Posts Tagged ‘Freedom’
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 (14 January 2009)
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End ‘ugly’ human rights record, group urges Obama
CBC.ca, Canada -
Human Rights Watch is urging Barack Obama to end the “ugly record” of complacency and abuse under US President George W. Bush and make human rights a top …
Junta sentences activist to 104 years in prison
Mizzima.com, India -
… a total of 104 years in prison, the longest term so far, early in January, the Thailand based Assistant Association of Political Prisoners (Burma) said. …
Our foreign policy challenges
The Daily Star, Bangladesh -
Over the last 38 years, we have behaved like a country with one neighbour (we took Burma for granted) — a compulsion brought about by many factors, …
Burma’s gem industry: profit that fills the generals’ pockets
Mizzima.com, India -
He also insists that a part of the high-quality gems produced is also smuggled directly to China, Thailand and Hong Kong. “The mining scene in Mogoke today …
Conflicts, crackdowns mar 2008 Asian rights record: HRW
AFP -
In Myanmar, also known as Burma — which HRW said also draws support from China, Russia and Thailand — democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went into her …
Myanmar Rat Infestation Causing Food Crisis – NGO
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka -
YANGON (AFP)–Tens of thousands of people in remote northwestern Myanmar faced a food crisis after their farmlands were destroyed by a rat infestation, …
18 Detainees Escape Kupang Immigration
Jakarta Globe, Indonesia -
… from Afghanistan and Burma to escape early on Wednesday morning. Rochmadi, head of the Kupang branch office of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, …
Burma, Myanmar: Religion cannot be separated from politics; what …
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka -
Myanmar has a long way to go in this regard, and the Burmese Generals, if they were smart and wanted to survive as a government, would work at a …
Campaigners urge UK to investigate firms investing in Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
But such insurance companies have to go through the Myanmar Insurance Enterprise (MIE), which takes commission from the insurance companies. …
Obama pressed over human rights
BBC News, UK -
A leading advocacy group called today for US President-elect Barack Obama to put human rights at the centre of US foreign, domestic and security policy. …
Group urges Obama to focus on human rights
Kansas City Star, MO -
… to deal with Zimbabwe, Egypt as trying to limit scrutiny of abuses in Sudan’s Darfur region, and India and China as not addressing repression in Burma. …
Group urges Obama to focus on human rights
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama should put human rights at the center of US foreign, domestic and security policy to undo “the enormous …
2009 World Report: Obama Should Emphasize Human Rights
منظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش – حقوق الانسان -
… addressing repression in Burma. Human Rights Watch commends southern governments that have bucked the trend and spoken out in support of human rights, …
2008 – A Year In The Laundry
Mondaq News Alerts (registration), UK -
The report lists the following as Jurisdictions of Primary Concern – Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Burma, …
WJA, GIA to Host Photo Safari of Gemstones in Carlsbad
Diamonds.net, NY -
He has traveled to many remote regions that are the sources of highly treasured gemstones; these include Myanmar (Burma), East Africa, India, Thailand, …
US accused of abdicating role as human rights defender
guardian.co.uk, UK -
In what HRW calls a “misplaced southern solidarity”, India failed to speak out against repression in Burma, harbouring a “deeply ingrained view that …
THAILAND – MYANMAR The tragedy of Rohingya refugees, arrested in …
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
“They have no hope for a better life in Burma. Pushing them back out to sea is not an effective deterrent,” Mr Garcia explained. …
Going organic
Business Mirror, Philippines -
… 56.6), India (123rd, 54.4), Indonesia (131st, 53.4), China (132nd, 53.2), Vietnam (145th, 51), Laos (150th, 50.4) and Burma (176th, 37.7). …
Report Myanmar activist gets 104 years in jail
The Southern Ledger, TN -
… said the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a Thailand-based group of Myanmar activists. It said Bo Min Yu Ko of the All Burma Federation …
Illegal immigrants break out of Indonesian centre
The Australian, Australia -
EIGHTEEN illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Burma, who were caught trying to enter Australia illegally, have overpowered their guards and escaped from …
Report: Myanmar activist gets 104 years in jail
The Associated Press -
… said the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a Thailand-based group of Myanmar activists. It said Bo Min Yu Ko of the All Burma Federation …
Burma, Myanmar: Blog Award Confirms Final Result For Best Asian Blog
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka -
But the opponents did not know medias and supporters were 100% behind me and my country (Burma). Today we show the world our unity, and we get the power to ...
The Post-Presidency of George W. Bush
Canada Free Press, Canada -
One such place is Myanmar (formerly known as Burma.) It has been ruled by a military junta since 1962. Its populace has almost no freedom to speak of and is …
Burmese Journalists Look Back at 2008—or was it 1984?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… reprimanded by authorities after writing a story about the murder of five people in a house near the residence of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
RELIGION-INDIA: Reviving Buddhism Where It Was Born
Inter Press Service, Italy -
“Buddhist communities here are still very poor,” explains Fulzele, “We can’t build huge monasteries like in Burma, Sri Lanka or Thailand, where there follow …
Abhisit Needs to Set a New Course on Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By AUNG ZAW Here’s some good news: Thailand’s new prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, says he shares the West’s desire for change in Burma. …
Burma’s Economy Feeling the Pain
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… according to sources with the Myanmar Garment Manufactures Association. Meanwhile, the powerful Burmese businessman, Tay Za, told senior officials at …
104 Years Given to Political Dissident
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN A Burmese court sentenced Bo Min Yu Ko, a member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (Upper Burma, ABFSU), to a total of 104 years in …
Mark My Words
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
What can he do to win greater credibility for his mission and to achieve political reconciliation in Burma? A: The UN is playing a key role and we support …
Myanmar dissident gets 104 years in jail
SINDH TODAY, Pakistan -
Bo Min Yo Ko is a member of the Upper Burma (Mandalay) branch of the All Burma Federation of Students Unions. He was denied a defence lawyer and his family …
Basu: State still needs to help vulnerable
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA -
Noting reports of workplace discrimination from recent Burmese refugees, Chen called for more tools to help acculturate refugees. …
City group to help Myanmar refugees
Canoe.ca, Canada -
… Medical Mercy Canada Society (MMC) is taking medicine, equipment, clothes and baby supplies for Myanmar refugees in India, Thailand and Burma. …
Child Labour in Vietnam
CSR Asia, Hong Kong -
Jackie Pollock, a founding member of the Thailand-based Migrant Assistance Programme (MAP) said some officials feared that Burmese migrants, if registered, …
BC aid worker dumped in ditch after robbery
The Province, Canada -
Jiri Zivny and a team of volunteers were distributing medical items and Christmas gifts to orphanages in China, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma in December. …
Singapore / China Singapore and China sign free agreement
JEC Composites, France -
China and Singapore signed the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA) on October 23, 2008, a key step forward that will further enhance bilateral …
Russia ranks low in Freedom in the World 2009 report
Russia-InfoCenter, Russia -
… Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Libya, Sudan, Burma, Equatorial Guinea and Somalia. Russia’s Chechnya territory is in the same category.
