Posts Tagged ‘RSF’
World focus on Burma (3 December 2008)
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ExWeb interview with Scott Mortensen, final: “Freedom of …
Mounteverest, NY -
But even though the situation was stifling it wasn’t oppressive. I would reserve that word for places like Burma, Darfur, and Iran. …
Barack Obama trimmings on President Bush’s Christmas tree
CNN Political Ticker -
The first lady also opened up about her service to the plight of women in Burma and Myanmar and how she plans to continue her work after her husband’s …
Corrupt clerk yet to be punished
Mizzima.com, India -
He added that so far the accused has not been prosecuted nor tried in any court. “All investigations were done by the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) …
Burma’s jailed hip hop singers shifted to remote prisons
Mizzima.com, India -
Zeya Thaw, (27), who was sentenced to six years in prison in November, was transferred from Rangoon’s Insein prison to Kawthaung prison in Burma’s southern …
Burmese comedian & blogger nominated for RSF award
Mizzima.com, India -
… freedom of information. “Both are listed among the nominees because despite suppression they have managed to provide information to both people in Burma …
Ex-presidents, premiers urge UN chief to intervene in Myanmar
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“This is an unprecedented outpouring of global support for the people of Burma (Myanmar), and I am pleased that so many have joined me in spotlighting this …
Mandalay NLD members’ appeal denied
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dec 3, 2008 (DVB)–Mandalay divisional court yesterday summarily rejected the appeal of six Mandalay National League for Democracy members including …
MYANMAR-THAILAND: Cyclone migrants face challenges
IRINnews.org, NY -
Local aid workers told IRIN that while Cyclone Nargis boosted the flow of Burmese through the town, they were only a small proportion of the tens of …
Will Ferrell Launches Human Rights Awareness Month
Look To The Stars, UK -
… woman called Aung San Suu Kyi, ” said Ferrell. “She sacrificed her freedom to lead a non-violent protest movement against oppression in Burma. …
Hip-hop Star Banished to Remote Prison
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… Burma by the end of this year and called for renewed efforts to secure the release of all political prisoners, including democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Grandfather’s torture by the British must have influenced Obama’s …
guardian.co.uk, UK -
Grandfather Obama’s widow, Sarah, 87, is still alive and was able to recall how her husband had served with the British army in Burma in the second world …
Ins and outs of a China courtship
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong -
More recently, Beijing provided over $10 million to the government of Burma to assist regional reconstruction in areas that were devastated by Cyclone …
Burmese PM Says Jobs Aplenty for Returnees
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Last year, Thailand alone paid the Burmese junta at least US $2.5 million for natural gas. Since October, however, the price of oil and natural gas has …
Former world leaders urge Ban to visit Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
by Salai Pi Pi New Delhi (Mizzima) – More than 100 former state leaders of several nations have called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to visit Burma …
Annual general meeting 2008: DLR presents its research of the past …
German Aerospace Centre, Germany -
On 2 May 2008, tropical cyclone ‘Nargis’ swept over Myanmar (Burma) and left behind a path of destruction. Official reports noted a death toll of more than …
Local WWII veterans get together, recall wartime experience
Reno Gazette Journal, NV -
After a roundabout trip more than halfway around the world, Downar arrived at an air base in Burma (now called Myanmar). He received the Distinguished …
STANDFast for Darfur
Tufts Daily, MA -
Four months ago, the International Criminal Court demanded an arrest warrant for Bashir on 10 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in …
Reuters Southeast Asia News Highlights 0900 GMT Dec 3
Yahoo, Thailand -
… Ban to carry out a plan he has already floated of visiting the country, also known as Burma, before the end of December for his second trip this year. …
Former Leaders Urge UN to Press Burma on Prisoner Releases
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“On Myanmar [Burma], no delegation gave any comment. But it is in the footnotes and could be raised anytime during the month of December,” said the UNSC …
Barack Obama’s grandfather ‘tortured by the British’ during …
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Hussein Onyango was arrested in 1949 and jailed for two years in a high security prison as the British struggled to quell one of Africa’s bloodiest and most …
UN urged to intervene
Straits Times, Singapore -
‘This is an unprecedented outpouring of global support for the people of Burma (Myanmar), and I am pleased that so many have joined me in spotlighting this …
Work starts at modern memorial site
WalesOnline, United Kingdom -
It is being erected next to the Burma Star memorial at the Gnoll Gates. It pays tributes to those who died in service after 1945 in conflicts such as Korea, …
Bleak Economic Prospects in Store for Thailand
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… 1 million Burmese workers, legal and illegal, are employed in Thailand, the majority found in occupations labor rights activists describe as the ”three …
More prisoners transferred to remote jails
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
U Gambira was transferred to Sagaing Division’s Khamti prison while his brother Aung Kyaw Kyaw was sent to Shan State’s Taunggyi jail. …
British soldiers beat and tortured Obama’s grandfather
The Times, South Africa -
… that ‘a lot of what see in Obama, was made not in America, but in Kenya’: ‘his political convictions and principled activism’. He may have a point. …
Malaysia. Truly Headache…
Malaysia Today, Malaysia -
Copying the Cruel Junta of the Burmese Regime, Opposition leaders are arrested and detained without rhyme or reason. Taking after the Khmer Rouge, …
Ex-world leaders urge UN’s Ban to go to Myanmar
Reuters India, India -
It said that since June 2007 the number of political prisoners in Myanmar, which has been ruled for more than four decades by the military, …
Beatings and abuse made Barack Obama’s grandfather loath the British
Times Online, UK -
Mr Onyango served with the British Army in Burma during the Second World War and, like many army veterans, he returned to Africa hoping to win greater …
Problems abroad
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Thailand is thus being put on a par with Burma, whose government was forced to relinquish its chairmanship in 2005 because of its legitimacy crisis. …
The Future of Asia: Whither Nation or State?
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
… and their compatriots then painted the region pink, adding Burma and what they then called Malaya, and Singapore, to their dominions while France’s …
Mia’s Munky business
Eye Weekly, Canada -
“If countries like Sudan, Somalia and Burma will not end their man-made humanitarian crises, the international community should.” Arguing the Pro side with …
China, Burma take steps to strengthen military cooperation
Mizzima.com, India -
… the Burmese regime in the international arena,” said Nyo Ohn Myint, in-charge of Foreign Affairs for the National League for Democracy-Liberated Area. …
people who were there for the Mau Mau revolt
Times Online, UK -
In a sworn statement collected by human rights activists, he details other abuses at Manyani, which he described as “hell on earth”. …
They fought for Britain, then turned to rebellion
Times Online, UK -
Having answered the call to join the British Army during the Second World War, Barack Obama’s grandfather was among 75000 Kenyans who served in Burma. …
Airport protests a royal pain
Eureka Street, Australia -
Together they co-founded New Mandala, a website that provides ongoing commentary on developments in Thailand, Burma, Laos and Cambodia.
