes activism
Boston Globe, United States -
AP / November 22, 2008 RANGOON, Burma – Burma’s courts continued a crackdown on activists yesterday, giving a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went …
Burma Eats Its Young
New Yorker, United States -
After Aung San Suu Kyi, these two men are the leaders of Burma’s democracy movement, and a source of intense admiration and inspiration among the young …
Opposition big shots spurn 2010 elections
Shan Herald Agency for News, Thailand -
… the democratic opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi and non-Burman ethnic states, was formed by exiles led by the late Chao Tzang Yawnghwe (1939-2004), …
Myanmar Gives Comedian 45-Year Sentence for Cyclone Comments
New York Times, United States -
Those sentenced have included some 70 members of the opposition National League for Democracy, the party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained Nobel …
Rights group says Myanmar judges should be referred to ICC
JURIST -
Despite the September release [JURIST report] of more than 9000 political prisoners, human rights groups estimate that more than 2100 Burmese remain …
Human rights calls
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Asean governments will be urged next month to call for a Commission of Inquiry on Burma by the UN Human Rights Council. But the new Asean Human Rights Body …
Comedian gets jail for criticizing junta
Washington Times, DC -
AP RANGOON, Burma | Burma’s courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to …
Importance of ‘responsibility to protect’ outlined at conference
Irish Times, Ireland -
… invoking the principle – for example, in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Burma last spring – had not helped to build wider acceptance of the idea. …
Chinese living longer but wealth gap widening: UN
ABC Online, Australia -
“You’ve also got trafficking of women from even poorer places, for example Myanmar (Burma) and Laos, into these villages in China now to provide wives for …
In short
Irish Times, Ireland -
(Reuters) RANGOON – A hip-hop star in military-ruled Burma has been jailed for six years for being part of a political group, the latest in a string of …
Burma jails comedian for 45 years
Independent, UK -
More than 100 activists, including Buddhist monks, students and members of the opposition National League for Democracy have been convicted in the past two …
Myanmar on US agenda
Straits Times, Singapore -
The United States refers to Myanmar as Burma, the name used before it was changed by the military junta. Mr Marciel’s visit to Japan will take place on Dec …
Tea room pours good cheer
East Valley Tribune, AZ -
“We have sent women to retreats, and we have sent women onto the Navajo Nation, and we have purchased property in Myanmar (formerly Burma) to help build a …
Journalist gets 45 years in prison, others sentenced
CPJ Press Freedom Online, NY -
New York, November 21, 2008–A Burmese court sentenced entertainer and activist Maung Thura–known by his stage name, “Zarganar”–to 45 years in prison …
Magazine Breaks News on Organ Harvesting in China
The Epoch Times, NY -
24 issue, “China’s Gruesome Organ Harvest ” by Ethan Gutmann, asks why the world’s media, human rights organizations, and governments are not investigating …
RIGHTS: Landmines Banned, And Still Kill Thousands
Inter Press Service, Italy -
Investigations by Human Rights Watch concluded that at least 16 civilians died as a result of these weapons, which are known to tear limbs off a victim’s …
Burma: Cyclone-hit monasteries in need
Spero News -
By IRIN Scores of monasteries in cyclone-affected Myanmar are in urgent need of repair almost seven months after the category four storm struck. …
PEN Canada Honorary Member and One Humanity Award winner ZARGANA …
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada -
21 /CNW/ – PEN Canada is appalled by the forty-five year prison sentence handed down today by the Myanmar regime to Burmese poet and comedian Zargana (Maung …
Daily Press Briefing
US Department of State, DC -
Burma will also be discussed. He will travel to Tokyo to consult with Japanese officials regarding human rights, democracy, and other concerns in Burma on …
For Andrew K
The Young Turks, CA -
More than 100 activists have been sentenced over the past two weeks in a judicial crackdown across the spectrum of Burma’s pro-democracy movement. …
Myanmar Junta Jails Comedian for 45 Years
New York Times, United States -
By SHARON OTTERMAN A secret court run by Myanmar’s military leadership sentenced a prominent Burmese comedian and activist to 45 years in prison on Friday, …
Myanmar court hands comedian 45-year prison term
The Associated Press -
… for their jokes about the junta, and several other activists delivered donations of relief supplies to the Cyclone Nargis-shattered Irrawaddy delta. …
Top US Agenda at Asia-Pacific Meeting is the Financial Crisis
NewsBlaze, CA -
Topics of discussion will include follow-up from the G20 meeting; nuclear proliferation challenges from North Korea and Iran; developments in Burma, …
Insein prison trials called insult to rule of law and …
Reporters without borders (press release), France -
… trade unions and political activists.” They added: “All of Burma’s lifeblood has been neutralised and silenced by a subservient judicial system. …
World focus on Burma (21 November 2008)