Macau ranks sixth freest economy in Asia-Pacific
Macau Daily Times, Macau -
Another finding is that economies classified as free or mostly free also do a much better job promoting human development, reducing poverty and protecting …
New approach to Asean-EU trade?
Straits Times, Singapore -
He said the human rights situation in Myanmar, formerly called Burma, remains an issue of concern for the EU. ‘There’s got to be change in Burma on human …
Which Nations Are Freer Than Others?
TIME -
The remaining worst-rated states are Burma, a tightly-controlled military dicatorship; Equatorial Guinea, a highly repressive regime with one of the worst …
The CIA and Narco-Imperialism
Black Agenda Report, NJ -
During the Vietnam War, the CIA organized the Southeast Asian heroin trade, centered in Burma’s Golden Triangle, creating a global empire with profit …
MP’s to elect new NCGUB PM in exile
Mizzima.com, India -
Meanwhile, Dr. San Aung also said that the recent announcement made by exile based alliance, ‘National Council of Union of Burma’ (NCUB), announcing its …
Illegal migrants flee Indonesian prison
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
Eighteen nationals from Afghanistan and Burma detained while trying to illegally enter Australia have escaped from an Indonesian detention centre, …
Clinton Makes No Remarks on Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“Mrs. Bush has been outspoken on behalf of the plight of Afghan women, on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, and other women facing oppression around the …
Funeral tomorrow for Shan rebel “minister”
Shan Herald Agency for News, Thailand -
… entity from Burma. Known as a brilliant student at the Rangoon University, he had worked at the Thai embassy in Rangoon before coming to Thailand. …
INTERVIEW: Freedom House stresses safeguarding of democracy
Taipei Times, Taiwan -
… and Burma is not Taiwan in terms of what the conditions are on the ground, what the circumstances are, same thing for what’s going on in Thailand, …
Cambridge Council Votes on Gaza
Harvard Crimson, MA - 1
… support of a bill in the state legislature that would use the Commonwealth’s pension fund investments “to promote democracy and human rights in Burma. …
Photo: Sun News Publishing
Daily Sun, Nigeria -
… whopping sum of $500000 to the military regime in Myanmar [former Burma] and demanded immediate explanation from President Umaru Yar’Adua to Nigerians. …
Clinton Challenged On Foreign Donations To Library
Free Internet Press, NY -
Clinton also praised outgoing first lady Laura Bush for her advocacy on behalf of Afghan women and the detained Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
World focus on Burma (13 January 2009)
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REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH DURING VISIT TO LITTLE FLOWER …
Federal News Service (subscription), DC -
MRS. BUSH: Thank you all. I’m very happy to be here today. One of the things I’ve been most interested in over the last eight years while I’ve had the …
Triple i Logistics sees more M&A activity in the industry
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
Will the new 3E road link from the South of China to Thailand via Burma and the R9 route, linking Burma to Vietnam via Thailand and Laos, be positive for …
Kachin party – but not KIO – to contest 2010 election
Mizzima.com, India -
… groups to surrender, according to Dr. Tu Jar, Vice-Chairman of the KIO, which reached a ceasefire agreement with Burma’s military junta in 1994. …
Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister paid a courtesy call on Thai …
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
On 12 January 2009, Mr. U Kyaw Thu, Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister, paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya during his study trip to …
Pro-junta party kicks off campaign for 2010 polls in northwestern …
Mizzima.com, India -
The NLD, though it was not abolished, is banned from opening their offices. According to Ling Ha, political parties that have been abolished by the ruling …
Migrants’ work permits being extended
Shan Herald Agency for News, Thailand -
Instead when the migrant workers returned to their homes in Burma, junta authorities terrorized their families coercing them to pay bribes, …
Do we really need to know what names were ‘formerly known as’?
News Sentinel, IN -
It was bad enough when we had all the stories about Myanmar. You never saw “Myanmar” by itself, did you? It was always “Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. …
Meeting to foster people’s participation in 2010 election
Mizzima.com, India -
The meeting held at the residence of Nay Myo Wai, who has been writing critical articles against Burma’s mainstream opposition on internet web pages, …
Myanmar closes mosques and churches
EnerPub, TX -
For some time, the Burmese military junta has stopped granting property deeds to religious organizations for the construction of churches or places of …
Thai FM reviews cyclone victims aid with Myanmar official
Mathaba.Net, UK -
BANGKOK, Jan 12 (TNA) – Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met Monday with a senior Myanmar official to review progress in distributing, delivering and …
Burmese Rice Farmers Struggle to Make a Living
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN The destruction wrought by Cyclone Nargis, combined with falling world prices, is hitting Burmese rice farmers hard, with many of them …
Rangoon Under Tightened Security: Sources
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The protesters called for the release of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The parliament building has been unused since the current junta seized power in 1988.
Thailand to Help Rebuild Temples in the Irrawaddy Delta
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
After the meeting, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters that Thailand wanted to see change in Burma. “The goals of Western countries and the …
Roundtable: Youth and leadership
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
DVB: Isn’t it worse for the NLD living under military rule in Burma? WT: “[The military regime] has been trying to tear us and the young people apart. …
Burma, Myanmar: Thank You Google
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka -
By Ashin Mettacara Today is my happiest day in my life . Because my dream and hope have arrived. Google News starts to include the news from my site for the .