RPF bans export of local rice
E-Pao.net, India -
This figure is exclusive of the rice imported from the neighbouring country of Myanmar, the outfit elaborated. Accusing the Government of India of scheming …
The World This Week: Asian Chronicles
Valley Advocate, MA -
They lived a few blocks from Aung San Suu Kyi, the duly elected president of the country, who has been under house arrest for 20 years. …
‘Asset sale can’t cover for revenue gap’
Business Mirror, Philippines -
Asean groups the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei, Burma/Myanmar and Singapore. Members of the East Asia Summit, …
Fire breaks out at Moulmein market
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
“The fire started in the market’s food court and it was quite small at first,” the shop owner said. “But the market security did not allow outsiders to come …
Junta begins dam construction amid protests in Kachin state
Mizzima.com, India -
Burma’s military government, in collaboration with CPI and AWC, plan to construct at least seven dams on the Mali Hka and Nmai Hka Rivers, in addition to …
World focus on Burma (7 August 2008)
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Bush off to Beijing with a Myanmar mission
Tajikistan News, Tajikistan -
‘He is going to talk with China about Burma (former name of Myanmar) even though he seems to be worried that China’s interests are different from the US’ …
Beijing holds key to change in Burma
Financial Times, UK -
He had given interviews to foreign media criticising the regime’s slow response to cyclone Nargis, which left 133000 people dead or missing in May this year …
US president affirms commitment to Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
The US president spoke of his frustration with the delays in relief supplies getting to Burma after the cyclone, but said he felt it was the right decision …
UN envoy sees ‘good signs’ from Myanmar at end of mission
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YANGON (AFP) — The new UN human rights envoy for Myanmar said Thursday he had received “good signs” that the ruling junta accepted the need for his mandate …
In Thailand, Bush keeps focus on rights
International Herald Tribune, France -
“My life in refugee is better than Burma,” the boy wrote, “but I don’t have opportunity to go outside camp.” Sean Turnell, a Myanmar specialist at Macquarie …
40000 Kiwis Sign Petition for Rights in China Before Olympics
The Epoch Times, NY -
For instance it is the main support for the military junta in Burma, in my country.” Mr Ko Ko also spoke about how the Burmese people are struggling under …
Bush chides China on human rights, Beijing tells him to butt out
Los Angeles Times, CA -
Meanwhile the president — and First Lady Laura Bush — made a major push while in Thailand to boost pressure on the military junta in Myanmar (Burma) to …
Bush, Burmese Activists Meet; Vow To End Tyranny In Burma
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“The American people care deeply about the people of Burma, and we pray for the day in which the people will be free,” Bush said during a luncheon with …
NLD says Bush visit will boost opposition morale
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Political analyst Aung Naing Oo, who was due to meet president Bush today, praised the US commitment to promoting human rights and democracy in Burma. …
Bush Blunt On China Human Rights
Sky News, UK -
First Lady Laura Bush is an outspoken advocate for Burma, which is also known as Myanmar, drawing attention to a southeast Asian nation unfamiliar to many …
Arroyo urged to push for democratic reforms in Myanmar
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
… in a dialogue with China,” he said in a briefing, stressing that ASEAN and China play a key role in restoring democracy in Myanmar, also known as Burma. …
Bush walks a Burmese tightrope in Bangkok
Mizzima.com, India -
As to whether the refusal of Burmese authorities to permit US aid into the country following Cyclone Nargis in May was in direct response to a hostile US …
Christian Broadcasting Network, VA -
The President also issued a rebuke on authoritarian regimes in North Korea and Myanmar also known as Burma. But the majority of his speech was reserved for …
Bush urges China to pressure Myanmar to end its tyranny
RTT News, NY -
Winding up the second leg of his three-nation Asian tour in Thailand, Bush repeated Washington’s call on Myanmar’s military junta to release Nobel Peace …
US President George Bush chastises China for repression
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia -
“America stands in firm opposition to China’s detention of political dissidents, human rights advocates and religious activists,” Mr Bush said. …
US President to discuss Myanmar with China
Uzbekistan News, Uzbekistan -
While Bush criticised China’s recent human rights record, he also expressed optimism that the country would move toward political change. …
Will Bush Stay Silent In China About The Sudanese Genocide?
Swampland -
So America stands in firm opposition to China’s detention of political dissidents and human rights advocates and religious activists. …
International Herald Tribune, France -
As the Beijing Games begin, human-rights advocates want China to answer for its suppression of political freedom, its recent crackdown in Tibet, …
Internal displacement to urban areas: The Tufts-IDMC profiling …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Notable recent examples include Sudan, northern Uganda, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Burma and Somalia. Many of these displaced people flee across borders to …
Burmese remain prisoners in their own country
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands -
By correspondent Michel Maas* The military junta in Myanmar celebrates its 20th anniversary on Friday. Four months ago, the regime survived cyclone Nargis …
No hearing today in Zarganar case
Mizzima.com, India -
Kyaw Ko Ko and Nyan Linn Aung, members of ‘All Burma Federation of Student Unions’ (ABFSU), who are being charged under the Video Law and tried in Mayangon …
BBC News, UK -
One of Burma’s most popular comedians has been charged with several offences, after he defied the military by giving aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. …
Avoid ’blood jade’ olympic souvenirs
Human Rights Tribune, Switzerland -
‘’The working conditions in the mines are dreadful,’’ David Scott Mathieson, Burma consultant for the global rights lobby Human Rights Watch (HRW), …
Dissident Burma comic charged by court
The Age, Australia -
Zarganar was arrested in June after he gave interviews to foreign media in which he criticised the junta’s slow response to the May 2-3 Cyclone Nargis, …
Fortress Investment Group 2Q losses remain flat
cbs4denver.com, CO -
”We will continue working until the people of Burma have the freedom they deserve,” Bush said, calling for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San ..
Fuel price soars 30 percent in Southern Burma
Independent Mon News Agency, WA -
Price of fuel has spiraled by 30 percent in Southern Burma and there is a gap between prices prevailing in Rangoon, the largest city in Burma. …
Bush arrives in Beijing for Summer Olympics
The Associated Press -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, marks the 20th anniversary of a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy activists on Friday. The Bush administration has become …
Bush Cites `Deep Concerns’ Over Human Rights in China (Update3)
Bloomberg -
… and later had lunch with Burmese democracy activists, who are pressuring the military junta that rules Myanmar, formerly called Burma. …
Olympics Extra: President Bush Arrives, Criticizes
WBEN 930, NY -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, marks the 20th anniversary of a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy activists on Friday. The Bush administration has become …
Strategy Memo: Obama’s Bad Week
RealClearPolitics, IL -
… on relief efforts in cyclone-flattened Burma before departing for China, where he meets with IOC chief Jacques Rogge before the opening ceremonies. …
No evidence please, we’re Burmese police
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
By Awzar Thi Hong Kong, China — Almost a year has passed since the day Burma’s military regime suddenly upped fuel prices without telling anyone, …
Burma: Was Burma’s 1988 uprising worth it?
UNPO, Netherlands -
At the same time, in other townships, everywhere people were marching for the same things, for democracy and human rights.” Another of the marchers was …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WAI MOE BANGKOK — US President George W Bush traded ideas about US economic sanctions on Burma, humanitarian aid after Cyclone Nargis and Chinese foreign …
Burma’s Saddam: General Than Shwe
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
However, while the junta’s mouthpiece media attempts to please Than Shwe by showcasing Burma’s new roads and bridges and the country’s “prosperity”, …
Remarks by the President in Roundtable Interview with Radio Media …
Business Wire (press release), CA -
China is an important country on the United Nations Security Council, they’re an important country in the world; obviously Burma’s neighbor. …
Trampling on poorer countries to reach podium of world leaders
Herald.ie, Ireland -
Similarly, despite the imposition of trade sanctions on Burma, China has continued to provide loans to help the Burmese government, against which there are …
BEIJING 2008: BUSH, CHINESE NEED FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy -
The US President then praised China’s economic growth, and turned his attention to the military junta of Burma: “Together” he underlined, “we want the end …
Prague Post, Czech Republic -
Two decades ago, at a time when Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe were about to emerge from decades of communism, Burma was plunging into its own dark …
Howell Times and Transcript, UT -
Remaining in Bangkok, the president was briefed at the US ambassador‘s residence on recovery from the cyclone that devastated Myanmar‘s heartland and killed …
Howell Times and Transcript, UT -
One of the activists, Lway Aye Nang of the Women‘s League of Burma, said rape has long been used “as a weapon of war” in Myanmar and thanked Washington for …
Zarganar Again Before Prison Court
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN Burma’s popular satirist Zarganar appeared before a court in Rangoon’s Insein Prison for a second time on Thursday, together with three …
Remarks by the President in Lunch with Burma Activists
MarketWatch -
And secondly, we are also very grateful to have our American friends in helping the Cyclone Nargis survivors, the victims. And we also would like to inform …
Disputes aside on Bush visit to Beijing
International Herald Tribune, France -
US critics accuse China of cultivating dictators in Burma and Sudan, artificially undervaluing its currency to keep its exports cheap, and offering weak …
US President to discuss Myanmar with China (Lead)
Thaindian.com, Thailand -
“He is going to talk with China about Burma (former name of Myanmar), even though he seems to be worried that China’s interests are different from the US’ …
US President Bush heads to China for Olympic opening ceremonies
The Canadian Press, Thailand -
Bush’s wife Laura helped highlight the problems in Myanmar – also known as Burma – by visiting a border camp in northwestern Thailand that houses 38000 …
Jolie plans to build an AIDS clinic in Ethiopia
Thaindian.com, Thailand -
“The next trip for our foundation will most likely to be Asia to follow up on the situation in Burma and our work in Cambodia, Jolie said. (ANI)
Security tight on anniversary of Myanmar protest
International Herald Tribune, France -
His wife, Laura Bush, traveled to a refugee camp elsewhere in Thailand to meet with some of those who have fled Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. …
Bush meets Myanmar activists while keeping heat on human rights ...
