Posts Tagged ‘Suffocated’
World focus on Burma (3 October 2008)
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Green Politics
The Smart Set, PA -
Last year, following Burma’s brutal suppression of monks leading pro-democracy protests, an activist in Britain pointed a finger at Gary Player over a golf …
DPRK-ja-vu, all over again
Across the Aisle, DC -
Without nukes, the DPRK becomes Burma, just another small country ruled by a dictatorial regime that is a nuisance for its neighbors but otherwise can be …
Ailing political detainee forced to stand trial
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Political prisoner Aung Zaw Oo was forced to stand trial at Kyauktada township court despite his pleas to be tried at a later date…
CORRECTING and REPLACING Chevron Loses Major Lobbying Battle In …
MarketWatch -
… operated in Burma, which has caused Chevron a spate of bad publicity for generating billions in hard currency for the repressive military regime there. …
Chevron Loses Major Lobbying Battle In Congress Over Ecuador Trade …
MarketWatch -
… operated in Burma, which has caused Chevron a spate of bad publicity for generating billions in hard currency for the repressive military regime there. …
Than Shwe’s Health Again in Question
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN Burma’s 75-year-old leader, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, is undergoing medical treatment at his Rangoon residence near Tooth Relic Pagoda in Mayangone …
The currency debate re-ignites?
RGE Monitor, NY -
I have argued for a long time that as long as China maintained its currency regime it forced a trade deficit onto the rest of the world, which for the most …
From a close friend of mine:
National Review Online Blogs, NY -
… me to Afghanistan”, and all that stuff, and it’s their CENTRAL riposte for the Iraq war so it’s not like some bizarre point about Burma foreign aid. …
Chinese investments in Myanmars energy, mining sectors of concern
Your Mining News (press release), UK -
The ERI report, aptly titled China in Burma: The Increasing Involvement of Chinese Multinational Corporations in Burma’s Hydropower, Oil and Natural Gas, .
I, Ashin Pannasiri, dissident monk escaped from Burmese prison
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
From New Delhi, the “struggle for freedom and peace in Burma” will continue. Yangon (AsiaNews) – Ashin Pannasiri, a 28-year-old Buddhist monk arrested on …
Perestroika, SA style
Thought Leader, South Africa -
… Libya, Burma, Iran, Zimbabwe and others. This has accomplished little other than calling South Africa’s judgement and own commitment to democracy into …
Aung San Suu Kyi visited by eye-specialist
Mizzima.com, India -
by Mizzima News New Delhi – Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday was visited by an eye-specialist for a check-up, …
Thai company to pay compensation to next of kin of 54 workers
Mizzima.com, India -
The Human Rights organization is cooperating with Thai lawyers and attended the court hearing in Ranong in September 22. Two defendants in this case …
Former journalist and ally of Aung San Suu Kyi detained, says NLD
Independent Mon News Agency, WA -
Burma’s military authorities have detained U Onh Kyaing, former journalist and important member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), says NLD party …
Advancing Democracy through the UN: The Challenges on the Ground
US Department of State, DC -
By addressing country-specific topics such as human rights abuses in Iran, Burma, or North Korea or thematic issues such as freedom of expression or …
Catching Up With… Henry Rollins
Paste Magazine, GA -
… for the Independent Film Channel, while two others—one on Burma and the other, shot in Thailand, about worldwide hunger and famine—round out the list. …
US financial crisis may impact foreign aid
Mizzima.com, India -
Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of last year’s Burma Democracy Promotion Act, which built on existing banking and …
Eye Specialist Calls on Suu Kyi
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By SAW YAN NAING A medical specialist visited pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her Rangoon home on Thursday and conducted an eye examination. …
Where Would Burma Be without Suu Kyi?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
What would happen if Suu Kyi died or became so unhealthy that she couldn’t continue her role as the political leader of Burma’s pro-democracy movement? …
Weekly Business Roundup (October 3, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
JETRO, a Tokyo government-funded business development agency, had advised companies planning to invest in Burma to wait in the wake of the violence, …
Safe Drinking Water Ever Scarcer in Irrawaddy Delta
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By VIOLET CHO Clean drinking water is becoming ever scarcer in Burma’s cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta as the country heads into the dry season. …