Burma: Myanmar Blog Academy Award 2008 Winners Announced
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka -
By Ashin Mettacara The first ever Myanmar Blog Award have arrived! Myanmar Blog Academy Award 2008 Programme site mmblogpress.com has announced the winners …
Singaporean Activists Detained after Protesting Burmese Migrants …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Activists Seelan Palay and Chong Kai Xiong said they felt guilty because their government had refused to extend the work permits of two Burmese migrants who …
Burma ranks among worst nations for civilian freedom: Rights Group
Mizzima.com, India -
Burma’s military rulers have said that the country is building a roadmap to democracy and are gearing up to hold general elections in 2010. …
Supporting Burma Key Achievement of Laura Bush
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
She also protested the violent crackdown of the ruling junta against peaceful protesters and the prolonged detainment of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Prize …
Ecotourism outweighs irresponsible travel
FemaleFirst.co.uk, UK -
Each year, over $100 million derived from tourism enables Burma’s Junta military regime to continually enforce inhumane working conditions on the local …
Elected MPs’ lawyers denied access to court
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
“We filled out and submitted forms to gain entry to the courtroom but then we were told by the deputy prison chief and another official we were not allowed …
A tale of two distant war zones
Toronto Star, Canada -
… cowering under the assault of fighter jets and mortars, with uncounted casualties and warnings of “genocidal” atrocities from human rights activists. …
Global Freedom Fell in 2008 Amid Crackdowns, Rights Group Says
Bloomberg -
Thirty-four percent of the world’s population lives in “not free” countries, which include China, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, Zimbabwe and Vietnam. …
83-Year-Old Man Bicycles to 146 Burmese Towns
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
Sittwe: An 83-year-old Arakanese man has already traveled to 146 towns in Burma by bicycle and is currently visiting southern Shan State near the Thai …
Two NLD youth members arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Nyan Win said the Dala township NLD youth wing coordinator Htet Soe Lin and youth organising wing leader Thet Pain Min were arrested by about 20 Special …
Phuketwan.com Reports the Real Phuket
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
… shores — the Rohingya of Burma. hundreds over the past few months in a desperate attempt to find better fortunes in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. …
Score one more for first lady
GoErie.com, PA -
… had spent many months relentlessly calling for the overthrow of the repressive Burmese government — ever since she had read a book by Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Nigeria’s $500000 gift to junta draws international ire
Mizzima.com, India -
“I am honored to present this cheque for the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, through you, to the government and people of Myanmar [Burma], …
Dishy picks
Dispatch Online, South Africa -
TCM, 8pm: Never So Few – The Kachin natives of Burma were trained in the art of modern warfare, but the Japanese army proved to be a formidable adversary. …
Laura Bush unveils state china
Nashua Telegraph, NH -
By LISA TOLIN AP First lady Laura Bush showed off a new gold-rimmed set of official George W. Bush state china last week, with less than two weeks to use it …
Censored Burmese magazine faces delay in publication
Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Thailand -
The “Myanmar Thit” monthly magazine’s latest issue has been delayed as it was forced to submit another cover design after the Burmese censor board rejected …
Hong Kong named world’s freest economy
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
The Heritage Foundation said North Korea was the world’s most restricted economy, followed by Zimbabwe, Cuba, Burma and Eritrea. …
Political protests nixed work permit renewals
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan -
The Singapore government has explained its decision not to renew the work permit of two Myanmar nationals, saying they had gone beyond the law allowed in …
Revesltoke Rotary exchange student shares the joys of Thailand
Revelstoke Times Review, Canada -
… an artistically modern temple still being constructed, and then found ourselves looking into Laos and Myanmar (Burma) at the Golden Triangle. …
2 held over protest
Straits Times, Singapore -
Both men, he added, were part of a group of Myanmar nationals who took part in a protest march against their country’s ruling junta during the Asean summit …
Improved transport links boost thailand-china-laos trade
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
These three ports facilitate commerce among the four riparian countries including Burma. China has dominated water transportation. More Thai tourists also …
Rights Group Condemns Nigeria’s Gift To Myanmar Junta
LeadershipNigeria, Nigeria -
… on Monday, carpeted the Federal Government for the recent reported gift of a whooping sum of $500000 to the military regime in Myanmar (former Burma). …
Assessing Bush: Foreign Policy Jeff Alworth
BlueOregon, OR -
The Bush Doctrine wasn’t a philosophical treatise about bringing democracy to unstable countries. Rather–and it’s right there in the name–it was security …
Two activists arrested for protesting at MOM
TODAYonline, Singapore -
The Myanmar pair were among a group of 40 who took part in a protest against their country’s ruling junta during the Asean Summit here in November 2007. …
Kristof’s got news
GetReligion, DC -
In Thailand’s brothels, for example, Thai girls usually work voluntarily, while Burmese and Cambodian girls are regularly imprisoned. …
CWS appeal update: Myanmar (Burma) cyclone Nargis long-term …
Reuters AlertNet, UK -
Nargis struck Myanmar (Burma) on May 2-3, 2008, and killed more than 84530 persons. More than 53000 are still reported missing. …
Freedom in the World 2009: Freedom Retreats for Third Year
NewsBlaze, CA -
… Maldives and Bhutan, some progress was also seen in Nepal, Kashmir, Malaysia and Thailand. Declines were registered in Afghanistan, Burma, Fiji, …
Curfew imposed in Magwe oilfields
Mizzima.com, India -
by Zar Ni Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Burmese military junta has intervened and imposed curfew in an oilfield, after the dispute between a private oil …
Thailand will not use sanctions to push for change in Burma: Abhisit
Mizzima.com, India -
“The goals of Western countries and the countries in this region for Myanmar are not different – we all want to see some changes,” Abhisit was quoted as …
Asean members eye Asean tourists
Business Mirror, Philippines -
Asean groups the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei and Burma/Myanmar. E. Torres.
Ramos Horta skeptical about true peace
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
Closer to home, he called the situation in Burma “an embarrassment to all of us in the region” but urged the West to rethink sanctions against the …
The governor
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
In October 1999, Sukhumbhand, then deputy foreign minister, offered himself as a hostage to end a siege at the Burmese Embassy. Burmese dissident students …
Abhisit calls for change in Burma
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
In his first public comments on Burma since he became prime minister, Mr Abhisit said Thailand had to act differently because it was so close to Burma. …
Global freedom on the slide: report
theage.com.au
January 12, 2009 – 3:12PM
Freedom was on the march downward in 2008, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union, a private democracy watchdog organisation says.
It was the third year in a row that Freedom House had judged a drop in global freedom, though the pace of the decline slowed, thanks in part to significant improvements in South Asia, including Pakistan.
The group analysed 193 countries and found 89 were free, representing 46 per cent of the global population. That total was one fewer than in 2007; Senegal no longer was a member of the free club.
By comparison, 42 countries earned the “not free” designation.
They account for 34 per cent of the population – with just one “not free” nation, China, accounting for nearly three-fifths of that total.
The report on global freedom has been published annually since 1972.
“The decline in freedom has coincided with the onset of a forceful reaction against democratic reformers, international assistance to the reformers and the very idea of democracy,” said Arch Puddington, director of research for Freedom House.