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The US Should Move Beyond Sanctions
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
Years of sanctions after sanctions, this is a new birth in the American policy toward Burma. Sanctions, however, still remain the popular way of punishing …
Julia Reed: Laura Bush Has a Thankless Job
Women on the Web, NY -
She has actively supported the people of Burma, speaking out against the prolonged detainment of Aung San Suu Kyi and protesting the treatment of peaceful …
Junta directs UMFCCI to probe pulse-bean scam
Mizzima.com, India -
The major purchaser of Burmese pulses and beans, India, is currently buying the produce from Canada but a member of UMFCCI CEC said that India assured Burma …
Myanmar comedian sentenced to 45 years in jail
AFP -
On Friday, the National League for Democracy party, led by detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, issued a statement urging the ruling junta to …
Celebrity Burmese comedian sentenced to 45 years in jail
France24, France -
By AFP (text) Myanmar’s most famous comedian was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison, in the latest and most high-profile case of citizens given long …
Burma, Myanmar: Leader Monk Gets Total 68 Years; Popular Burmese …
OpEdNews, PA -
Ashin Gambira is the pseudonym of one of the leaders of the All Burma Monks’ Alliance (ABMA). He was arrested in Mandalay Division’s Sintgaing Township on …
Pro-Democracy Monk, Comedian Get Long Myanmar Prison Sentences
FOXNews -
YANGON, Myanmar — Courts in military-ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, have handed long prison sentences to a prominent Buddhist monk and a popular …
Myanmar-China Pipeline to Start Construction in 2009
ChinaStakes.com, China -
It is reported that PetroChina will be the holding company for the pipeline constructed jointly by China , Burma , India , and Korea . …
Burmese Court Sentences Comedian-Activist to 45 Years in Prison
Voice of America -
Burma’s courts have sentenced nearly 90 other pro-democracy activists to lengthy prison terms in recent weeks. Last week, a group of at least 14 dissidents …
Forty-Five Years For Burmese Comic
UNPO, Netherlands -
In the latest spate of arrests, the Bumese Junta have sentenced comedian Zarganar to a staggering 45 years in jail. A popular comedian active in Burma’s …
A long week in Burma
ISN, Switzerland -
At least 2000 political prisoners languish in Burmese prisons, with pro-democracy icon and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi well into her second decade …
Dissident Myanmar comedian, monk sentenced to decades in prison
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
Myanmar has been under military rule since 1962. The country’s best known opposition figure, Suu Kyi, has been under house arrest since May 2003.
U Gambira to serve total of 68 years in prison
Mizzima.com, India -
The monk who stirred the conscience of the anti-regime masses by his political activity became the leading Sayadaw of ‘All Burma Monks Alliance’ (ABMA) …
Comedian becomes latest victim of the kangaroo courts
First Post, UK -
Burma’s best known satirist and comedian, Zarganar (pictured), was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment today by a kangaroo court ordered by the country’s …
Myanmar jails comedian for 45 years
Canada.com, Canada -
Police seized his computer and several banned films, including the latest Rambo movie, featuring the US Vietnam War veteran taking on the former Burma’s …
Burmese comedian, sports writer jailed
The Age, Australia -
Friday’s sentences come after the courts last week imposed prison terms of up to 65 years on democracy activists who joined protests against the regime last …
Zarganar, Ashin Gambira Get Long Prison Terms
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
They included the Burmese hip-hop star Zayar Thaw, who is a leading member of Generation Wave, a dissidents group founded by young Burmese activists during …
Army frames charges against ILO complainants
Mizzima.com, India -
by Myint Maung New Delhi (Mizzima)– Burma’s Army has framed charges, under the Electronic Act, against farmers from Natmauk Township who lodged a complaint …
Burma’s National Day Fading from Memory
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Some of the country’s greatest national heroes, including U Razak, Thakin Mya and Aung San, father of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, graduated from the …
Comedian sentenced to 45 years prison in Burma
Radio Australia, Australia -
Friday’s sentencing comes after the courts last week imposed prison terms of up to 65 years on democracy activists who joined protests against the regime …
Myanmar junta jails comedian for 45 years
Reuters AlertNet, UK -
Police seized his computer and several banned films, including the latest Rambo movie, featuring the US Vietnam War veteran taking on the former Burma’s …
At the mercy of Mother Nature and Burma’s generals
Mizzima.com, India -
In a twisted tale of bad luck, for a region which the World Food Programme describes as “one of the poorest and most isolated states in Myanmar,” once the …
Burma comic jailed for 45 years
BBC News, UK -
A popular comedian active in Burma’s democracy movement has been sentenced to 45 years in jail by a Burmese court. Zarganar was found to have violated the …
Singing for love
Port Huron Times Herald, MI -