China Post, Taiwan -
Mrs. Bush, an outspoken advocate for Myanmar, also known as Burma, visited a border refugee camp in Mae La, home to 38000 Karen, an ethnic minority that …
Bush Supports Malaysia’s Stand Against Extremism
Bernama, Malaysia -
“And we will continue working until the people of Burma have the freedom they deserve,” said Bush, who will be having lunch with a group of Myanmar
RP urged to take lead role in ASEAN against Myanmar junta
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
… to Myanmar, including pressuring the generals to open up dialogue with the opposition. “ASEAN should talk about dialogue. ASEAN should discuss the Burma …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Even after Cyclone Nargis recently devastated much of Southwestern Burma, the regime continued to line its own pockets, stealing millions of dollars in …
Understanding the Bush interest in Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
And in a further indication of the rift, both domestic and international aid for cyclone victims is falling dramatically. And wait a minute! …
China Key Arms Supplier to Human Rights Abusers
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
… out that China is currently “an arms supplier of last resort for dictators and human rights abusers”, including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Myanmar (Burma). …
US President praises long standing relations between Thailand and US
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
Bush also urged the parties concern to seek an end to “tyranny in Burma.” “The United States reiterates its call on Burma’s military junta to release Aung …
First Lady Laura Bush and United Nations Foundation Announce …
PR Web (press release), WA -
… Foundation announced today that it will provide 10000 anti-malarial bed nets to families living in temporary camps on the border of Thailand and Burma. …
First lady Laura Bush visits with Myanmar refugees
International Herald Tribune, France -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, denies the charges and says it is battling Karen insurgents. Arriving in a light rain, Mrs. Bush was greeted at the camp by …
Actress Mia Farrow Seeks To Cast Pall Over Olympics
New York Sun, United States -
Burma is a difficult issue. Tibet is complicated. Their own internal human rights issues are tricky. But, for Darfur, there was hope they would act,” she….
Boston Globe, United States -
The panel isn’t alone in its reluctance to press China on human rights. While President Bush was expected to criticize China’s record in a speech in Bangkok …
Internet Freedom: Google, Microsoft and Yahoo Near Agreement
Redmond Channel Partner, CA -
Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Durbin, who chairs the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, part of the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, held hearings on the …
US Has `Deep Concerns’ Over Human Rights in China (Update1)
Bloomberg -
He will then have lunch with Burmese democracy activists, who are pressuring the military junta that rules Myanmar, a country formerly called Burma. …
Fact Sheet: the United States and Asia: Enduring Freedom and …
Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC -
The region has come together to respond to natural disasters, from the tsunami of 2004 to this year’s cyclone. President Bush, along with leaders from Korea …
Burma Cyclone and Jessie Sparks, Melbourne-based singer/songwriter
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany -
She has an upcoming gig for Burma Band-Aid, which is dedicated to relief for people in that country devastated by the recent cyclone. …
UPI NewsTrack TopNews ( Bush, Thai PM discuss peace, future)
United Press International -
… spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and the avian flu, as well as working to help the cyclone victims in Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. …
Bush sharpens China critique on eve of Olympics
guardian.co.uk, UK -
“Together we seek an end to tyranny in Burma,” he will say in his speech to Thai officials, business leaders and foreign diplomats. …
Bush to Sharpen Critique of China Before Visit Voice of America -
Bush Blunt On China Human Rights Sky News, UK
Bush sees “change” coming to China Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan -
Bush criticizes China before visit to Beijing Olympics CBC.ca, Canada -
Bush chides China over rights on eve of Olympics guardian.co.uk, UK -
Bush has strongest words yet for Chinese human-rights record Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX -
Bush says US firmly opposed to China’s repression The Associated Press -
Bush to state opposition to China rights policy Boston Globe, United States -
Bush Rebukes China’s Human Rights Record Voice of America -
Bush hits Beijing on human rights Washington Times, DC -
Bush Scolds Chinese On Rights Hartford Courant, United States -
Bush scolds China on rights on eve of Games Vancouver Sun, Canada -
Bush Urges China to Improve Human Rights New York Times, United States -
Bush Criticizes China and Myanmar in Thailand Visit New York Times, United States -
THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS Bush hurls a javelin at repression in China San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
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Taiwanese to demand China hold a “human right Olympics”
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Representatives from various groups will make speeches to demand China respect human rights during the August 8-24 Beijing Olympics, light candles for …
Bush: America seeks an end to tyranny in Burma
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
United States President George W. Bush has vowed to ”seek an end to tyranny” in Burma and called on the regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Superstition, numerology and the curviest of numbers factor into …
La Jolla Light, CA -
8/8/1988 saw the start of the popular 8888 Uprising against the Burma’s socialist regime, for example. But those who have planned weddings, gambling junkets …
Security stepped up ahead of 8888 anniversary
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Aug 6, 2008 (DVB)–As the anniversary of the 8888 uprising draws near, the Burmese military regime has deployed troops and security officials in major cities …
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
”The US president plans to address the problems in Burma, so this might irritate the Burmese authorities,” said the source. It is reported that Burmese …
The List, UK -
With the aim of bringing advocacy and humanitarian aid to Darfur and Burma, it secured a position as UN Messenger of Peace for the ex-ER actor and bought …
US First Lady to Visit Burmese Refugee Camp on Thai-Burma Border
Voice of America -
Some have been living there for 20 years, waiting either to return to Burma, or be resettled in a third country, including the United States. …
Twenty years on, Burma’s opposition lacks unity
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
There have been at least three UN special envoys to Burma, including Gambari, who is heading back to Burma later this month. Even though the UNSC discusses …
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
… Gold joint military exercise and praised the kingdom for restoring democracy and its quick humanitarian response for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. …
UN envoy meets leader of Suu Kyi party
The News – International, Pakistan -
YANGON: Three top leaders of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) met on Wednesday with the new UN human rights envoy for Myanmar at a …
DISARMAMENT: China Key Arms Supplier to Human Rights Abusers
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy -
… out that China is currently “an arms supplier of last resort for dictators and human rights abusers”, including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Myanmar (Burma). …
US, Thai leaders agree to strengthen cooperation
Radio Australia, Australia -
Mr Bush heaped praise on his Thai hosts, thanking them for their help in coordinating the international relief response for Burma after Cyclone Nargis …
China, Tibet, and the Olympics
The Phoenix, MA -
(Although it is true that Southeast Asian governments like the military junta in Burma or the more militant new government in Sri Lanka — both funded by the …
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
She has an upcoming gig for Burma Band-Aid, which is dedicated to relief for people in that country devastated by the recent cyclone. …
Bush, Thai PM Discuss Peace, Future
istockAnalyst.com, OR -
… spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and the avian flu, as well as working to help the cyclone victims in Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. …
Tapped, DC -
Via Mark Goldberg, John Holmes (UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs) has a Washington Post op-ed updating the situation in Burma. …
Reporters Without Borders calls for a demonstration in front of …
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada -
The aim of our demonstration in Ottawa is to call for the release of imprisoned Chinese journalists and human rights activists. We will also be demanding …
Telappliant VoIP News, UK -
… Bgan, which has been heavily used by charities, UN officials and aid workers to ease communications after the typhoon in Burma and earthquake in China.