The non-governmental organisation has promoted the expansion of freedom around the world since 1941.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Australia, New Zealand, some Pacific island nations, Indonesia, India, Japan, Bhutan and Mongolia were rated as full members of the free club.
Burma and Fiji were among nations which got thumbs down.
With the biggest setbacks in sub-Saharan Africa, declines in freedom were noted in Senegal, Mauritania, Congo, Guinea, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. There were gains in Zambia, Comoros, Angola and Ivory Coast.
Puddington said there was no single, identifiable reason for the decline in Africa.
“We did, however, see a trend whereby countries in which democratic performance was already poor getting even poorer,” he said, citing Zimbabwe, Guinea and Equatorial Guinea.
The former Soviet Union was the only region to show consistent decline during the past decade.
Among the factors, he said, were the presence of a number of “petro-authoritarian” states in the region, such as Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, and the continued authoritarian legacy of the Soviet Union and the strong influence of Russia on its neighbours.
The report said democracy declined significantly in Russia and US-backed Georgia, as well as in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova.
South Asia showed the most progress, the report said, with big improvements in Pakistan, Maldives and Bhutan.
“South Asia was the bright spot in 2008,” Puddington said.
“This is especially important because South Asia has experienced so many years of chaos and upheaval.”
The organisation says the survey ratings and narrative reports are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide.
Key findings:
*Free: The number of countries judged by the report as free in 2008 stands at 89, representing 46 per cent of the world’s countries and 46 per cent of the global population. The number of free countries declined by one from 2007.
*Partly Free: The number of partly free countries is 62, or 32 per cent of all countries assessed by the survey and 20 per cent of the world’s total population. The number of partly free countries increased by two.
*Not Free: The report designates 42 countries as not free, representing 22 per cent of the total number of countries and 34 per cent of the world population. Nearly 60 per cent of this number lives in China. The number of not free countries declined by one.
*Electoral Democracies: The number of electoral democracies dropped by two and stands at 119. Developments in Mauritania, Georgia, Venezuela and Central African Republic disqualified them from the electoral democracy list, while Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bangladesh became electoral democracies.
Worst of the worst:
Worst of the Worst: Of the 42 countries designated not free, eight received the survey’s lowest possible ranking for both political rights and civil liberties: North Korea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Libya, Sudan, Burma, Equatorial Guinea and Somalia. Two territories are in the same category: Tibet and Chechnya. Eleven other countries and territories received scores that were slightly better: Belarus, Chad, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Zimbabwe, South Ossetia and Western Sahara.
*Sub-Saharan Africa: Twelve countries and one territory – about one-fourth of the regional total – experienced setbacks in 2008. In addition to Senegal and Mauritania, declines were also registered in Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Namibia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Somaliland. The region’s downturn comes after several years of modest improvement. Positive developments include gains in Zambia, Comoros, Angola and Cote d’Ivoire.
*Asia: The most significant progress occurred in South Asia, where several countries saw improvements linked to elections. In addition to significant improvements in Pakistan, Maldives and Bhutan, some progress was also seen in Nepal, Kashmir, Malaysia and Thailand. Declines were registered in Afghanistan, Burma, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Tibet. China increased repression instead of delivering human rights reforms pledged in connection to hosting the Summer Olympics.
*Middle East/North Africa: After several years of modest gains earlier in the decade, the Middle East/North Africa is now experiencing stagnation. Iraq is the only country to show improvement because of reductions in violence, political terror and government-sponsored Shia militias, although it retains its Not Free status. Jordan, Bahrain, Iran, the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli-Occupied Territories also declined.
*Western Europe and North America: The region continues to earn the highest scores in Freedom in the World. The election of Barack Obama as US president could lead to reforms of problematic counterterrorism policies. Two European countries experienced declines in 2008: Italy and Greece. The survey also voices concern about potential threats to freedom of expression in Canada and Great Britain.
© 2009 AP
http://news.theage.com.au/world/global-freedom-on-the-slide-report-20090112-7f03.html
World focus on Burma (12 January 2009)
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Two Singaporeans defending Burmese workers arrested
Mizzima.com, India -
Seelan Palay and Chong Kai Xiong, who were demonstrating outside the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) office in Singapore, to highlight the plight of Burmese …
MYANMAR: Capacity challenges remain
IRINnews.org, NY -
… told IRIN in Yangon, the former Burmese capital. More than two million people were affected when Nargis struck Myanmar’s low-lying Ayeyarwady Delta on 2 …
East Timor President Calls for Review of Burma Sanctions Policy
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said, “The goals of Western countries and the countries in the region for Myanmar [Burma] are not different – we all want …
State of Exception
Webdiary, Australia -
… putting an immediate distance between her and Howard – took up the issue of women, and support for Burma ’s silenced democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Nationwide polio campaign launched
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dr Myint Oo, secretary of the Myanmar Medical Association (Upper Burma), said the country had been declared polio-free in 2003 but the disease had …
Messenger in the Dark
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Fear follows Burmese artists even when they venture abroad, according to the leading painter Chaw Ei Thein. The self-censorship they practice within Burma …
Warrants Issued for Santika Owner, Manager
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Among the dead were three Singaporeans, one Japanese and one Burmese national, Win Kyaw Phyo, 26, a graduate student at Assumption University of Thailand …
When the Market Speaks
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The junta undertook a partial “liberalization” of Burma’s energy market by allowing Myanmar Economic Holding, Ltd, which is owned by the military, …
New Bangkok Governor has Big Plans
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Sukhumbhand Paribatra has also been a strong critic of the military regime in Burma. The Democrat Party-led coalition won 20 of the 29 House seats in the …
Thai FM reviews cyclone victims aid with Myanmar official
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
BANGKOK, Jan 12 (TNA) – Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met Monday with a senior Myanmar official to review progress in distributing, delivering and …
Malaysians want what we want
guardian.co.uk, UK -
Parts of Sarawak and neighbouring Saba are still pretty remote and much of the peninsula – the long finger down from Thailand and Burma – are not as …
Myanmar rat infestation causing food crisis: NGO
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
YANGON – Tens of thousands of people in remote northwestern Myanmar faced a food crisis after their farmlands were destroyed by a rat infestation, …
Burma needs reform, unified and balanced structure
Mizzima.com, India -
“Myanmar is highly expected to make an exit from those similar circles in history,” the observer remarked, adding that new actors/agents or new …
Urbane Nomads Organizes Tour to Remote North-Eastern Myanmar by …
Emediawire (press release), WA -
Some of the tours Urbane Nomads is promoting in 2009 include a private jet tour covering Golden Triangle Thailand and Myanmar, before moving on to Putao, …
Political prisoners denied family visits
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Jan 12, 2009 (DVB)–Families of political inmates in various remote prison across Burma said they were refused permission to see their detained relatives …
2 arrested for protest
Straits Times, Singapore -
They wore red T-shirts and held a banner that read ‘Stop ill-treatment of Burmese activists’. The protest was in support of two Myanmar nationals, …
Authorities crack down on Myaing oil workers’ protest