The song reveals Tuptim’s inner feelings, but not about the king to whom she was given as a gift from the King of Burma in order to form a union between the …
HIV/AIDS Risk High Among Political Prisoners
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN Political prisoners in Burma run a high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS because of unhygienic medical treatment, according to reports from inside …
Nobel prize winners call for education in war zones
guardian.co.uk, UK -
The Dalai Lama, the former US president Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi are among the signatories of …
Burma: Child Soldier Returned Home
UNPO, Netherlands -
Human rights groups and the United Nations have repeatedly cited Burma as possibly having the largest number of child soldiers in the world. …
Weekly Business Roundup (November 21, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WILLIAM BOOT China’s confirmation that it will use Burma as a conduit to ship oil from the Middle East and Africa into its southwestern provinces has …
Burma / Myanmar: 27-year-old hip-hop performer sentenced to six …
Freemuse, Denmark -
Zayar Thaw was among at least 20 detainees sentenced on 18 November 2008 in Burma’s continuing trials of opposition activists and members of the National …
Myanmar junta jails hip hop star for 6 years
International Herald Tribune, France -
YANGON: A hip-hop star in military-ruled Myanmar has been jailed for six years for being part of a political group, the latest in a string of hefty …
Burmese writer joins husband in exile in Thailand
Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Thailand -
A SEAPA partner, it aims to promote awareness about the situation in Burma and promote democracy and freedom of expression in the country.
Governments and business collude in deaths of trade unionists …
Namibian, Namibia -
Fourteen unionists were jailed in Morocco and seven in Burma, where the junta targeted union activists as part of its brutal crackdown on any moves for …
Stop use of child soldiers: Rights group
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
by Phanida Chiang Mai – Child soldiers continue to be used in armed conflicts in Burma, a rights group activists said. The Thai based ‘Human Right Education …
Myanmar junta jails hip hop star for 6 years
International Herald Tribune, France -
YANGON: A hip-hop star in military-ruled Myanmar has been jailed for six years for being part of a political group, the latest in a string of hefty …
China to build pipeline through Myanmar
Times of the Internet, Ohio -
China is a major trading partner of Myanmar, formerly called Burma, which has been under military rule since the 1960s. The junta last year brutally put …
Beijing’s “continuing arms sales and military support to rogue regimes, namely Sudan, Burma, and Iran, threaten the stability of fragile regions and hinder …
Cisco Needs To Step Up To Reduce Net Censorship, Says Net Freedom ...
BusinessWeek -
If Cisco readily admits that it’s helping build a system that could enable surveillance of anti-government activists, would a Cisco salesman really refuse …
FEC slumps in Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
The junta has started a new scheme of selling fuel at the rate of four FEC units per gallon at government-run filling stations since August 22. …
Ashoka Pillar now stands tall in Australia
Times of India, India -
“Emperor Ashoka fostered democratic rule and it is a privilege to dedicate the Ashoka Pillar at a Buddhist monastery in a fellow democracy such as Australia …
Yunnan to build new gas pipeline
Your Project News (press release), UK -
Construction of an oil and gas pipeline linking Myanmar and Chinas Yunnan province is expected to start next year, said an official with the local …
Refugees experience first Thanksgiving in New York City
USA Today -
“Even now I can’t describe my feelings when I first landed at Kennedy Airport,” says Dee, whose family fled to Thailand from Burma, also known as Myanmar, …
DEVELOPMENT-VIETNAM: Rare Criticism of Dams Surface
Inter Press Service, Italy -
Some 60 million people along the 4800-kilometre path of the Mekong, which flows from Tibet, through Burma, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before flowing out to …
‘Gift’ for Queen Victoria helped Penang’s cause
New Straits Times, Malaysia -
The Burmese and Thais built temples in the Pulau Tikus area while Indians built Hindu temples around the island. The South Indians built rows of shophouses …
HK internet gambling boss jailed in Yunnan
The Standard, Hong Kong -
Tam’s racket started nearly 10 years ago in Burma, where many mainlanders go to bet in casinos. He and his team set up several gambling websites and had …
US Congress warned of Chinese cyber, space threats
AFP -
Beijing’s “continuing arms sales and military support to rogue regimes, namely Sudan, Burma, and Iran, threaten the stability of fragile regions and hinder …
Yes, Minister. Let’s meet
The Nut Graph, Malaysia -
Human rights are universal, inalienable, indivisible and inter-related. In part, this is why Malaysia voices its concern about the situations in Burma and …
Myanmar awards China pipeline rights
Oil & Gas Journal, TX -
20 — Myanmar has awarded China the right to manage planned pipelines that will transport crude oil and natural gas from the Bay of Bengal across Myanmar to ..