Burma: “If we had guns we would fight back”
Real News Network, NY -
VOICEOVER: I entered Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the worst environmental disaster in the country’s history. In Mandalay, Burma’s religious capital, …
A country transforming: the eyes of the world turn to its biggest …
The Herald, UK -
International scrutiny, the theory went, would mean the Games brought a huge boost to human rights. Did they? “If anything, things are worse,” said John …
First lady Laura Bush visit highlights need for aid to Burmese
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
The United Nations and aid agencies working inside the country report steady progress in accessing disaster affected areas after the cyclone, …
The Associated Press -
The president planned to quickly pivot from his speech to a full day of outreach toward the people of Myanmar, also known as Burma, who live under military …
The Phoenix, MA -
… favors that sharpen its economic might, China sponsors terror in the Sudan and Zimbabwe and props up dictatorships in Myanmar (Burma) and North Korea…
Howrah News Service, India -
6: Hosts India will look to pull out their best as they take on Burma in the first semifinal of the AFC Challenge Cup at the Gachibowli stadium on Thursday. …
Human spirit fights back in Burma
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Hundreds of people are returning to villages devastated by Cyclone Nargis in Burma/Myanmar – and experiencing mixed feelings of joy and pain. …
Burma: Twenty Years of military rule, the youth and alternative …
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
The United Nations needs to focus on Burma and start thinking of playing a crucial role for the return of democracy to Burma. Otherwise, another civil war …
Bush in Thailand for Foreign Policy Speech, Meetings on Burma
Voice of America -
In a major foreign policy speech he is scheduled to deliver on Thursday, he is expected to criticize Beijing’s human rights record and the plight of the …
UN envoy meets Suu Kyi’s party leaders
Radio Australia, Australia -
Three senior leaders of Burma’s National League for Democracy have met the new UN human rights envoy for Burma. The members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party met…
McCain’s foreign policy in a league of its own
guardian.co.uk, UK -
The group has done little to advance democracy abroad except to scold Burma in 2003 about its lack of elections. A lot of good that did. …
Voice of America -
By VOA News The new United Nations human rights envoy to Burma met Wednesday with leaders of the Burmese opposition for talks on the military government’s …
2ND LD: Bush meets Thailand’s leader, reaffirms close cooperation
Yahoo, Thailand -
While in Thailand, Bush is set to deliver a speech on US policy toward Asia, meet with some Myanmar dissidents and visit the largest slum area of Bangkok. …
Public order charge brought against blogger and journalist
Burma 1 August 2008
Public order charge brought against blogger and journalist
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association condemn the charge of disturbing public order that have been brought against Zarganar, a well-known comedian and blogger, and Zaw Thet Htwe, a sports journalists. Arrested in early June for criticising the government’s relief efforts after Cyclone Nargis and, in Zarganar’s case, for talking to the BBC, they are facing up to two years in prison under article 505 (b) of the criminal code.
“The fact that the first hearing was held behind closed doors bodes ill for the way Zarganar and Zaw Thet Htwe will be tried for helping the victims of the cyclone,” the two organisations said. “We call on the United Nations and its new special rapporteur for Burma, who will soon visit the country, to intercede on their behalf.”
The trial of Zarganar and three other activists accused of participating in unofficial cyclone relief operations in the delta area began on 30 June before a special court inside Insein prison. A defense lawyer, Aung Thein, was quoted by Reuters as saying the trial was due to continue on 7 August.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28041
Zarganar
Zaw Thet Htwe
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Pictures of Zarganar