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Four young villagers named Yeh Htut Win, Yazar Aung, Myo Aung and Than Shwe were arrested the following morning on suspicion of arson and taken to Pakokku …
Lawyer plans to appeal sentences of 11 students
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… Federation of Student Unions for Upper Burma, Bo Min Yu. “The ABFSU leader, Bo Min Yu, was sentenced to over 100 years in prison,” Myint Thwin said. …
Cambodia’s PM to attend summit in Thailand
Australia Network News, Australia -
Thailand currently holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN, which groups it with Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, …
“International Artists Collaborate in Fight for Freedom”
Absolutearts.com -
… a key political figure who was placed under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) 19 years ago over her bid for political freedom. …
VDO – Andaman News Monday 12 January 2009; 6 items
Thailand National News Bureau, Thailand -
Item—2— Thai hospitality operators are participating in the ASEAN Tourism Forum in Vietnam held during January 5-12. The Tourism Authority of Thailand …
Twittering away
New Europe, Belgium -
YouTube was used by Burmese bloggers to bear witness on the crackdown of the Saffron Revolution in lieu of world media who were banned from entering the …
Global freedom on the slide: report
The Age, Australia -
… Maldives and Bhutan, some progress was also seen in Nepal, Kashmir, Malaysia and Thailand. Declines were registered in Afghanistan, Burma, Fiji, …
Crisis may lead to more non-tariff barriers
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
A new FTA is likely to be negotiated in cooperation with the Asean countries, in line with the bloc’s plan to integrate its 10 member states into an Asean …
Bid to boost trade with neighbours to life exports
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
Cross-border trade covers Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia. According to the Foreign Trade Department, in the first 11 months of last year, …
Today in History
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND -
In 1909, actress Ann Sothern was born in Valley City, ND; UN Secretary-General U Thant was born in Pantanaw, Burma. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson …
Not standing up and being counted on Burma
Manila Times, Philippines -
THE Philippines missed out on a gilt-edged chance to make a principled stand on the burning question of Myanmar—or Burma as the civilized world remembers …
World focus on Burma (8 January 2009)
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Remarks by Henrietta Fore
USAID (press release), DC -
We were among the first to respond to victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the South Asian earthquake of 2005, the cyclones in Bangladesh and Burma …
HRW denies any influence at play in removal of Taiwan
Taipei Times, Taiwan -
… work on Taiwan because the abuses there aren’t nearly as acute as they are in many other Asian countries, such as Afghanistan, Burma [Myanmar] or China. …
Land seized and resold at a premium by headman in Karen State
Independent Mon News Agency, WA -
Kyat-tha are a Burmese measurement used to quantify prices in terms of gold, used by many villages in the area. According to a source in Thanle, …
Humanitarian crisis in Chin state likely to escalate in 2009: NGO
Mizzima.com, India -
Joseph Win Hlaing Oo, director of the Rangoon-based Country Agency for Rural Development in Myanmar (CAD), on Thursday said the humanitarian crisis in Chin …
India: Turmeric exports surge on higher demand
FreshPlaza, Netherlands -
Other major producers are China, Myanmar, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Burma and Indonesia. India is the major exporter of turmeric in …
India & Pakistan: An Uncertain Future
The REAL TRUTH, OH -
The close of the British Empire’s colonial era on the subcontinent of India began with the formation of the self-governing colony of Burma (today Myanmar) …
EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: NEW REPORT REVEALS MASSIVE …
MaximsNews Network, NY -
UNITED NATIONS – / MaximsNews Network / 08 January 2009 — The European Union’s leverage to promote human rights values and its vision of a rules-based …
Did Than Shwe’s Grandson Kidnap Model?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Last year, a YouTube video clip of Sai Sai Khan Hlaing and Wut Hmone Shwe Yee was popular among Burma’s young internet users. Private journals and magazines …
FSA imposes largest fine ever to Aon for ’suspicious payments’
Finance Markets, UK -
The countries were Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burma, Indonesia and Vietnam, and the payments were reported to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). ..
Many condolences on the death of U Saw Mra Aung
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
The organization honoured U Saw Mra Aung as a great leader for his contribution for democracy in Burma. An Arakanese group, All Arakan Students and Youth …
Commodity protestor beaten in Bago prison
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
He was sentenced to 13 and a half years’ imprisonment in December 2008 and has now been sent to Pu-Tao prison on the northern edge of Burma in Kachin state. …
NGOs Question Thai Government Freeze on Migrant Registration
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… drive an increasing number of Burmese to seek work in neighboring Thailand, and the flow of migrants was boosted still further by Cyclone Nargis. …
Global Crisis Hits Junta’s Pockets as Gas Prices Fall
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Almost 50 percent of households in Burma were in debt before Cyclone Nargis devastated the country’s core rice and fishing industries. Despite Burma’s gas …
Running in the Wrong Direction
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
He is not like his cousin, Aung San Suu Kyi. “That’s why that other leading umbrella organization, the National Council of the Union of Burma, announced on …
Top Bush Aide Hopes Obama Will Push Burmese Cause
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… including Aung San Suu Kyi. Although it was not able to achieve any of these objectives, the Bush administration was successful in putting Burma on the …
Detained student leader hospitalized in Insein prison
Mizzima.com, India -
Kyaw Aye, Kyaw Ko Ko’s father, one of the leaders of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), who was arrested and detained for his involvement …
Diary: Emily Maitlis
New Statesman, UK -
… it tells how to make Chemical Ali dessert (mind the E numbers), an Iranian dish called tongue of the judge and a Burmese salad – junta-sponsored, …
The rhetoric of “humanitarian crisis”
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
The Burmese government rejects the idea that there is a chronic emergency in the country, and after Cyclone Nargis initially maintained that it could handle …
New party distributes manifesto among Arakanese for 2010 election
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
It is the only way to democracy in Burma, the pamphlet says,” the elder said. The party seemed to be pro Burmese military junta because they can move in the …
Presuming a democratic Myanmar: Looking beyond election 2010
Jakarta Post, Indonesia -
… petition submitted to him by 112 former world leaders asking him to visit Burma (Myanmar) in the wake of widespread arrests in recent weeks and months. …
The world looks away as Burma mocks democracy
منظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش – حقوق الانسان -
It came as no surprise then when the ruling military regime in Burma recently sentenced the country’s best known comedian, named Zarganar, to 59 years in …
Remarks by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley at the Center …
Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC -
And finally, I hope the new administration will continue pushing the cause of human rights and freedom in Burma. In the Western Hemisphere, President Bush …
ROBERTS: Score one for the first lady
Galesburg Register-Mail, IL -
… had spent many months relentlessly calling for the overthrow of the repressive Burmese government — ever since she had read a book by Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Cutting out the tongues of the holy people
NCR Conversation Cafe, MO -
And what of this punishing of holy people whilst living in a world where thugs like Than Shwe (dictator and destroyer of Burma and the Burmese tribal …
Obama Administration Should Pursue New Approach to Promote …
NewsBlaze, CA -
The United States should reinvigorate efforts to advance human rights and democracy in Cuba, Freedom House said today. One key element of a strengthened …
Rights group prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban
The Associated Press -
Freedom House, founded in 1941, is an independent, non-governmental organization that supports expansion of democracy, in the world. …
Why doesn’t Bush get more credit?