UN Should Refer Burma To Int. Criminal Court
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand -
Burma Lawyers’ Council and Global Justice Center urge the international community to expose the regime’s criminal partnership with members of the judiciary …
China inks pipeline deal with Burma
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
China has signed two deals that will allow it to use ports in Burma to unload its oil and gas supplies rather than shipping them through the pirate-infested …
Burma tries to silence opposition
Index On Censorship, UK -
It is the biggest crackdown on the opposition in Burma since the massive pro-democracy demonstrations in 1988. All activists who the regime believes pose a …
Throwing Away the Key in Burma
American Spectator -
This land of rich resources, renamed Myanmar in 1989 by its military dictatorship, delivered last week the verdicts of several prisoners — many of them …
World focus on Burma (20 November 2008)
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Burma: Popular Burmese Hip-Hop Singer Gets 6 Years; Leader Monk …
OpEdNews, PA - By Ashin Mettacara
More than 20 activists were sentenced in Burma on Thursday. A popular Burmese Hip-Hop singer Zay …
Biz Trends: Refugees find home, jobs here
ReporterNews.com, TX -
Refugees arrive from numerous countries including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Iraq, Iran and Sudan. To date, the IRC has resettled …
Burmese Child Soldier Returns Home
自由亞洲電臺, Washington DC -
Human rights groups and the United Nations have repeatedly cited Burma as possibly having the largest number of child soldiers in the world. …
ASEAN for Economic Rescue
Prensa Latina, Cuba -
… are analyzing on Thursday in this capital an economic rescue for regional countries with financial problems composed of Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), …
Estonia Condemns Punishment of Democracy Supporters in Myanmar
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
The Estonian Foreign Ministry united with the European Union’s standpoint that condemns the decision of Myanmar’s (Burma’s) military regime to sentence more …
MYANMAR: Cyclone-hit monasteries in need
IRINnews.org, NY -
Monasteries play a pivotal role in Burmese society and frequently function as schools to thousands of underprivileged children. According to the Post-Nargis …
Charitable Donations Resist Credit Crunch
WebitPR (press release), UK -
… as part of a charitable campaign to support children and families devastated by the natural disasters in China and in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. ..
Burmese woman shares escape story
Prague Post, Czech Republic -
… borders in the trunk of a passenger car, Suizi Bawitlung and her family faced seemingly insurmountable odds when fleeing their native Burma, or Myanmar. ..
Burma: blogger and poet transferred to remote prisons
Reporters without borders (press release), France -
Sentenced to 20 years in prison by a special court in Insein prison on 10 November, Nay Phon Latt has been moved to a prison in Pa-an, the capital of the …
Illegal gambling website doesn’t pay off
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia -
He began his empire nearly 10 years ago in Burma, which borders Yunnan and where many Chinese go to bet in casinos as gambling is illegal in China. …
Military regime puts popular rapper behind bars
First Post, UK -
… the 88 Generation Students group, is now behind bars, including leader Min Ko Naing and the iconic former deputy of democracy Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Youth request junta for permission to meet Suu Kyi
Mizzima.com, India -
The youth also requested in their letter that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi be allowed to come to party headquarters to receive homage paid by these youths,” he said …
ASEAN members to join Army shoot meet in Tarlac
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
ASEAN-member countries include Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Taiwan, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines. …
I Live Here puts human face on oppression
Georgia Straight, Canada -
… where many Chechens have fled the ongoing violence in their own republic; Burma, which many have left for Thailand because of military oppression; …
Hip-hop singer Zeyar Thaw given 6 years
Mizzima.com, India -
GW released an anti-junta album, in cooperation with the clandestine band Freedom Fighter, in which ‘Rise up Burma’ and ‘No No No’, an anti-constitutional …
Unfriendly neighbors in Southeast Asia
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
An editor of the Bangkok Post raised this point when he exposed what Thai schools are teaching his daughter: “Like most Thais, she feels Burma is fierce and …
Sino-Burmese Pipeline Work to Begin Soon
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“The long-awaited China-Myanmar [Burma] pipeline is expected to provide an alternative route for China’s crude imports from the Middle East and Africa and …
Refugee family still hasn’t made it to city
Owen Sound Sun Times, Canada -
Predominantly members of the Karen ethnic group, 810 refugees from Burma, now renamed Myanmar, have been accepted for resettlement in Canada. …
Economic crisis as a force for change
Mizzima.com, India -
By the harsh sentencing of activist leaders, essentially a life term behind bars, the military generals in Burma have mocked the world by openly brutalizing …
5 Generation Wave activists sentenced
Mizzima.com, India -
All are members of Generation Wave, which has been advocating for an uprising to topple the military junta in Burma.
