Posts Tagged ‘Htein Lin’
World focus on Burma (15 July 2008)
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Amnesty’s biggest-ever Edinburgh Festival line-up announced
Amnesty International UK, UK –
Other Amnesty highlights this year include two visual exhibitions, a play on Burma (with an exclusive Festival demonstration for human rights), …
Sudan indictment seen as ray of hope
TravelVideo.tv (press release) –
The Sudan development serves also as a warning to other goon regimes, like the one in Burma that their clock is winding down and justice, while often slow …
British MPs call on Govt. to investigation Mahn Sha’s assassination
Mizzima.com, India –
Zoya said, “Though we know that it is the work of the Burmese military junta, there has been no official announcement and we are sad about it. …
Myanmar invites UN envoy for talks on democratic reform Monsters and Critics.com – Having recently pushed through a constitution that will assure the military’s control over any elected government, Myanmar’s ruling junta has promised to … |
Burma’s outdoor advertising industry in doldrums after Nargis
Mizzima.com, India –
… billboards and other outdoor advertisement have slowly picked up, said Zaw Lin from Myanmar Ganad. But in military-ruled Burma, where the junta keeps a …
Police incompetence; multiple murderers still at large
Mizzima.com, India –
Lack of media freedom in Burma worsens the rising crime rate in Burma. The media in Burma could write about the aforesaid multi-murder case only several …
Sam Donnellon: Refuse to cover the Olympics? Not for all the tea …
Philadelphia Daily News, PA –
Sales of arms to Burma’s military junta receded after last September’s bloody crackdown of dissidents, and China took a more prominent role in UN attempts …
Attitude on fresh election: contest or not
Mizzima.com, India –
The strongest armed force only after the Burmese Army having even anti-aircraft guns and has a reached ceasefire agreement with the junta. …
Donated fishing equipment taken back from villagers
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
The donor also said that local authorities had skimmed off some of the money given by private donors to help cyclone victims. …
Bush Vows to Push China to Honor Religious Freedom
Christian Post –
In his speech, Bush specifically mentioned religious freedom violators Iran, Eritrea, Sudan, North Korea, Burma, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. …
Support plea for repressed kingdom in the clouds
Inverness Courier, UK –
It borders India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and China. It is split into three provinces Amdo, Kham and U-Tsang, which together with western Kham is referred to …
Journeys Within Announces Plan to Continue Myanmar Help
MarketWatch –
… planning a custom tour for January 2009, including Myanmar. Journeys Within offers customized trips to Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Cambodia. …
Thai ministers fear to sign ASEAN pacts after court defeats Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand – BANGKOK, July 15 (TNA) – After losing several rounds of court battles in recent weeks at home, Thai Cabinet ministers say they are reluctant to sign any … |
June 2008 US-EU Summit Declaration istockAnalyst.com, OR – Separately, we remain deeply concerned at continued repression in Burma/Myanmar as well as the lack of progress toward national reconciliation and a … |
Centre Daily Times, PA – By Gail Franklin Local residents helped fill rice bowls at the dinner tables of 11 orphanages in Myanmar after deadly Cyclone Nargis hit the country May 2. … |
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand – Perhaps his message was that the “Saffron Revolution” had been as devastating to the military regime as Cyclone Nargis was to the people of lower Burma. … |
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand – By KYAW ZWA MOE “Nothing can defeat Burma’s military regime—at least to date.” I wrote those words in a commentary after the monk-led uprising was crushed … |
Thai Embassy Raises the Bar for Burmese Seeking Visas The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand – “Nowadays very few people are applying for Thai visas—far fewer than before Nargis,” she said, referring to the devastating cyclone that hit Burma on May … |
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CENTRE PAYS TRIBUTE TO CONSERVATIONIST South Devon Herald Express, UK – “Some experts suggest that the effect of the recent Burma cyclone would have been greatly reduced had areas of mangrove not been developed. … |
VITAL CLEETHORPES WORK HELPS SAVE LIVES IN BURMA
Grimsby Evening Telegraph, UK –
Since a cyclone devastated Burma, Cleethorpes Rotary, along with fellow groups in District 1270 – including Louth and Mablethorpe – have raised enough for …
Gambari’s Burma Visit Postponed
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Officials said one factor was that at a time when the UN and Asean are busy coordinating humanitarian relief work in the cyclone-hit area of the Irrawaddy …
Tutu renews his appeal to Anglicans to end their factionalism
Ekklesia, UK –
He is an outspoken advocate for peace, justice and human rights – with HIV/AIDS, global poverty and oppression in Burma, Zimbabwe and Tibet being among his …