Christian Science Monitor, MA -
… and action except from a few dictatorial rulers such as those of North Korea, Iran, China, Russia, Burma (Myanmar), Zimbabwe, and a few Arab states. …
193 Foreigners Rescued After Boat Becomes Stranded
Jakarta Globe, Indonesia -
Once the boat arrived at the base, it was found that the passengers were made up of 177 Burmese and 16 Bangladeshis, all of them adult males, except for two …
A forgotten tragedy
Livemint, India -
Tibetan or Burmese activists can only marvel at the Palestinian ability to draw crowds. Why does the Congo conflict not provoke the same moral reactions as …
National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley’s Farewell Speech
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY -
And finally, I hope the new Administration will continue pushing the cause of human rights and freedom in Burma. In the Western Hemisphere, President Bush …
Rangoon’s Christians banned from worshiping
Mizzima.com, India -
“We need your prayers for Christian communities in Myanmar [Burma],” the youth added. While religious persecution and the prohibition of religious rites are …
World focus on Burma (2 January 2008)
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President George Bush To Meet With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki …
RTT News, NY -
… Burma, Somalia, and peacekeeping in Darfur. The President will stress the need for a United Nations that can act effectively to promote freedom, …
Senator Feinstein Reflects on Legislative Accomplishments of the …
Media Newswire (press release), NY -
authored legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal – the nation’s highest civilian honor – to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democratic …
Leading saffron monk’s memoir
Mizzima.com, India -
Unconditionally release Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners 4. Hold dialogue with the democratic political opposition representatives in …
Burma: life behind bars
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands -
… recently recognized by the New York based Human Rights Watch and accredited with their Human Rights Defender award. “Burma is a silent killing field. …
Sheikh Hasina seeks Suu Kyi’s release
Mizzima.com, India -
by Siddique Islam Dhaka (Mizzima News) — Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister in waiting has sought the release of Burmese democracy leader Aung San …
A wish list for 2009
Socialist Worker Online, IL -
April: Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest and assumes her rightful place as the democratic head of the government of Burma. …
Myanmar frees 19 North Korean defectors
United Press International -
The defectors were sent to neighboring Thailand, the Voice of America reported, quoting authorities in Myanmar, formerly called Burma. …
Restless Souls of the Irrawaddy Delta
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Mass ceremonies were held for the thousands who died in Cyclone Nargis—yet villagers in many part of the devastated delta claim seeing the restless ghosts …
New Year’s Resolutions for the NLD
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Take, for starters, the case of the 2100 political prisoners languishing in Burma’s jails—234 of whom were arrested during or after the nationwide protests …
Weekly Business Roundup (January 02, 2009)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Thirty new company names were recently added to the so-called dirty list compiled by the human rights activist organization Burma Campaign UK, …
Myanmar releases North Korean defectors
CNN International -
(CNN) — Nineteen North Korean defectors have been released from detention in Myanmar and sent to Thailand, Burmese officials told the US-funded Voice of …
Just one more year to go of the dreaded Oh-Ohs
BCLocalNews, Canada -
In 2008 a cyclone in Burma killed 78000, while a Chinese earthquake killed 50000, but those disasters were pushed from many minds when financial chaos …
Darfur enmeshed within Sudan’s broadening national crisis (1)
Sudan Tribune, Sudan -
… around the actions taken by the Burmese junta in severely restricting international humanitarian assistance in the wake of Cyclone Nargis this past May, …
The Year 2008 at a Glance: An Overview of the World’s Important …
Senegambia News, Gambia -
As the world mourned the death of over 100000 people in the powerful cyclone that devastated Southern Myanmar, a pro-European Coalition won Serbia’s …
THE YEAR 2008: BEST & WORST by JEFFREY LAURENTI: 01/01/2009 …
MaximsNews Network, NY -
Burma cyclone heightens country’s misery and isolation. Myanmar’s rigid military rulers, whose violent suppression of Buddhist monks’ protests in September …
Year 2009 will see end of terrorism
Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka -
Then years ago in countries like Burma and Thailand similar economic crisis occurred. We too had to suffer. But the situation gradually improved. …
Unprincipled discrimination and dignity
Mizzima.com, India -
Yet, Burma today is an ancient world in which human relations are defined by status. Respect for the dignity of women is a prerequisite if we want to build …
Burma: The ongoing tragedy next door
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
… the UN and the rest of the world should yield to Burma if they want to see the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and 2000 political prisoners released. …
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 (16 December 2008)
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Glimmers of hope for Burma
Across the Aisle, DC -
… junta of Burma certainly fits that bill, as demonstrated in its complete disregard for its citizens’ livelihoods in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis that …
Mekong a ‘treasure trove’ of 1000 newly discovered species
CNN -
War is always a threat in countries touched by the Mekong River, particularly Burma. Also known as Myanmar, the largest country by geographical area in …
EarthRights International Special Commentary:
Earthrights.org, DC -
When asked what advice he would give to private businesses invested in Burma’s (Myanmar’s) energy sector, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon firmly stated …
Isolation or Engagement? It’s Than Shwe’s Choice
MorungExpress, India -
His treatment of the democratic opposition and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and 2000 other political prisoners are also taboo topics. …
ASEAN sets summit, welcomes charter
MorungExpress, India -
… is likely to arise in the case of Myanmar, formerly Burma, where the ruling military junta violently suppressed protests led by Buddhist monks in 2007. …
Vijay Diwas: Maneckshaw stamp released
Times of India, India -
He served in Myanmar, then called Burma, during World War II and was awarded the Military Cross for valour on the battlefield.