Hip-Hop Performer among Latest Victims of Court Crackdown
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The Burmese authorities transferred 15 of the sentenced prisoners, including the well-known activist Min Zaya and 1l other leading members of 88 Generation …
Experts examine role of ethics in medical research
Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria -
For example, the question of the violation of human rights in Thailand, Nepal and Burma. Also, being raised is the issue of the non-binding nature of some …
Sino-Burmese Pipeline Work to Begin Soon
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“The long-awaited China-Myanmar [Burma] pipeline is expected to provide an alternative route for China’s crude imports from the Middle East and Africa and …
China revives Burma pipeline plan
BBC News, UK -
… market giant Petrochina, would manage and own a majority share in the joint project with Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise of Burma, the Japanese paper said. …
Standoff in the Bay of Bengal
ISN, Switzerland -
… Bangladesh deployed warships and land forces along its border with Burma (Myanmar) in early November over the latter’s bid to explore oil and gas in a …
For Bush, Asia Pacific Summit Will be More Than a Swan Song
CNSNews.com, VA -
Talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao will likely deal with North Korea, Iran, Burma, Zimbabwe and Sudan, as well as human rights and religious freedom in …
US President to Discuss Tibet with Hu Jintao
Tibetan Culture & News Online, UK -
In his talks with Hu, Bush also expects to discuss Iran’s suspect nuclear program, turmoil in Zimbabwe and Sudan, pressure on Burma’s military rulers to …
Burma Falls Off UN Agenda
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… Council at a time when the Burmese military junta has been indulging in one of the worst ever crackdowns on pro-democracy activists in the country. …
What happened to Mayateh Maranoh?
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
The section has attracted growing interest from human rights lawyers and the relatives of illegally detained and disappeared persons in Thailand. …
US President to Discuss Tibet with Hu Jintao
Tibetan Culture & News Online, UK -
Dharamshala: The United States President George W Bush will discuss human rights issues in Tibet and the ongoing discussions between the envoys of His …
Bye Bye Freedom
Malaysia Today, Malaysia -
(Remember Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) 3) UMNO need not be answerable to anyone other than the one who gives the most contracts. 4) Laws are immaterial. …
China’s Gruesome Organ Harvest
FrontPage magazine.com, CA -
Those without passports make their way through Burma on motorcycles and back roads. Some have been questioned by UN case workers, but few have been …
UN, Asean Must Speak Up
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… statement expressing “deep concern” about the latest round of assaults on the dignity of Burma’s pro-democracy activists, while his Asean counterpart, …
What to do about Burma
Asia Sentinel, Hong Kong -
Without such a move from the US, Ban Ki-moon’s ‘Group of Friends of the Secretary General on Myanmar’ will yield little. The most effective UN intervention …
A sea-route to North East soon!