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Biography of Zarganar
Zargana, (real name Maung Thura) was born on January 27th, 1961, the youngest of three sons of the writers, Nan Nyunt Swe and Daw Kyi Oo.
As early as in nursery school, he won two prizes for reciting poems.
He studied at No 1 High School, Dagon up to 10th standard which he passed in 1977 with honours in 4 subjects.
Ever since he was young, he accompanied his parents on speaking tours, and used to entertain people by giving talks and doing imitations, and earned himself the nickname ‘Mimic’ Maung Thura.
At Rangoon University, in banded together with students from various colleges and institutes and formed a dance- troupe called Mya Kyun Thar, who appeared on national TV.
Later, he formed a drama group called �Moe Nat Thuzar� which performed at student gatherings and on TV.
At one party at the Dental School, he received suggestions for his stage names, and out of Zargana (tweezers), Pliers, Tincture and Gum-hpyu (cotton wool), he selected Zargana.
While in Dental School, he worked as a volunteer literacy teacher in Chin State and wrote about his experiences in ‘Man-Tar’ (May they have sweet dreams) which was published by the Sape Beikman.
In 1985 he graduated from Dental School with a BDS degree. In 1986 he formed the Myaponnamar Anyeint group which performed on TV and at events outside.
From then on, whenever he used to mock the leaders of the Burma Socialist Programme Party, he would receive a standing ovation from the audience.
He upset the authorities by criticising the special privileges of certain people, the poverty and problems faced by the poor and the farmers, spiralling prices and increasing difficulties in making ends meet, the incompetence of government departments, bribery and corruption, and General Ne Win’s military dictatorship.
During the 1988 uprising, he started speaking at Rangoon General Hospital, and his addresses always attracted a large audience and won rousing ovations.
During that time, he was made a leader of the student movements and worked hard for the formation of an interim government.
However, on 18 September 1988, the military seized power in a coup and he and his group were arrested on 2 October and held under section 10(a) in Insein Jail.
When he was first arrested he was taken to the Military Intelligence No 6 camp at 10 mile Prome Road and held there for 8 days where he was beaten by soldiers from the No 22 LID. He was released on 23 April 1989.
He then reformed the Myaponnamar anyeint group, but after he performed about3 shows in towns like Pegu, Thanatpin and Syriam in which he criticised the SLORC government, permission to perform was withdrawn and the troupe disbanded.
Video tapes by Zargana�s group were frequently banned by the censors from being distributed. Some tapes were sent up by the censors to the leaders of the SLORC and didn�t come back.
Although Zargana did not join a party or stand in the elections, he was close to students and graduates from the organisations such as ba-ka-tha (the All Burma Federation of Students Unions) and gave them help and support.
On 19 May 1990, about a week before the election, Zargana and A-yain were arrested under martial law and given sentences of 5 years each.
Between 1985 and 1988, Zargana took the lead in four films and 8 Video movies. Zargana was released on 25 March 1994.Goverment didn’t allow him to perform on stage. He can only participated in Video production.
Then he was banned for 3 years because of his video movie(The title is LUN).
After yrar 2000,Zarganar got permission to perform at film&video.But he didn’t get permission to perform On stage.
According to his Interview with BBC at Burmese Thingyan(April 2006), he was banned unlimitted.Even his name &voice are banned in local.
Zarganar was arrested third time on 25 Septenber 2007 due to his participation in Sangha (Burmese Monks)movement which is also nown as Yellowish revolution.
Then he was released on 17 October 2007.
Source : thurazarganar.com http://www.thurazarganar.com/biography.html
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The following is a Burmese transcript of an interview with Zarganar by Irrawaddy internet magazine. It is about how Zarganar helped victims of Cyclone Nargis.
ကယ္ဆယ္ေရးလုပ္သားႀကီး လူ႐ႊင္ေတာ္ ဇာဂနာ