UN Rights Commissioner urges Burma to free more political prisoners
Mizzima.com, India -
by Solomon New Delhi – The United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay on Thursday urged Burma’s military junta to free all political …
Burmese asked to leave ward in Mizoram
Mizzima.com, India -
This is violation of human rights”. “Most of the Burmese nationals living in Mizoram State are economic migrants. They migrated here after suffering …
When Burmese citizenship is no longer attractive
Mizzima.com, India -
In contrast to their life in Singapore, Burmese recall the Burmese junta’s treatment of Buddhist monks following last year’s Saffron Revolution, …
Eye specialist examines Aung San Suu Kyi
Independent Online, South Africa -
… and the junta’s liaison officer, labour minister Aung Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD won 1990 elections but the military, which has ruled Burma since 1962, …
Former Fairbanksan overcomes odds, turns to missionary work
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK -
Because of the on-going 50-year civil war in Burma and the unrelenting human rights abuses perpetrated on its own people by the ruling junta, …
New world, new leadership
Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia -
Natural disasters have global impacts: the Southeast Asian tsunami in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in the US in 2005, Cyclone Nargis in Burma in May 2008 and the …
NLD youth member given four-year jail term
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Oct 3, 2008 (DVB)–Mya Than Htike, a National League for Democracy youth member who was hit by a bullet when government troops opened fire on protestors last …
NLD youth member feared dead is found alive
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Oct 3, 2008 (DVB)–A National League for Democracy youth member who went missing in August and was reported dead was found alive by his father at a police …
Myanmar Should Free 2000 Political Prisoners, Suu Kyi, UN Says
Bloomberg -
By James Peng Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — The top United Nations human rights official called on Myanmar’s military junta to free the estimated 2000 political …
Health imperative ‘justifies interventionism’
InTheNews.co.uk, UK -
… intervene beyond their borders to safeguard health and human rights.” The writers suggest leaders who fail to refuse aid to those in need, as in Burma, …
‘Continued Commitment is key to sustained assistance to cyclone …
Balita.org, UK -
MYANMAR, Oct. 3 — Nearly five months into the post disaster response in Myanmar, more than 33000 metric tonnes of food have reached over 733000 people …
Junta suspends two Burmese journals
Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Thailand -
The published version referred to U Win Tin, who had been until his release last week Burma’s longest serving political prisoner, as “Sayagyi” (“Great …
Cuisines of the Axis of Evil
Wall Street Journal -
Accompanying the axis are nuclear states Israel, India and Pakistan, along with human-rights abusers Cuba, Burma and China. Bringing up the rear is the …
UN calls for the release of Myanmar’s political prisoners
AFP -
The High Commissioner also called the detention of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi “completely illegal, even in respect of the country’s law …
Journalist and opposition member Ohn Kyaing arrested again
Reporters without borders (press release), France -
It will be an outrage if he is sent back to prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims, as it would be punishing humanitarian activity. …
Primate of Burma: ‘Do not forget the cyclone victims’
Church Times, UK -
by Ed Beavan ALMOST five months to the day since Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma, the Archbishop of Myanmar, the Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo, …
Justice for migrant labour
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Without assistance from human and labour rights organisations, their misery would have been swept under the carpet. Although some believe the …
Home Blog Zone DC Download Gwen Ifill: VP debate moderator, author
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States -
… like the repressive government of Burma tried to destroy the innocent and truthful voice of Aung San Suu Kyi, Yes, they are weary, but they are resolved …
Other Campaigns and Projects
Earthrights.org, DC -
The Yadana pipeline, running across Burma and into Thailand, is a project of US company Unocal, French Total, and the Burmese military regime, among others. …
Dissidents reflect on Burma uprising
BBC News, UK -
It is a puzzle as to why the regime released me now, but it was almost impossible for them to keep me longer. I was sentenced to 20 years and I had served …
Other Areas of Work
Earthrights.org, DC -
… designed to raise awareness and strengthen the capacity of communities to address the varied human rights dimensions of environmental degradation in Burma.