Former Czech president criticises EU for relations with Russia
Czech Happenings, Czech Republic -
The European Union should pay more attention to human rights questions on the international scene, starting with Cuba and ending with Burma, Havel said. …
Egat upbeat on Hatgyi prospects
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
… organisations on concern that it will violate human rights, given that part of the project lies in an area occupied by minority groups in Burma. …
Afro-Asian organization demands release of Burmese political prisoners
Mizzima.com, India -
… (NGOs) today collectively called for the release of all political prisoners in Burma, including democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Exiled lawyer slams Burmese legal system
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dec 16, 2008 (DVB)–A defence lawyer who fled Burma in October under threat of a prison sentence has detailed numerous unnecessary delays and restrictions in …
Junta bans popular Buddhist monk’s sermon
Mizzima.com, India -
by Myint Maung New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Burmese military junta authorities in Rangoon Division have banned a sermon by abbot U Thumingla, organizers and …
Thailand to host ASEAN summit
Times of the Internet, Ohio -
One of the ASEAN members is the military-ruled Myanmar, formerly called Burma. The junta in 2007 brutally put down protests led by Buddhist monks. …
NLD meeting banned
Mizzima.com, India -
by Myint Maung New Delhi (Mizzima)– A meeting to prepare for Burma’s Independence Day by a branch of the National League for Democracy was banned by local …
Eight migrant workers killed in truck crash
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Htoo Chit, director of the Grassroots Human Rights Education and Development, said the cause of the accident was not yet known. …
Pro-junta group gearing up to contest elections
Mizzima.com, India -
… for transforming Burma to a multi-party democracy. But he later turned against and became a critic of main opposition forces including Aung San Suu Kyi …
AK-47s—Made in Wa State
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By LAWI WENG The United Wa State Army (UWSA), an armed ethnic ceasefire group based in Shan State, northern Burma, is manufacturing arms and ammunition for …
Crackdown on Freedom of Speech Condemned
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN The World Association of Newspapers condemned the crackdown on freedom of expression in Burma, in a press statement released on Monday. …
More Calls for Ban to Visit Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… Burma by the end of December to persuade the Burmese regime to release all political prisoners, including detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi …
Thailand to Host Postponed Asean Summit in February
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Military-ruled Burma strongly opposes giving the human rights body the power of even monitoring or investigating violations. Asean secretary-general Surin …
Burmese women in exile honoured with Madeleine K. Albright Award
Mizzima.com, India -
She also met Burmese democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 1997. Madeleine Albright, in recently released report on preventing genocide, urged US, …
Biggest ever Burma ‘Dirty List’ published
World Travel Guide, UK -
Burma Campaign UK has published a list of 170 companies that directly or indirectly help to finance the military junta ruling Burma (Mynamar). …
Holiday greetings from Burma….
OpEdNews, PA -
“But what about the Junta,” you might ask. “We’ve heard that Myanmar a military state. Are you safe?” Apparently the generals all live in some new capital …
Rice yield down in Bogalay after cyclone
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dec 16, 2008 (DVB)–The rice yield in areas of Bogalay township in Burma’s delta region has dropped this year in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, …
60 years on, UN rights declaration faces new challenges
Monday Morning, Lebanon -
“Today no government denies that human rights are a valid concern of the international community. They may fail to respect human rights but they can’t deny …
Fugitive lawyer defending political prisoners flees to Thai border
Mizzima.com, India -
by Than Htike Oo Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Young lawyer Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min who represented political prisoners fled to the Thai-Burma border in the wake of an …
Myanmar in an hour and a half
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
Then there is Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, a notoriously corrupt
Bush met the writer and bloggers
OpEdNews, PA -
… marked Human Rights Day on Wednesday by meeting with a writer from Sudan and six bloggers from Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, and Myanmar(Burma). …
Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong
Mongabay.com -
More than 1000 previously unknown species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong, a region comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, …
Tortured for seeking democracy
St Marys Star, Australia -
BY KYLIE STEVENS But it’s been a serious crime in Burma [Myanmar] since the military seized power in 1988. More than 2000 political prisoners are currently …
Over 1000 New Species Found: World’s Largest Huntsman Spider …
Associated Content, CO -
World Wildlife Foundation researchers reported in First Contact: New Species Discoveries that the area, which is comprised of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, …
Asia’s bio-frontier at risk
MSNBC -
First, the Greater Mekong – which takes in areas of China’s Yunnan Province as well as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – includes some …
Biggest Burma ‘Dirty List’ Exposes New Companies
OneWorld US, DC -
“To those that claim investment aids the people of Burma, the evidence shows the opposite is true. As investment has increased, the human rights situation …
The dangerous vacuum at the end of Pax Americana
Daily Star – Lebanon, Lebanon -
The evidence of this will be seen not only in global institutions but also in places like Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Burma. Until this happens, let us all hope …
Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede a Highlight of New Species Finds
International Business Times, NY -
There are already twenty-three other dragon millipedes of the genus Desmoxytes in the Southeast Asia area from southeaster China, south through Myanmar, …
Dragon Millipede, Laotian Rock Rat Only Some of Species Found in …
Associated Content, CO -
A majority of the creatures were found in rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which goes through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, …
Gwynne Dyer: Democracy fails in Thailand
Georgia Straight, Canada -
Relatively few Asian countries are openly run as dictatorships nowadays—China, Vietnam and Burma are the main exceptions—but the urban elites and the big …
ASEAN steps out in European style
The Standard, Hong Kong -
… provision to sanction members like Burma, where the junta has kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for most of the past 18 years. …
Finding freedom in the outer reaches of Myanmar
Worldfocus, NY -
The junta changed the country’s name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, partly in order to legitimize their rule over parts of the country like Kachin, …
Rights & Wrongs: New Media Targeted, Sonic Torture, US Arms Deals …
World Politics Review -
… the anniversary to call on the world community, and the UN in particular, to secure the release from house arrest of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Activist Calls for Wife’s Release
自由亚洲电视, Washington DC -
A Burmese social activist wanted for helping the victims of Cyclone Nargis says they have sentenced his pregnant wife to 26 years in jail. …
Smuggling Elephants Out of Myanmar
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
United Nations, 16 December (Asiantribune.com) : About 250 live Asian Elephants have been smuggled from Myanmar (Burma) in the past decade, mostly destined …
Abhisit, Chuan’s young protege gets his turn at last
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
… a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (as did former Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj and Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi). …
More Than 1000 New Species Discovered in Rivers, Jungles…and …
MarketWatch -
The region comprises the six countries through which the Mekong River flows including Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese …
More than 1000 species discovered in Mekong: WWF
AFP -
The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the …
One thousand new species found in Greater Mekong region: WWF
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
… four birds, four turtles, two salamanders and a toad, in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan. …
World focus on Burma (15 December 2008)
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Crisis in DRC caused by access to weapons
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
… Women in Black – Belgrade [Serbia]; Women of vision association; Women of Vision Association [Nigeria]; Women’s League of Burma. By Emergency:
Abhisit, Chuan’s young protege gets his turn at last
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
… a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (as did former Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj and Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi). …
Still the land of opportunity?