Rediff, India -
Sittwe port on the Myanmar coast was not long ago a small village of fishing communities and farmers. Now, it could serve as a commercial sea-route to the …
NCGUB seeks ASEAN mobilization as human rights crackdown intensifies
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
… UN-backed Commission of Inquiry to investigate the military regime’s latest human rights violations. The call comes as Burma’s junta is intensifying its …
Nobel winners highlight education as tool for peace
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa -
In a joint statement, the Dalai Lama, former United States president Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, among others, …
Stop use of child soldiers: Rights group
Mizzima.com, India -
by Phanida Chiang Mai – Child soldiers continue to be used in armed conflicts in Burma, a rights group activists said. It called on the international …
A pernicious nexus Maoists, evangelists and jehadis
Organiser, India -
The goal of this organised nexus is to eliminate Hindus and Buddhists from political power from Fiji, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, …
Bush seeks APEC support for rescue plans
Ninemsn, Australia -
“The president will discuss issues of human rights and religious freedom, including the ongoing dialogue between Beijing and the Dalai Lama” on the …
Myanmar court sentences student activists
CNN International -
A protester demonstrates in London to mark the the 20th anniversary of the Uprising in Burma, on August 8, 2008. Colleagues said Di Nyein Lin was one of …
Federation vows stricter monitoring of FOC vessels
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
FOC countries, according to ITF, include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Cayman Island, Comoros, Cyprus, …
SAUDI ARABIA BANS LAWYER FROM RECEIVING AWARD
IFEX, Canada -
I do not want the Burmese regime to find out. But I can tell you that these stories fill the pages of our reports and those of Human Rights Watch . …
Colombia and Guinea worst for unionists’ murders
OneWorld.net, UK -
Fourteen unionists were jailed in Morocco and seven in Burma, where the junta targeted union activists as part of its brutal crackdown on any moves for …
Fears grow over surge in trade union murders
guardian.co.uk, UK -
Fourteen unionists were jailed in Morocco and seven in Burma, where the junta targeted union activists as part of its crackdown on moves for democracy and …
CNPC to invest in Sino-Burma oil, gas pipeline
China Knowledge Online, Singapore -
CNPC will hold 50.9% stake in the project, while Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise will own the remaining. The Chinese oil producer will also be responsible to …
NCGUB seeks ASEAN mobilisation as human rights crackdown intensifies
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
The call comes as Burma’s junta is intensifying its campaign of detaining democracy supporters for lengthy sentences as a means of clearing the ground prior …
UN experts call for retrial of Myanmar activists
JURIST -
Despite the September release [JURIST report] of more than 9000 political prisoners, human rights groups estimate that more than 2100 Burmese remain …
Call for education to stop conflicts
The Press Association -
The Nobel Laureates, including former US President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, have issued their …
Press Briefing by Assistant to the President for International …
Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC -
And as the President has always done in all of his meetings with Chinese leaders, the President will discuss issues of human rights and religious freedom, …
Myanmar activist follows dad, grandfather to jail
The Associated Press -
Di Nyein Lin is a leader of the outlawed All Burma Federation of Students Union, to which several of the 88 Generation Students’ members belonged in 1988. …
Burma’s Jail News: Three Jailed Today
OpEdNews, PA -
Ko Kyaw San was given 4 years imprisonment. Burma Jail News is not closed yet. Question: How many activists in Burma will be jailed in this month?
Artistic Expressions Promote Human Rights
NewsBlaze, CA -
In Burma, comedian U Maung Thura (better known by his stage name, Zarganar, or “The Tweezers”) uses sly humor to mock his country’s ruling military junta …
Thailand heads back to the old days
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
It’s a disgrace that will turn Thailand into the new Burma. If there’s anything that represents pure treason, it is this. Thailand is finished. …
Ivanhoe likely to resume mining in December
Mizzima.com, India -
by Mizzima News Monywa (Mizzima) – Myanmar Ivanhoe is likely to resume its copper mining activities in Monywa next month following suspension of production …
UN experts condemn Burma trials
BBC News, UK -
The junta says the 2010 elections will be part of its “road map to democracy”. But opposition figures and governments, including the European Union, …
Writer Hnin Pan Ein flees to border
Mizzima.com, India -
… being frequently intimidated and harassed by authorities inside Burma. After her husband, Nay Oo, the South Dagon Township National League for Democracy …
World focus on Burma (2 October 2008)
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Developing our Way out of WMD Terror
Across the Aisle, DC -
When the current nonproliferation regime was designed, the Cold War raged. Only a handful of countries had developed nuclear weapons. …
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Central Chronicle, India -
Our small neighbours Burma and Ceylon have proudly renamed themselves by native names of Myanmar and Sri Lanka and erstwhile East Pakistan as Bangladesh. …
US must send China a clear signal
Taipei Times, Taiwan -
However, in December 2003 he somehow got weak knees and started to oppose Taiwan’s evolution toward a full democracy. He opposed a referendum held in …
Journalist and opposition member Ohn Kyaing arrested again
Reporters without borders (press release), France -
A member of the National League for Democracy, the main opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, he was freed in 2005 after spending 15 years in prison for …
Burma’s economy: Does sanctions hinder development?