ဧရာ၀တီ | ေမ ၃၁၊ ၂၀၀၈
ေမး။ ။ ျဖစ္တဲ့ေန႔ကစၿပီးေတာ့ အခုလက္ရွိကာလအထိ အေျခအေန ဘယ္လိုရွိလဲဆိုတာ အရင္ေျပာျပပါ။
ေျဖ။ ။ က်ေနာ္တို႔က ေမလ ၇ ရက္ေန႔ကေနစၿပီးလုပ္တာ ဒီေန႔မနက္အထိ လုပ္ေနၾကတယ္။ ေရာက္တာလည္း ၿမိဳ႕အကုန္ကုန္ၿပီ၊ ငပုေတာတၿမိဳ႕ဘဲ မေရာက္ေသးတာ … ဒါလည္း က်ေနာ္သာမေရာက္တာ က်ေနာ္တို႔အဖြဲ႔က ေရာက္ၿပီးသြားၿပီ။ အဲဒီအျပင္ က်ေနာ္တို႔အဖြဲ႔က ဘယ္လိုေနရာေတြ ေရာက္လဲ ဆိုေတာ့ ဘာအကူအညီမွ မရေသးတဲ့ ႐ြာေပါင္း ၄၂ ႐ြာ ေရာက္ၿပီးၿပီ၊ ေဒးဒရဲအပိုင္ထဲမွာ ရွိတယ္၊ စပါးဒိုင္ေတြကို စုထားတဲ့႐ြာ … ေက်း႐ြာအစုႀကီး ၃ စု။
ဘိုကေလးအပိုင္ထဲမွာလည္း ေက်း႐ြာအစုႀကီး ၃ စု … အဲဒါမ်ိဳးေတြကို က်ေနာ္တို႔ အေရာက္သြားတယ္။ အဲဒီ႐ြာေတြ ၄၂ ႐ြာ ရွိတယ္၊ ဘာအကူအညီမွ မရၾကေသးဘူး။ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္အဆင့္က ေပးတဲ့ အကူအညီတင္ မဟုတ္ဘူး … ယူအန္ဆီကလည္း မရဘူး၊ ဘယ္အန္ဂ်ီအိုမွလည္း မေရာက္ၾကေသးဘူး။
ေမး။ ။ အဲဒီေနရာေတြမွာ ဘာေတြေတြ႔ခဲ့သလဲ၊ လူေတြဘယ္ေလာက္ေသသလဲ၊ ဘာအကူအညီေတြ လိုအပ္ေနသလဲ၊ ႐ြာေတြ ဘယ္ေလာက္ပ်က္သြားတယ္ဆိုတာကို ေျပာျပႏိုင္မလား ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ က်ေနာ္ ဥပမာတခုေျပာျပမယ္။ မေငးႀကီးဒိုင္နယ္ဆိုရင္ အိမ္ေျခ တေထာင္ရွိတယ္ … အဲဒီ တေထာင္မွာ ၇၀၀ က ဘာမွမက်န္ေအာင္ကို လံုး၀ ပ်က္စီးသြားတယ္။ အိမ္ေျခ ၃၀၀ က တိုင္ေလာက္၊ အခင္းေလာက္ က်န္တယ္။ လူ ၂၂၁ ေယာက္ ေသတယ္၊ ၃၀၀ က ေပ်ာက္ေနတုန္းပဲ အခုအထိ ရွာမေတြ႔ေသးဘူး၊ ဘယ္ေရာက္ေနမွန္းလည္း မသိဘူး။
က်ေနာ္တို႔ေရာက္တဲ့ ၂၂ ရက္ေန႔အထိ အေလာင္းေတြက ေခ်ာင္းထဲမွာ ဒီအတိုင္းရွိေနတုန္းပဲ။ အစိုးရကေပးတဲ့ ဆန္ ႏို႔ဆီဘူး ၇ လံုးနဲ႔ ေစတနာရွင္တေယာက္က လာလွဴတဲ့ ေခါက္ဆြဲေျခာက္ တထုပ္ဆီ ရတယ္၊ အဲဒါကလြဲရင္ ဘာမွမရၾကေသးဘူး။ အဲဒါ မုန္တိုင္းအလြန္ ရက္ ၂၀ အၾကာ …။
ၿပီးခဲ့တဲ့ ၂၈ ရက္ေန႔က က်ေနာ္တို႔ ဘိုကေလးကေနၿပီးေတာ့ တင္ေမာင္းေခ်ာင္း၊ ႀကိမ္စု၊ ထိပ္ေခ်ာင္းႀကီးေက်း႐ြာ၊ ကန္စု၊ ေ႐ႊဘိုစု … အဲဒီေနရာေတြကို ေရာက္တယ္။ အဲဒီေနရာမွာရွိတဲ့ လူေတြအားလံုးက ဘာအကူအညီမွ မရေသးဘူး၊ ဘယ္သူကမွလာမေပးဘူး … အကႌ်မရွိဘူး၊ ကေလးေတြက ကိုယ္တံုးလံုးနီးပါးျဖစ္ေနတယ္။
အေရအတြက္က မိသားစု ၅၄၂ အိမ္ေထာင္ရွိတယ္ … အဲဒီအိမ္ေထာင္စုေတြအားလံုး အိမ္မရွိေတာ့ဘူး။ အဲဒီမွာ အကၽြတ္အလြတ္ဆိုတဲ့ ဘုရာေလးတဆူ ရွိတယ္၊ အဲဒီဘုရားကလည္း ပ်က္စီးေနပါၿပီ၊ ထီးေတြဘာေတြ က်ိဳးက်ေနၿပီ … သူတို႔ခမ်ာ အဲဒီဘုရားရင္ျပင္ေပၚမွာ စုၿပံဳၿပီးေတာ့ အိပ္ေနၾကတယ္။ ယူအန္မလာဘူး၊ အန္ဂ်ီအို မေရာက္ေသးဘူး … ဘာအကူအညီမွ မရဘူး။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ပုဂၢလိက အဖြဲ႔ကေလးေတြပဲ အဲဒီကို ေရာက္တယ္။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ေရာက္တဲ့ အခ်ိန္ကေတာ့ သူတို႔ဘာမွမရေသးလို႔ ေတာ္ေတာ္မ်ားမ်ား ေပးႏိုင္ခဲ့တယ္။ အဆိုးဆံုးက အဲဒီမွာ ေရမရွိဘူး၊ ေသာက္ေရ လံုး၀မရွိဘူး။ အဲဒီလိုမရွိတဲ့အတြက္ မိုး႐ြာမွ ေရခံၿပီးေသာက္ေနရတယ္။ ေရသန္႔ေတြကို သေဘၤာနဲ႔တင္ၿပီး သြားပို႔ရတယ္။ ေရသန္႔ဘူးေပါင္း တေသာင္း။
ေမး။ ။ အစိုးရ ရေနတဲ့ … လက္ခံထားတဲ့ ႏိုင္ငံတကာက အကူအညီေတြ အဲဒီဘက္ကို မေရာက္ဖူးဘူးလား ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ အဲဒါေတြက … ကယ္ဆယ္ေရးစခန္းေတြရွိတယ္ဗ်။ လပၸတၱာမွာ ရွိတယ္၊ ဘိုကေလးမွာဆိုလည္း ရွိတယ္ … အဲဒီ စခန္းေတြမွာေတာ့ မိုးကာတဲေတြနဲ႔ ေနရတယ္၊ တတဲကို ၄၊ ၅ ေယာက္ ေနၾကတယ္။ အဲဒီမွာ ထမင္းခ်က္တယ္၊ ဆန္ျပဳတ္ ေသာက္ရတယ္၊ အဲဒီဘက္ေတြမွာေတာ့ ရတယ္။ အရည္အတြက္အားျဖင့္ နည္းနည္းေလးပဲရွိတယ္။ ႐ြာေတြမွာ ေရာက္ေနတဲ့လူေတြကေတာ့ ဘာမွမရၾကဘူး။
ေမး။ ။ ယူအန္က ေျပာတယ္။ လြန္ခဲ့တဲ့အပတ္အထိ လူဦးေရ ၂၅ ရာခိုင္ႏႈန္းအထိပဲ အကူအညီေတြ ေရာက္ေသးတယ္ဆိုေတာ့ … အဲဒီတြက္ခ်က္မႈက ဘယ္ေလာက္အထိ မွန္ပါသလဲ။
ေျဖ။ ။ မွန္တယ္လို႔ေတာ့ ေျပာလို႔ရတယ္။ အဲဒီလို ကယ္ဆယ္ေရး ေနရာေတြကို ေရာက္တဲ့လူက နည္းနည္းရယ္ … က်န္တဲ့ ကၽြန္းေတြ၊ ကိုယ့္ရပ္႐ြာေတြေပါ့ဗ်ာ … ဘယ္သူမွလည္း လာမေခၚလို႔၊ ဘယ္သူမွလည္း လာမရလို႔၊ ကားလမ္းလည္းမေပါက္လို႔ ေရလမ္းတခုပဲ အားကိုးအားထားျပဳၿပီး ကိုယ့္႐ြာေလးမွာ အသက္ရွင္က်န္ေနၾကတဲ့ လူေတြေပါ့ဗ်ာ … စိတ္မေကာင္းစရာ အေၾကာင္းေလးတခု က်ေနာ္ ျဖတ္ေျပာျပမယ္ … အဘြားႀကီးတေယာက္က သူ႔မွာ မိသားစု ၁၁ ေယာက္ ရွိတယ္၊ ၁၀ ေယာက္ေသသြားၿပီး သူတေယာက္တည္း က်န္ခဲ့တယ္။ အဲဒီလို ၁၀ ေယာက္ေသသြားတယ္ဆိုတာကို သူမသိဘူး၊ သူကိုယ္တိုင္လည္း သူ႔ကိုယ္သူ မမွတ္မိေတာ့ဘူး။ အဲဒီလိုလူေတြ အမ်ားႀကီးပဲ၊ ကၽြန္းေတြေပၚမွာ အဲဒီလို ေၾကာင္ၿပီးက်န္ခဲ့တဲ့လူေတြ အမ်ားႀကီးပဲ။ တံငါ႐ြာေလးေတြေပါ့။
ေမး။ ။ အဲဒီလို စိတ္ပိုင္းဆိုင္ရာထိခိုက္သြားတဲ့လူေတြ ဘယ္ေလာက္ေတြ႔ခဲ့သလဲ။ သူတို႔ေတြက ဘယ္လိုအေျခအေနမ်ိဳးမွာ ရွိေနၾကသလဲ ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ ၃ မ်ိဳးေတြ႔တယ္ဗ်။ တမ်ိဳးက အရမ္းေပါက္ကြဲေနတယ္၊ အထိမခံေ႐ႊပုဂံေပါ့ဗ်ာ … ဘာမွကိုအေျပာမခံဘူး၊ ေဒါသေတြ ႀကီးေနတယ္၊ တခ်ိန္လံုး စိတ္ေတြတို ရန္လိုေနတဲ့လူေတြကို ေတြ႔ရတယ္။ ဒုတိယတမ်ိဳးက်ေတာ့ လံုး၀ကို ငိုၿပီးေတာ့ သူ႔မွာ ႀကံဳခဲ့ရတဲ့ အခက္အခဲႀကီးကို ျပန္ၿပီးေတာ့ တခ်ိန္လံုးေတြးၿပီး ေျပာကာေျပာကာနဲ႔ ငိုေနတဲ့လူေတြကို ေတြ႔ရတယ္။ ေနာက္တခုကေတာ့ ဘာစကားမွကို မေျပာေတာ့ဘူး၊ လႈပ္လဲ မလႈပ္ေတာ့ဘူး။ က်ေနာ္တို႔က ဆန္သြားေ၀တယ္ဗ်ာ … တေယာက္ကို ဆန္ ၄ ျပည္ႏႈန္းနဲ႔ေ၀တယ္။ ေနာက္ၿပီးေတာ့ ပဲ၀ါ၊ ပဲကတၱီပါ ေပးတယ္။ အဲဒါေတြကို အထုပ္ေတြနဲ႔ ေစာင္၊ ျခင္ေထာင္ပါထည့္ၿပီး တေယာက္ခ်င္းစီကို ေပးတယ္။ အဲဒီလိုေပးတာကိုေတာင္ လာမယူေတာ့ဘူး။ ဘာကိုမွ စိတ္မ၀င္စားေတာ့ဘူး … ငါတို႔ဘ၀ ေသတာပဲ ေကာင္းပါတယ္ဆိုတာမ်ိဳးေတြရွိတယ္။