ERS – Mekong
Earthrights.org, DC -
ERI opened its inaugural EarthRights School-Mekong program in June 2006, drawing from the success of the EarthRights School- Burma model. …
Other Campaigns and Projects
Earthrights.org, DC -
Furthermore, it would be built with assistance from the Burmese military, that has a well-documented record of brutal human rights and environmental abuses. …
A tribute to Shelton Kodikara – III
The Island (subscription), Sri Lanka -
The rice market situation also eased as early as 1957 when Burma’s (Myanmar) five-year commitment to China in 1952 which had partly caused the world …
World focus on Burma (22 July 2008)
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UN Humanitarian Chief in Burma to Assess Post-Cyclone Need
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By VOA News United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes has arrived in Burma for his second visit since Cyclone Nargis devastated parts of the reclusive …
WHO to Rebuild Health Facilities in Burma
Voice of America -
The report assesses damage caused by Cyclone Nargis at $4 billion and estimates Burma, also known as Myanmar, will need $1 billion over the next three years …
WYD Celebrates the Church’s pacific face
National Catholic Register, CT -
Those from Myanmar (Burma), for example, are not free to build new churches or have large religious gatherings without government approval. …
Millions in Myanmar cyclone aid still to be released
GENEVA (AFP) — More than 5.8 million dollars in emergency aid for victims of Myanmar’s cyclone Nargis is still to be released by donor countries, …
Mapping malaria nets
Nature.com (subscription), UK -
For example, Burma (Myanmar) received US$0.01 for each person at risk, compared to US$147 in Suriname, South America. Certain areas, such as Africa, …
Burma makes us all look like fools again
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
Now, Asean and the international community are committed to help revitalise Burma after Cyclone Nargis. An assessment report by Asean, the UN and Burma said …
Breakfast to raise funds for number of worthy causesInside Toronto, Canada - Last month, the busy restaurant raised $7000 to help victims of an earthquake in Sichaun, China and a cyclone in Burma. This Monday, July 28, … |
Burma pulls down ASEAN
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win has reportedly hinted at Burma’s opposition to empowering a Southeast Asian human rights body with …
UN Humanitarian chief visits Burma to assess post-cyclone situation
Mizzima.com, India -
Holmes is visiting Burma a day after overseeing the release of the UN-spearheaded latest report on the post-cyclone situation in Burma’s Irrawaddy and …
Australia boosts cyclone aid to BurmaNEWS.com.au, Australia - The increase brings Australia’s total contribution to $55 million, making it one of the largest individual donors, a statement from the office of Minister … |
Govt pledges $30m for Burma cyclone aid
ABC Online, Australia -
Australia will donate a further $30 million in aid money to help Burma recover from the cyclone that devastated parts of the country earlier this year. …
`Death deprived Mahatma Gandhi of Nobel Peace Prize’
Thaindian.com, Thailand -
Perhaps the junta in Myanmar would have permitted her to leave the country and go to Norway? However, Mjos said that unless she was to have a guarantee that …
Help still needed in Burma
Charities Aid Foundation, UK -
People living in the cyclone-hit regions of Burma still need aid, according to Save the Children. The charity is calling on donors to give another £150 …
UN Official Observes Burmese Relief Efforts
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By SAW YAN NAING The United Nations’ chief humanitarian relief official, John Holmes, started a three-day visit to Burma on Tuesday to observe post-cyclone …
Burma: A Human Rights Supporter?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Ironically, Burma, in terms of human rights and Asean, has garnered phrases like “hot potato,” “problem child” and “thorn” ever since it joined Asean in …
Families of suffocated Myanmar workers’ awarded Bt35,000
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
Of the remaining survivors, Thai police investigators have taken 10 of them as witnesses, while others have been repatriated to Myanmar, also known as Burma …
Burma Opposes Asean Investigative Powers
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By JIM GOMEZ / AP WRITER SINGAPORE — Burma’s junta has indicated it will oppose any effort to give a Southeast Asian human rights body the power to monitor …
Nobel Laureate Doubts Suu Kyi Will Be Released
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By VIOLET CHO Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams has condemned a decision by Burma’s junta to extend the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San …
ASEAN Turns Blind Eye to Burma Rights
TIME -
Since Burma’s junta took over the country, also known as Myanmar, in 1962, its people have gone from some of the richest in Asia to among its poorest. …
Time for donors to give more to Burma says Save the Children
Politics.co.uk, UK -
World governments had pledged to give more money to Burma on condition that an independent assessment of the needs was carried out and that international …
Charcoal Price Hike Leads to More Firewood Use
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The sale of firewood in Rangoon has increased two fold since deadly storm hit Burma. Before the cyclone, dealers mainly sold low and medium grade wood. …
ANALYSIS: ASEAN risks being sidelined without fulfilling goals
Monsters and Critics.com -
The charter, signed by the 10 ASEAN leaders in November, seeks to commit the disparate nations to promote human rights and democratic ideals. …
Interview: Mario Bello Takes on THE MUMMY!