Mizzima.com, India -
The Burmese junta is annoyed with the west because of the sanctions but are even more so on the opposition led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for urging the west …
Llyod’s writes to all agents to ‘reconsider’ business deals with Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
“The British government clearly wants them to pull out, we want them to pull out,” said Chatterton adding that the Burmese regime could lose tens of …
Conflict predominant in our world
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
Burma, or what is now called Myanmar, has been under military rule since 1962 and is one of the most undeveloped countries in Asia. …
A 15-year trial is not a fair trial
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
The United Nations Human Rights Committee, which deliberates on cases under the covenant, found that the trial of Lalith Rajapakse in a Sri Lankan high …
Elected MP Ohn Kyaing arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Oct 2, 2008 (DVB)–U Ohn Kyaing, a National League for Democracy member and dedicated participant in cyclone relief efforts, was arrested last night at about …
Burma opposition figure arrested
BBC News, UK -
A prominent political ally of the detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been arrested in Burma. Ohn Kyaing was taken from his home on …
Jenks missionary updates on Myanmar (Burma)
Jenks Journal, OK -
Dr. Chin Do Kham, president of Global Outreach & Community Development, Inc based in Jenks who is a native of Myanmar (Burma) recently came back from a one …
Lawyer Aung Thein withdraws representation
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
The lawyer was particularly dismayed by the one-sided decisions passed against political prisoners by Ahlon township judge Daw Thiri Tin in Insein prison. …
Publishing license of two Burmese weekly journals’ suspended
Mizzima.com, India -
However, it appeared in the journal as ‘Sayagyi U Win Tin’. The journal was banned for this,” an editor of a weekly journal said on condition of anonymity. …
Monk Escapes from Lantalang Prison
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By SAW YAN NAING A 28-year-old Burmese Buddhist monk, Ashin Pannasiri, has successfully escaped from Lantalang Prison in Chin State and arrived in Delhi, …
Myanmar, Kachin rebels oppose dams on Chinese border
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
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This is revealed by sources close to the ethnic rebel group which, despite signing a peace agreement with the Burmese junta in 1994, exercises substantial …
The Strange World of Burma’s Home Affairs Minister
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… to infiltrate Burma by using the UN and the “Responsibility to Protect” paradigm as part of an agenda to accuse the regime of “crimes against humanity. …
Prominent former journalist detained by Burma junta
The Standard, Hong Kong -
Burmese authorities have detained a prominent former journalist and member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy opposition movement, the party said. …
Burma Stonewalls at the UN
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Obliquely responding to the General Assembly ministers, he said only that “the international community can best assist Myanmar’s [Burma’s] democratization …
Veteran NLD MP Arrested
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
However, the Burmese military regime refused to recognize the result of the election. Ohn Kyaing was imprisoned in September 1990 and sentenced to 17 years …
US Challenges to Democratic Governance
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand -
In this, the 60th year since the adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we must counter challenges to the very human rights that we as …
Junta arrests another opposition MP, Ohn Kyaing
Mizzima.com, India -
The detained Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s party spokesperson, however, said details of the arrest of the MP are still not known. …
Elected MP’s health deteriorates in detention
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Separately, U Aung Thein, the lawyer who represents National League for Democracy member Ko Thein Swe, has asked the court to release his client now that …
One year later: petitioners commemorate Burma protests
Record-Harvard Law School, MA -
Swan Ahr Shin and Police Support Sittwe Monks
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
During last year’s Saffron Revolution, members of Swan Ahr Shin along with the police and riot police attacked many democratic and human rights activists. …
Banning jade from Burma hurts monks and jewelers
Denver Post, CO -
The stated purpose of the JADE Act is to punish the repressive Burmese regime for its crackdown on the demonstrating monks, for the continued detention of …
The currency debate re-ignites? (Chinal Financial Markets)
ChinaStakes.com, China -
I have argued for a long time that as long as China maintained its currency regime it forced a trade deficit onto the rest of the world, which for the most …
Burma’s Censors Suspend Two Publications
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By LAWI WENG and MOE MYINT YAN Two weekly publications have been suspended by Burma’s notorious censorship board, after being accused of violating rules and …