ေမး။ ။ ကိုဇာဂနာ သြားခဲ့တဲ့ေနရာေတြမွာ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္က ဘာေတြလုပ္ေပးေနတာကို ေတြ႔ခဲ့ပါသလဲ။
ေျဖ။ ။ ဘာမွလုပ္မေပးဘူး။ ရတာက အခုနက်ေနာ္ေျပာသလို ဆန္ႏို႔ဆီဗူး ၇ လံုးနဲ႔ ေစတနာရွင္တေယာက္ ေ၀သြားတဲ့ ေခါက္ဆြဲေျခာက္ တထုပ္ပဲရတယ္။ အဲဒါ ၂၈ ရက္ေန႔ က်ေနာ္တို႔ေရာက္သြားတဲ့ အခ်ိန္အထိ …
ေမး။ ။ အဲဒီဖက္ေတြကိုက်ေတာ့ အကူပစၥည္းကို ဘာနဲ႔ပို႔ရသလဲ။ ေလွေတြနဲ႔သြားတာလား။
ေျဖ။ ။ ဟုတ္တယ္ … ေလွနဲ႔သြားရတာ။
ေမး။ ။ ကိုဇာဂနာတို႔လို ပုဂၢလိကအလွဴရွင္ေတြအေနနဲ႔ ဘယ္ေလာက္အထိ လုပ္ခြင့္ရသလဲ။
ေျဖ။ ။ အစပိုင္းကေတာ့ က်ေနာ္တို႔က တြန္းလုပ္တာေပါ့ဗ်ာ … နည္းနည္းေတာ့ အခက္အခဲရွိတယ္။ ထိပ္တိုက္တိုးရတာေတြ ရွိတယ္။ ဥပမာ – ခင္ဗ်ားတို႔က ဘာျဖစ္လို႔ က်ေနာ္တို႔ကို (အာဏာပိုင္) မတိုင္ပင္ဘဲ သြားတာလဲ၊ က်ေနာ္တို႔ကို ေျပာပါ ဘာညာဆိုၿပီး နည္းနည္းညွိႏွိင္းၿပီး လုပ္က်တဲ့။ ခင္ဗ်ားတို႔ရဲ႕ အသက္ အႏၱရာယ္ကို တာ၀န္မယူဘူးတဲ့ … မယူလဲေန၊ ေသခ်င္ေသပေလ့ေစ၊ သြားမယ္ေျပာၿပီး တိုး၀င္သြားရတာေတြ ရွိတယ္။ ေစတနာရွင္ေတြ ကိုယ္တိုင္ သြားလွဴလို႔ရတယ္ အမိန္႔ထြက္ၿပီးေတာ့ သိပ္မေျပာေတာ့ဘူး … သဘာ၀ ေဘးအႏၱရာယ္ ကာကြယ္ေရးအဖြဲ႔က ထုတ္တဲ့အမိန္ေလ … သြားလာေရး ခက္ခဲ့တဲ့ေနရာေတြကိုသြားႏိုင္ရင္ ပိုမို ေကာင္းမြန္ပါတယ္၊ ပုဂၢလိကအလွဴရွင္မ်ား မိမိသေဘာနဲ႔မိမိ ႀကိဳက္သလိုလွဴဒါန္းႏိုင္ပါတယ္လို႔ အမိန္႔မွာပါတယ္။
အဲဒိအမိန္႔ထြက္ၿပီးမွ တ႐ုတ္တန္းက ကုန္သည္မ်ားအဖြဲ႔၊ မဂိုလမ္းက ေ႐ႊဆိုင္ေတြေတြပါ အကူကိစၥ လုပ္လာၾကတယ္။ သူတို႔ေတြ ၀င္လာေတာ့ ဒုကၡသည္ေတြလည္း ပိုရတာေပါ့။ သူတို႔ေတြ ေခ်ာင္က်တဲ့ ေနရာေတြကို မသြားႏိုင္လည္း က်ေနာ္တို႔အဖြဲ႔က ယူသြားေပးတယ္။ ဥပမာ – ဘိုကေလးၿမိဳ႕ ဆိုပါေတာ့၊ အလွဴရွင္ေတြက ၿမိဳ႕ေပၚမွာထားခဲ့ … က်ေနာ္တို႔သ႐ုပ္ေဆာင္ေတြက ႐ြာေတြဆီ ယူသြားေပးေပါ့။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ အဖြဲ႔မွာ ၀ိုင္းကူလုပ္ေနတဲ့လူ ၄၂၀ ရွိတယ္။ ထိေရာက္မႈရွိေအာင္ အဖြဲ႔ေတြခြဲၿပီး လုပ္ၾကတယ္။
ေမး။ ။ တေန႔က ျမန္မာ့အလင္းမွာ လူေတြကို ဖားရွာ၊ ငါးရွာစား … ေနာက္ႏွစ္ဆို ဧရာ၀တီျမစ္၀ကၽြန္းေပၚမွာ စပါးေတြေ႐ႊေရာင္းသန္းၿပီးေတာ့ ျပန္လည္ထူေထာင္ေရးလုပ္ငန္းနဲ႔ စည္ပင္ေတာ့မယ္လို႔ ေရးထားတယ္။ အဲဒါ ျဖစ္ႏိုင္ပါ့မလား ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ အဲဒီအိပ္မက္ကေလး ေကာင္းသားပဲလို႔ က်ေနာ္ေျပာခ်င္တယ္ … ဟဲဟဲဟဲ … ဖားရွာ၊ ငါးရွာ ရွာလို႔ရမလားေတာ့ မသိဘူး … ဧရာ၀တီျမစ္ႀကီးနဲ႔ ဘုိကေလးျမစ္ဆိုရင္ ေရအေရာင္ကို နာမည္ေပးထားတယ္၊ နာဂစ္ကာလာ လို႔။ ဘာလဲဆိုေတာ့ ျဖဴၿဖဲၿဖဲ အေရာင္ႀကီး၊ အဲဒီ အေရာင္ႀကီးနဲ႔ လူနဲ႔ ကၽြဲ ႏြားအေလာင္းေတြက အမ်ားႀကီး … နာဂစ္ရနံ႔ ဆိုတာရွိေသးတယ္ … အဲဒီညွီနံ႔ႀကီးက ျပန္လာရင္ ပါလာတာပဲ၊ ဘယ္သူမွမခံႏိုင္ဘူး အန္တယ္။ ဒီေတာ့ အဲဒီလိုေနရာေတြမွာ ဘယ္လိုလုပ္ၿပီး ငါးရွာ၊ ဖားရွာမွာလဲဗ်ာ … ငါးဖမ္းမယ့္အစား အေလာင္းေတြဖဲ့စားမွ ရေတာ့မယ္။
ေမး။ ။ အေလာင္းကိစၥကို ေမးခ်င္ေသးတယ္။ အခုထိ အေလာင္းေတြကို သၿဂႌဳဟ္လို႔ မၿပီးေသးဘူးလား ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ ေကာက္ကို မေကာက္ႏိုင္ေသးတာ။ ၂၈ ရက္ေန႔ ဘိုကေလးကျပန္လာတယ္။ ႐ြာ ၅ ႐ြာကို သြားခဲ့တယ္။ အဲဒီ ၅ ႐ြာမွာ ဗီဒီယို၊ ဓာတ္ပံု မ႐ိုက္ႏိုင္ေတာ့ဘူး … အေလာင္းေတြမ်ားလြန္းလို႔။ အနည္းဆံုး အေလာင္း ၄၀ ေလာက္ ေတြခဲ့တယ္။ အဲဒါေတာင္ ဟိုးအစြန္ပိုင္းက အေလာင္းေတြကို ေကာက္ၿပီးေတာ့ မီး႐ႈိ႕လိုက္တာ တေထာင္ေက်ာ္ ရွိတယ္ … ေစတနာရွင္ေတြက မီးစက္ႀကီးေတြ အလံုး ၈၀ ေလာက္သယ္လာၿပီး မီး႐ႈိ႕ေပးတာ။ က်ေနာ္သိသေလာက္ ေအဇက္ဂ်ီတို႔ ခရစ္ယန္သာသနာျပဳအဖြဲ႔ တို႔ကေပါ့။
ေမး။ ။ ဧရာ၀တီျမစ္၀ကၽြန္းေပၚမွာ ကရင္လူမ်ိဳးေတြအမ်ားစုေနၾကတယ္ … သူတို႔ေတြရဲ႕ အေျခအေနကေရာ ဘယ္လိုရွိပါသလဲ။
ေျဖ။ ။ ဘိုကေလးအပိုင္တို႔ ေဒးဒရဲအပိုင္တို႔မွာ ကရင္႐ြာေတြရွိတယ္ … အမ်ားစုက ခရစ္ယာန္ ဘာသာ၀င္ေတြ ျဖစ္တယ္။ အဲဒီက ကရင္ေတြကို သေဘာက်တယ္ဗ်။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ေရာက္သြားတဲ့အခ်ိန္မွာ ႐ြာထဲကေနကူမယ့္ လူေတြကို ေခၚတယ္ … သူတို႔ကို ရန္ကုန္ ေခၚလာၿပီး ဆရာ၀န္ေတြနဲ႔ ေဆြးေႏြးပြဲေတြ လုပ္ေပးတယ္။ သူ႔တို႔က ႐ြာကိုျပန္ၿပီး တည္ေဆာက္ေရးကို ဦးေဆာင္ၾကမွာေလ။
အေရးေပၚလိုအပ္ေနတဲ့ အမိုး၊ အကာနဲ႔ အစားအေသာက္စတဲ့ အကူပစၥည္းေတြေပးၿပီး ဒုတိယအဆင့္အေနနဲ႔ ဒီေန႔ကစၿပီးေတာ့ ကန္စြန္း၊ ဟင္းႏုႏြယ္၊ ခ်င္ေပါင္ မ်ိဳးေစ့ေတြေပးတယ္။ ဘယ္ေျမမွာမဆိုစိုက္လို႔ရေအာင္ထည့္တဲ့ ေျမၾသဇာေပးတယ္၊ သံုးပံုသံုးနည္းကိုလည္း သင္ေပးတယ္။
ေမး။ ။ အခုလိုကာလမွာ စိုက္ပ်ိဳးေရးလုပ္ငန္းေတြ ျပန္စလို႔ရမယ္ ထင္ပါသလား။
ေျဖ။ ။ စပါးကေတာ့ မရႏိုင္ေသးဘူး။ ဟင္းသီးဟင္း႐ြက္၊ ဘူးသီး၊ ခ၀ဲသီးေလာက္ကေတာ့ ရႏိုင္တယ္။ ဒီေန႔စလုပ္တယ္ … ႐ြာေတြက ပါလာတဲ့ ကရင္ေတြကို တတ္ကၽြမ္းတဲ့လူေတြနဲ႔ သင္ေပးတယ္။
ေမး။ ။ ကရင္လူမ်ိဳးေတြ တိုင္းရင္သားေတြမို႔ အကူအညီမရၾကဘူးလို႔ ေျပာၾကတာေတြလည္းရွိတယ္။ အဲဒါ ဟုတ္ပါသလား။