TheNewsTribune.com, WA -
Some of the most recent have come from the South Asian countries of Bhutan and Myanmar, the former Burma, farmers whose skills are of little use to them in …
Activists urge Canada to assign special envoy to Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
Canada has long condemned Burma’s military junta for failing to keep its promise to implement changes, and had supported the pro-democracy movement. …
A postcard from prison
Mizzima.com, India -
The SPDC [Burmese military government] said they will work toward a democratic process and make positive changes in human rights. But the head of the Burma …
Association of South East Asian Nations Enacts New Charter
Voice of America -
… and military-ruled Burma. ASEAN’s Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan says that all members have work to do on the charter’s commitments. “Democracy …
UN to commemorate former Secretary General U Thant
Mizzima.com, India -
Despite of his popularity, Burma’s military dictator General Newin, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1962, refused to honor him with a state funeral, …
Thailand’s new PM likely to be more ‘pro-Active’ on Burma: Activist
Mizzima.com, India -
While the election of Abhisit as the new Prime Minister signals an end to the immediate political crisis, Burmese pro-democracy activists based in Thailand …
Burma: Ne Win’s Daughter Freed
UNPO, Netherlands -
Ne Win took power in a bloodless military coup in 1962, and remained in power until 1988, when a pro-democracy uprising forced him to step down and hand …
Ethnic Chin group rejects junta’s 2010 election plans
Mizzima.com, India -
The CNF passed the resolution during their Fourth Congress held on the Indo-Burma border from the 8th to the 13th of this month, according to the …
Lancia and the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates for human rights
Autochannel (press release) -
Now a prisoner in her own homeland, Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. This edition of the Summit is dedicated to her, the utmost example …
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, UK -
The technology also gives organisations like the BBC footage that would be difficult to obtain otherwise, for example the BBC is barred from entering Burma …
Promotions Seen as Part of 2010 Election Plan
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN Burma’s military government, the State Peace and Development Council, has promoted a number of senior officers and created new positions in what …
Sandar Win Walks Free After 6 Years
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - 6
Ironically, the junta has leveled similar accusations at Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who married a British citizen.
Isolation or Engagement? It’s Than Shwe’s Choice
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) will head the $2.5 billion pipeline project with a 50.9 percent stake, while Burma’s state-run Myanmar Oil and …
Posted By ROBERT W. MURRAY AND DAVID SIEGEL
St. Catharines Standard, Canada -
In Darfur, Congo, Burma and other nations, human rights abuses occur at disturbing levels with no serious response from international society. …
Asean Charter Comes into Force
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
From left to right, Lotian Deputy Foreign Minister Bounkeut Sangsomsak, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Rais Yatim, Burma’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win, …
Burmese Defense Lawyer Flees to Thailand, Blasts Regime
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
According to the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar, Myint Aye funded the bombing, which it said had been carried out by two members of the opposition …
South East Asia to launch charter
BBC News, UK -
When it was finally signed a year ago, one of its members – Burma – had just made headlines by brutally suppressing pro-democracy demonstrations. …
Turn Left Thailand
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Australia -
After the deliberate chaos created by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) seizure of the airports, the courts stepped in to dissolve the hugely …
Thailand’s Democrat Putsch
Asia Sentinel, Hong Kong -
Chief among them is “Newin Chitchorp”, who was named by his father after the infamous Burmese dictator. The Democrat Party is known among the cyber …
Fresh pressure from junta on UWSA
Mizzima.com, India -
Burma’s military junta has announced that as the fifth step of its seven-step roadmap to democracy, a general election will be held in 2010, in accordance …
ASEAN charter comes into force
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
The bloc’s proposed new rights body has no teeth and the charter has no provision to sanction members like Burma, where the junta has kept democracy leader …
Treaties lead to world government
Augusta Chronicle, GA -
… Burma, China and Russia. America would be surrendering its freedom of the seas to an “unaccountable international agency,” say US security experts. …
Former Burmese dictator’s daughter released from house arrest
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dec 15, 2008—Officials in Burma have released the daughter of the country’s former dictator Ne Win after six years under house arrest, police said on …
Freedom Fighters Need Not Apply
Washington Post, United States -
The denials have included that of a Burmese lawyer who had smuggled anti-government brochures into Burma from Thailand; an Afghan owner of a muffler shop in …
In Praise Of Laura Bush
Forbes, NY -
That said, she has earned worldwide applause for her stand against the Burmese junta. And she has gone on record, with an unfussy but firm statement on TV, …
The bore’s head in hand bear I
Times Online, UK -
But 2008, as well as being the year of a world financial crisis, was also the year a resurgent Russia attempted to snuff out democracy on its borders, …
Bush arrives in Afghanistan for visit
LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia -
You worry about dictators? the head of the UN is from “Burma”. The 5… Nick Again, Maryborough on Journalist flings shoes at President Bush.
Cost of Bangkok Airport Closures Estimated at 540 Million Baht
eTravelBlackboard – Asia Edition, Australia -
The consequences of the People’s Alliance for Democracy’s (PAD) week-long siege of Bangkok’s two main airports will affect AoT’s operation for six months. …
Monday, December 22
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
1942 – US heavy bombers raid Japanese-occupied Rangoon, Burma _ now Myanmar, in World War II. 1944 – During the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans demand the …
Asean’s charter has to negotiate uncharted waters
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
That is no surprise as many Asean members such as Burma, Laos and Vietnam are under dictatorial rule. They do not want the people’s participation. …
Airlines seek redress for PAD action
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
… resolved to sue leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) for compensation equivalent to its disruption costs and loss of future revenue. …
UWSA faces renewed pressures
Mizzima.com, India -
Burma’s military junta has announced that as the fifth step of its seven-step roadmap to democracy, a general election will be held in 2010, in accordance …