Mindanao is focus of US for Southeast Asia peace and stability
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
He cited ASEAN’s role in convincing Burma’s junta to accept much-needed international aid after a devastating cyclone and the contribution of various …
Than Shwe Delays Signing Election Law
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN The head of the Burmese military regime, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, has still not approved the country’s election law, which authorizes an election in …
“The Voice of Art in a Battle for Freedom: International Artists … (Freedom and Art)
Absolutearts.com -
… a key political figure who has been under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for the past 18 years over her bid for political freedom. …
Nargis recovery proceeding, $240 million still needed
Mizzima.com, India -
In an international funding conference held in Rangoon three weeks following Nargis, Burma’s ruling junta originally appealed for international aid to the …
Breastfeeding, safest for infants
Mizzima.com, India -
The announcement of the joint action plan came a day after Burma’s military government ran a warning message on its mouth-piece newspaper on the use of …
ENSURE SAFE FEEDING FOR INFANTS AND INCREASE VIGILANCE
Ministry of Health, UNICEF and WHO Myanmar statement on safe feeding for infants
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
The Ministry of Health, Government of Myanmar is taking prompt actions in response to contaminated milk powder issue. The Government of Myanmar has …
‘The Revolving Door’: Plight of Burmese refugees in Malaysia
Mizzima.com, India -
We feel like it is a ray of hope for Burmese in Malaysia, who are out of range of protection both from workers’ rights and human rights groups,” said Ye Min …
NLD youth member reported dead in custody
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Oct 1, 2008 (DVB)–Aung Moe Lwin, a 36-year-old youth member of the National League for Democracy in Natmauk township, Magwe division, is said to have died …
Thursday, October 9
AP-
1983 – A powerful bomb, believed planted by North Korean agents, explodes in Rangoon, Burma, killing 18 members of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan’s entourage.
One year on in Burma
Irish Times, Ireland -
… but has made little progress on political prisoners or human rights, including release of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Low-key celebration for 48 years of ineptitude (Nigeria)
The Punch, Nigeria -
When Burma (Myanmar) too turned 60 recently, the citizens did not feel like celebrating either. The celebration had to be low keyed because the general mood …
‘Militant monks’ or agents of change?
Times of India, India -
In Thailand, monks led a revolt against the corrupt regime of Thaksin Shinawatra; in Myanmar, thousands of them walked the streets, challenging the brutal …
China’s Quest for Moral Authority
The Nation., NY -
China, replete with human rights abuses at home and allied with many of the world’s unsavory regimes abroad–from Gen. Than Schwe in Burma and Kim Jong Il …
UK Express, UK -
It was in conditions such as these that the men of the Third Battalion of the Sixth Gurkha Rifles fought the three-day battle for Mongaung in Northern Burma …
Escapee Describes Torture in Burma
Radio Free Asia, DC -
NEW DELHI—The only leader of Burma’s 2007 Saffron Revolution to escape from a junta prison camp has described torture and backbreaking hard labor in custody …
TJA all stirred up (Loud in rhetoric)
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Not the needs of the American people or American citizens, but the human conditions, rights and abuses pertaining to Burmese, Tibetans, North Koreans and …
Why India Became Free
Mainstream, India -
… Indian Army who were taken prisoner by the Japanese when the British withdrew helter-skelter from Burma (now Myanmar) and other South Asian countries. …
Should Asia brace for more mega storms?
The Japan Times, Japan -
However, Cyclone Nargis, which hit Myanmar last May, appears to be the first high-strength storm recorded in the populous Irrawaddy River Delta in Burma, …
Burma prisoner release masks absence of legitimate legal and …
JURIST -
That to do this contradicts an article of a judiciary law that it itself introduced is no obstacle for a regime that understands legality only in terms of …
Democracies Are Driven By Positive Language Skills
Huffington Post, NY -
The Burmese generals who killed the last generation of Buddhist monks will likely kill the next generation with less fuss and muss. But in a democracy …
David Cameron’s speech in full
guardian.co.uk, UK -
This attitude, this whole health and safety, human rights act culture, has infected every part of our life. If you’re a police officer you now cannot pursue …
Burma: two weeklies suspended, jailed blogger appears in court again
Reporters without borders (press release), France -
Only Burma’s privately-owned press has covered China’s baby formula scandal, the political crisis in Thailand or the release of journalist U Win Tin …
Rights group to probe Burma war crimes
Adelaidenow, Australia -
Burma also houses more than 2100 political prisoners, including democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent more than 12 of …