ေျဖ။ ။ တိုင္းရင္သားမွမဟုတ္ပါဘူး … ဗမာလည္း မရၾကပါဘူး … ဘယ္သူမွမရၾကတာပါ။ စပါးျပန္စိုက္ဖို႔ အခ်ိန္က ၁၅ ရက္ပဲ ရွိေတာ့တယ္။ အခု က်ေနာ္တို႔က ကုမၸဏီႀကီးေတြကို ေမတၱာရပ္ခံၿပီး လိုက္ညွိေနတာ … ထိုင္းက ပညာရွင္ေတြနဲ႔လဲ ညွိထားတယ္။ ေ႐ႊကၽြဲ လို႔ေခၚတဲ့ လက္တြန္းလယ္ထြန္စက္ေပါ့ … အဲဒီေကာင္နဲ႔ဆိုရင္ ေန႔၀က္ကို တဧကၿပီးတယ္။ စက္တလံုးကို က်ပ္ ၁၄ သိန္းရွိတယ္။ ကၽြန္းညိဳႀကီး တိုက္နယ္ကို အဓိကေနရာအျဖစ္ သတ္မွတ္လိုက္တယ္။ အဲဒီမွာ လူဦးေရ ၅၅၁၄ ဦး ရွိတယ္ … အဲဒီမွာ အလုပ္လုပ္ႏိုင္တဲ့ ေယာက္်ားဦးေရက ၃၂၀၀ ေက်ာ္ ရွိတယ္။ အဲဒီကေျမႀကီးေတြကို ထိုင္းက ပညာရွင္ေတြနဲ႔ျပင္ၾကည့္ေတာ့ ရတယ္။ သံဘီးတပ္တဲ့ ေ႐ႊကၽြဲ ၁၈ လံုးေလာက္ရွိရင္ အလုပ္ စလုပ္လို႔ရၿပီ။ အခုအလွဴခံထားတာ ၁၀ လံုးရၿပီ၊ ေနာက္ ၈ လံုးလိုေသးတယ္။
ေမး။ ။ အိမ္နီးခ်င္းႏိုင္ငံေတြက က်န္းမာေရးအဖြဲ႔၊ ကယ္ဆယ္ေရးအဖြဲ႔ေတြ လာၾကတယ္။ သူတို႔ေတြေကာ အဲဒီေနရာေတြကို ေရာက္ၾကရဲ႕လား။
ေျဖ။ ။ တျခားႏိုင္ငံေတြကေတာ့မေရာက္ဘူး။ က်ေနာ္တို႔နဲ႔အတူ ထိုင္းက အမ်ိဳးသမီးတေယာက္လိုက္လာၿပီး ေျမႀကီးေတြ ေလ့လာတာေတာ့ ရွိတယ္။ မေန႔ကျပန္သြားတယ္ … စေနေန႔ ျပန္လာမယ္။ သူျပန္လာရင္ေတာ့ သိရမယ္ ဒီေျမႀကီးကို ၁၅ ရက္အတြင္း စပါးစိုက္လို႔ ရ မရကို။
ေမး။ ။ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံေျမာက္ပိုင္း၊ အထက္ပိုင္းကေကာ ဘယ္လိုအကူအညီေတြရပါသလဲ ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ ေရာက္လာတယ္ … အမ်ားႀကီးပဲ။ ဥပမာ – နမၼတီး၊ ျမစ္ႀကီးနား၊ လား႐ိႈး ဘက္ကဆို ၁၀ ဘီး ကားႀကီးေတြနဲ႔ လာတာ။ ဆီေတြဆိုရင္ ေပပါ ၂၀၀ တို႔ … အခုေနာက္ပိုင္း ဆင္းလာတယ္။ လား႐ိႈးက ဆင္းလာတဲ့အဖြဲ႔ဆိုရင္ ခရစ္ယာန္ သာသနာျပဳအဖြဲ႔နဲ႔ ေပါင္းၿပီး ဆင္းလာတာ ၁၀ ဘီးကား ၁၀ စီးနဲ႔။ အခုနပဲ သြားႀကိဳလာတာ … ရွမ္းလူမ်ိဳးေတြ။
ေမး။ ။ ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕အေျခအေနကိုလည္း ေျပာျပပါဦး။
ေျဖ။ ။ အဲဒီေနရာေတြကိုလည္း သြားေနရတာပါပဲ။ ဒီေန႔မနက္ဆိုရင္ ဒလ၊ ကြမ္းၿခံကုန္းနဲ႔ ၾကည့္ျမင္တိုင္ တဘက္ကမ္းက ေညာင္၀ိုင္းကို က်ေနာ္တို႔အဖြဲ႔ေတြ သြားၾကတယ္။ အဲဒီေနရာေတြက ျမစ္၀ကၽြန္းေပၚေလာက္ ဆိုးဆိုး႐ြား႐ြား မျဖစ္ပါဘူး။ ဒါေပမယ့္ အိမ္ေတြ ၿပိဳသြားတယ္၊ အဲဒီလူေတြကိုလည္း လွဴရတာေပါ့။ အဲဒီကလူေတြက ျမစ္၀ကၽြန္းေပၚေလာက္ေတာ့ စိတ္ပိုင္းဆိုင္ရာ မထိခိုက္ဘူး။
ေမး။ ။ ျပည္ပကလူေတြကိုေရာ ကိုဇာဂနာ ဘာေျပာခ်င္ေသးလဲ။
ေျဖ။ ။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ မတတ္ႏိုင္တဲ့အတိုင္းအတာေတြ ရွိပါတယ္။ အျပင္ကလူေတြ လုပ္ေပးလို႔ ရႏိုင္တာေတြကေတာ့ ပ်က္စီးသြားတဲ့႐ြာေတြ အျမန္ဆံုး ျပန္လည္ထူေထာင္ႏိုင္ဖို႔ အတြက္ပါ။ ဥပမာ – ဆူနာမီ တံုးကဆိုရင္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံမွာ ပညာရွင္ေတြ ခ်က္ခ်င္းေရာက္လာတယ္။ ၿပီးေတာ့ အိမ္ေတြကို ခ်က္ခ်င္း ေဆာက္ေပးလိုက္ႏိုင္တယ္ … အဲဒီလိုမ်ိဳး က်ေနာ္တို႔ မတတ္ႏိုင္ဘူး၊ အဲဒီေလာက္လည္း မခ်မ္းသာဘူး။ ဘီလ္ဂိတ္လို လူမ်ိဳးကလည္း လွဴတယ္ဆိုၿပီးေတာ့ ဘယ္လိုလူေတြကို ဘာေတြလုပ္ေပးေနသလဲဆိုတာ စဥ္းစားလို႔ကို မတတ္ဘူး။
အိမ္တလံုးေဆာက္ဖို႔ ဘယ္ေလာက္မွလည္း မကုန္ပါဘူး … အဲဒီလိုအိမ္ေလးေတြမ်ား ႏိုင္ငံတကာက ႐ြာေတြမွာ လာေဆာက္ေပးႏိုင္မယ္ ဆိုရင္ … …။
ယူအန္ကိုေတာ့ မေက်နပ္ဘူး။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ျပည္သူေတြအတြက္ ဘာမွ ထိထိေရာက္ေရာက္ မလုပ္ေပးႏိုင္လို႔။ အခု ဘိုကေလးမွာ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ေရာက္တဲ့ ႐ြာေတြရွိတယ္ဗ်ာ၊ ကိုေ၀ဠဳေက်ာ္တို႔ ေရာက္တဲ့ လပၸတၱာက႐ြာေတြ၊ က်ေနာ္တို႔လူေတြ ေရာက္တဲ့ ငပုေတာက႐ြာေတြ … က်ေနာ္တို႔မွာ ေျမပံုေတြ ရွိပါတယ္၊ အဲဒီေနရာေတြကို ယူအန္က တေယာက္မွ မေရာက္ေသးဘူးဗ်ာ။ ယူအန္ျဖစ္ျဖစ္ … တျခား အန္ဂ်ီအိုျဖစ္ျဖစ္ … သူတို႔ေတြက အစိုးရ ၿငိဳျငင္မွာကို ေၾကာက္ေနတယ္ … အဲဒါကို က်ေနာ္ကမႀကိဳက္တာ။ ဒုကၡသည္ကို ကူညီမွာ ဘာလို႔ ၿငိဳျငင္တာ မခံရဲရတာလဲ။ မသြားရဘူး ေျပာလည္း သြားေပါ့ဗ်ာ ဘာျဖစ္လည္း။ ဒါမွမဟုတ္ သြားလာေနတဲ့ လူေတြကို အကူအညီေပးေပါ့။ က်ေနာ္တို႔လို အလားသ႑န္တူ သြားေနတဲ့အဖြဲ႔ ၄၊ ၅ ဖြဲ႔ ေလာက္ရွိတယ္။ အဲဒါေတြကိုလည္း အကူအညီ မေပးဘူး … မယက ႐ံုးထဲကို ပစၥည္းေတြ သြားပို႔ေနေတာ့ ဘာသြားလုပ္မလဲ။
ေမး။ ။ လူေတြ ေတာင္းစားတယ္ဆိုတဲ့ကိစၥကေကာ ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ တကယ္တမ္းေျပာရရင္ ငတ္ေတာ့လည္း ေတာင္းစားမိမွာေပါ့ဗ်ာ … ဟုတ္တယ္မလား။ ကုန္းၿခံကုန္းလမ္းမွာ အစားအေသာက္ေတြ ေပးၾကပါနဲ႔ တကယ္ငတ္မြတ္ေနၾကတာကိုး … ေတာင္းမွာေပါ့၊ သိပ္႐ုပ္ပ်က္ဆင္းပ်က္ေတာ့ မျဖစ္ပါဘူး … ဘီစကစ္ေတြ ကားေပၚကပစ္ခ်လို႔ လမ္းေဘးမွာလူးလွိမ့္ၿပီး လုေနတာေတာ့မရွိပါဘူး … ကားတိုက္ၿပီး ေသကုန္မွာေပါ့။
ေမး။ ။ အေမရိကန္က ေျပာေနတုန္းရွိေသးတယ္၊ တခ်ိဳ႕ေနရာေတြကို သူတို႔ရဲ႕ ေရေပၚ၊ ေျမေပၚမွာသြားလို႔ရတဲ့ ရွပ္ေျပး ေမာ္ေတာ္ေလးေတြနဲ႔မွ အလုပ္ျဖစ္မယ္၊ ကူညီခ်င္ပါတယ္လို႔ တဲ့။ အဲဒီအကူအညီက အခုလို တလျပည့္လာတဲ့ကာလမွာ လိုအပ္ေသးတယ္လို႔ ထင္သလား ခင္ဗ်။
ေျဖ။ ။ က်ေနာ့္အေနနဲ႔ကေတာ့ လိုအပ္တယ္ … ဒုကၡသည္ေတြက သူတို႔ကို အေမရိကန္၊ ျပင္သစ္၊ အဂၤလိပ္က သေဘၤာႀကီးေတြ သူတို႔ကို လာကူညီေနၾကပါၿပီဆိုၿပီး အရမ္း၀မ္းသာေနၾကတာ … က်ေနာ္တို႔က ေရဒီယိုလည္း ေပးတယ္ေလ … ခင္ဗ်ားတို႔ ကမာၻနဲ႔ အဆက္မျပတ္ေအာင္ နားေထာင္ၾကပါလို႔ … သတင္းေတြနားေထာင္ၿပီး တအားေပ်ာ္ၾကတာ၊ အခုလို မလာေတာ့ဘူးလိုလိုျဖစ္ေတာ့ သူတို႔ေတြ အရမ္းခံစားရတာ။ က်ဳပ္တို႔ကို မကယ္ေတာ့ဘူးလား၊ ဒီအတိုင္းပစ္ထားေတာ့မွာလား၊ ဒီကၽြန္းေပၚမွာ ေသမယ့္ရက္ကို ထိုင္ေစာင့္ေနရမွာလားလို႔ ေအာ္ၾကတာ။ တေယာက္တည္း၊ ႏွစ္ေယာက္တည္းက ေျပာတာမဟုတ္ဘူး။ အဘိုးႀကီး၊ အဘြားႀကီးေတြ၊ ကေလးေတြပါ ေျပာၾကတာ။