Sam Donnellon: Refuse to cover the Olympics? Not for all the tea … Philadelphia Daily News, PA – And various human-rights groups, not to mention the exploding international blogging community, have called for disruptions at the Games if China’s … |
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Lecture: Democracy, security and rule of law in Ghana Joy Online, Ghana – Democracy, free market, human resource development, human rights, rule of law and social justice have steadfastly remained our Party’s creed since August 4, … |
Aid workers vital to rebuilding Burma
Radio Australia, Australia –
Burma’s military junta has been trumpeting the fact that more than 1500 international aid workers have been granted visas to the country to assist in the …
Buddhist Monks and Bloggers Band Together in Burma
OpEdNews, PA –
Buddhist monks have given food and shelter to the cyclone survivors. They’ve raised money , medicine, and aid, by preaching Dhamma in public to help the …
Burmese artwork to be given to Pope
The Canberra Times, Australia –
Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney Julien Porteous said the Church shared a close bond with the people of Burma, who had suffered greatly in the wake of the cyclone …
RIGHTS: Cluster Bomb Treaty’s Moral Force May Deter US
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy –
Right now the only country using landmines is Burma. Even countries like Israel that did not sign the landmine treaty do not use them. …
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
Born to parents who had emigrated from Burma, he grew up in Doi Tung. His parents worked in reforestation, which was one of Somdej Yah’s first projects …
Lord Alton reflects on world food summit
Independent Catholic News, UK –
… disasters such as Cyclone Nargis in Burma, the Sichuan earthquake in China, flooding and droughts and by crop failures in countries like Ethiopia. …
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CathNews, Australia – However, 33 pilgims from Burma have arrived after receiving their visas Friday. Thirty three pilgrims, six priests, three mauve nuns – each left a Burma … |
Baptists Bring Comfort to Burma
Christian Post –
By Joshua Goldberg The Baptist World Alliance announced this week that groups of its volunteers, in a special partnership with the Myanmar Baptist …
India Needs To Reconsider Foreign Policy Following Kabul Embassy …
South Asian Link, Canada –
None of the neighbors such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka or Burma is willing to support India against China. India should clearly understand …
Why Are Red Cross Reports Confidential?
Slate –
According to ICRC protocol (PDF), the committee can publicly denounce specific human rights breaches if four conditions are met: The violations are major …
Business Spectator, Australia – Indeed, environmental concerns may soon replace human rights as the principal bone of contention between China and the west, now that the People’s Republic … |
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Bush Calls for Religious Freedom In China, Iran Voice of America – Mr. Bush spoke about his recent meeting in Washington with a Chinese human-rights lawyer named Li Baiguang who is a devout Protestant. … |
Sf Government InAction: Is Ross Mirkarimi Captain Ahab? Is Burma a … SF Weekly Blogs, CA – This isn’t the belief of a Chris Daly who, for all that he is an honorable man (very rare in politics) and by all accounts a better-than-average human being … |
RIGHTS: Cluster Bomb Treaty’s Moral Force May Deter US Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy – According to Marc Garlasco, a military analyst at Human Rights Watch, evolving international norms are shaping the way the US and other states are using … |
BREAKING NEWS: Bush Condemns Religious Rights Abuses In Iran … BosNewsLife, Hungary – Bush also lashed out at Burma, also known as Myanmar, saying he remembered “especially the nation’s Buddhist monks, who have endured brutal raids on their … |
Remarks by the President on the 10th Anniversary of the …
MarketWatch –
So a decade ago, members of Congress — I suspect some of the members here — and religious leaders and human rights activists came together to advance …
Burmese pilgrims overjoyed to arrive in Sydney for World Youth Day …
Catholic News Agency, CO –
Dominic Ych Thiha Saw, one of the Burmese pilgrims carried a box marked with the name “Pope Benedict XVI” containing a painting of a famous lake in Myanmar, …
Family feels persecuted by vandalism attacks The Dominion Post, New Zealand – Swastikas and obscenities greeted a Myanmar (formerly Burma) family last Wednesday when they went out to use their car. The Cenhrang family found their car … |
Baptists Bring Comfort to Burma Christian Post – … Myanmar Baptist Convention, were steadily making headway in combating the “huge unmet basic needs for the victims of the disaster†in Burma. “The … |
BREAKING NEWS: Bush Condemns Religious Rights Abuses In Iran … BosNewsLife, Hungary – Bush also lashed out at Burma, also known as Myanmar, saying he remembered “especially the nation’s Buddhist monks, who have endured brutal raids on their … |
World’s Former Only Hindu Country Opens to Christianity
Christian Post –
Missionaries from Myanmar (also known as Burma), Sri Lanka, India, and the United States also spoke. The Myanmar missionary shared about how locals saw the …
Written by Lwin Aung Soe
July 15, 2008 at 12:06 am
Posted in World Focus on Burma
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