IESB.NET, CA -
And I think it’s insane that we’re in Iraq, we’re in Afghanistan, and the people of Burma are suffering so much. The people of Darfur are suffering so much. …
Burma: Efforts to help cyclone victims still in relief phase, says UN
آكي,
Italy -
“Nearly three months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar (Burma), the Government and its humanitarian partners are continuing to assist the humanitarian …
UN Humanitarian Chief in Burma to Look at Post-Disaster Relief …
istockAnalyst.com, OR -
YANGON, July 22 (Xinhua) – United Nations Humanitarian Chief John Holmes arrived here Tuesday on a re-visit to Myanmar to look into post-disaster relief and …
When, and How, to Spread Democracy?
istockAnalyst.com, OR -
Those thoughts were in keeping with Bush’s and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s emphasis on promoting democratic government and human rights in …
UN humanitarian chief visits Burma cyclone zone
The Standard, Hong Kong -
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes arrived in Burma for a three-day trip to see how the military-run nation is coping after a devastating cyclone, …
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Offer to Release Suu Kyi a Ploy?
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy -
For the military rulers in Burma, or Myanmar, have a notorious record of sounding soft and appearing to compromise when they are under political heat from …
Myanmar needs more aidPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - By Vijay Joshi AP SINGAPORE – Survivors of Myanmar’s Cyclone Nargis face a “second emergency” unless relief efforts receive $1 billion in international aid … |
Iran’s gasoline imports prime target for sanctionsGlobe and Mail, Canada - The same caution would also apply to Zimbabwe, North Korea and Myanmar, also known as Burma. Left largely unsaid in the book is what the United States … |
Burmese MPs Urge UN to Reject New ConstitutionThe Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - “We expect that secretary-general will also stand for the rights of the people of Burma/Myanmar, who were unable to express their real aspirations in the … |
Rock Band to Help Out RefugeesRedOrbit, TX - Funds will support families like the Bays, who came to St. Charles after suffering years of persecution in Myanmar which was formerly known as Burma. … |
ASEAN karaoke night cancelled
NEWS.com.au, Australia -
Ministers from the 10 ASEAN countries – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – plus dialogue …
Myanmar denies Suu Kyi release
Aljazeera.net, Qatar -
Myanmar’s military government has denied that the country’s opposition leader will be freed by the end of the year, saying that reports of her early release …
Bombers target Chinese buses
Dispatch Online, South Africa -
The agency said border guards had tightened security at all exit and entry points in Yunnan, which has long borders with Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. …
South-east Asian nations express “disappointment” at Burma
InTheNews.co.uk, UK -
“They repeated the call by Asean leaders for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees as part of Myanmar’s [Burma's] national
ASEAN Plays a Major Role in Responding to Burmese Cyclone Disaster
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
The international community has expressed their support that ASEAN continues its presence in Myanmar for the relief and early recovery phase in the next 12 …
Burma survivors face ‘second emergency’
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief, John Holmes, noted that while Myanmar eventually cooperated with the UN in humanitarian operations, it was unclear …
Japan Presses Burma on Democratization, Shooting of Journalist
istockAnalyst.com, OR -
The talks in Singapore came on the heels of a joint communique by ASEAN foreign ministers on Monday [21 July] that urged Myanmar [Burma] to free all
The Associated Press -
… hopes of an early release for Suu Kyi, who has now been detained for more than 12 of the last 18 years at her home in Myanmar, also known as Burma. …
scam busters
Irish Independent, Ireland -
Days after Burma was struck by a cyclone that killed tens of thousands and left many more homeless, emails were winging their way around the internet …
Nobel laureate meets Burmese women
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
The Nobel Women’s Initiative delegation focused on the plight of Burmese women in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis during their information-gathering trip to …
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ASEAN has tough talk, little action on Myanmar: observersAFP - Egoy Bans, spokesman for the Free Burma Coalition in the Philippines, said the comment was the latest in a series of jabs that ASEAN has made at the regime … |
Myanmar ratifies ASEAN pact on democracy, rightsChina Post, Taiwan - Myanmar pledged to abide by the EU-style charter at the annual meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers, which was also … |
ASEAN demands action on soaring commodity pricesChina Post, Taiwan - On rogue member Myanmar, the ministers “took note” of a referendum which passed a new constitution in May in the aftermath of killer Cyclone Nargis, … |
Burma signs up to rights charterThe Canberra Times, Australia - BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Burma’s military junta said yesterday it would abide by a regional charter calling for a human rights body, a day after being slammed … |
Youthful activism takes root in BurmaIrish Times, Ireland - The security apparatus of Burma’s military junta was thought to have largely shattered the opposition last August and September, in a crackdown that … Malaria control goals are likely to be unachievableEurekAlert (press release), DC - While Myanmar (Burma) received an average of US$0.01 per capita-at-risk of malaria by the GFATM, the northern South American country Suriname was awarded … |
Malaria Millennium Development Goal ‘unlikely to be met’EurekAlert (press release), DC - For example, Burma (Myanmar) received US$0.01 for each person at risk, compared to US$147 in Suriname, South America. Certain areas, such as Africa, … Zimbabwe: The getaway plan
… “the band wagon is getting bigger and bigger, its not too late to save yourself by quitting mediation, we can always become a proper junta like Burma”. … PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times, Wall St Journal Asia editionsReuters - Cyclone Nargis, which swept across Burma in May, caused more than $4 billion in damage and losses to the country, according to an international assessment. … |
Countdown Beijing 2008: 2 die in Chinese bus blasts
Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria -
… on Saturday, rubber farmers clashed with police in Menglian county, in the south-west of the province close to the border with Burma (Myanmar).
UN needs £500m for Burmese cyclone relief
The Herald, UK -
… the report prepared by the United Nations, the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) and the military junta in Burma, also known as Myanmar. …
Myanmar ‘breakthrough’ may not be all it appears
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
When it comes to Asean and its bete noire, Myanmar, it is a struggle to be optimistic. On the surface, the past two days have proved fruitful for the …
By VOA News Burma’s military government has ratified the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ new charter, which commits ASEAN members to observe …
Canadian National Newspaper, Canada -
These include private firefighters already on the scene in Northern California’s wildfires, to land grabs in cyclone-hit Burma, to the housing bill making …
TWO VIEWS: Democracies can react to genocide, global disasters …
Fresno Bee (subscription), CA -
They have far different notions of freedom, democracy and human rights and, left to their own devices, they would create a world far less hospitable to our …
Junta must show commitment to change
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
The reaction of the junta to Cyclone Nargis in May showed a lack of concern for the people of Myanmar. Its initial refusal to let international aid agencies …
The Standard, Hong Kong -
And a joint report by ASEAN, the United Nations and the Burmese government said that rebuilding Burma’s cyclone-devastated south and delivering aid to …
A Year Long and Still Strong: One Person’s Tireless Dedication …
Sudbury Star, Canada -
For Dr. Kevin McCormick, an inspirational human rights advocate, this day is celebrated as an opportunity to get involved in the flight against conflict, …
Reconciling Evil With Faith
American Enterprise Institute, DC -
They usually cite the natural evils that too often crash upon humans–in China a stupefying earthquake, in Burma a cyclone, elsewhere tsunami, or tornado, …
