Fri. November 20, 2009
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Bernama
November 20, 2009
Japan is set to accept about 30 refugees, who have fled the suppression of human rights by Myanmar's military government and currently live in border camps ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 20, 2009
He said that according to the International Labor
organization (ILO), the number of child
soldiers in
Burma is increasing. Other abuses involving Burmese ...
UNPO
November 20, 2009
The guide depicts how
Burma's military regime is erasing the last vestiges of palaces of the 34 former
Shan principalities. This includes the demolition of ...
Voice of America
November 20, 2009
The General Assembly committee also adopted a resolution on human rights abuses in Burma, which is also known as
Myanmar. Of the 183 countries voting, ...
Sydney Morning Herald
November 20, 2009
ONE of the few predictable aspects of Burmese politics is how the ruling military regime responds to outside attempts to influence the direction of the ...
Asia Times Online
November 18, 2009
A new report from the
Burma Environment Working Groups highlights the impacts of military-led development in Burma and its effect on
natural resource ...
But these demonstrators are doing the opposite, protesting against their own regime and then running away, with notorious Basij
militia, armed with batons ...
Jakarta Globe
October 28, 2009
That is, for the SPDC to respect the human rights of the
Burma people. Yet they retain a certain symbolic utility, reminding the regime of how their ...
That is, for the SPDC to respect the human rights of the
Burma people. Yet they retain a certain symbolic utility, reminding the regime of how their ...
That is, for the SPDC to respect the human rights of the
Burma people. Yet they retain a certain symbolic utility, reminding the regime of how their ...
Korea Times
October 27, 2009
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen sympathized with Suu Kyi during a hearing on US policy toward
Burma. The congresswoman from
Florida condemned the regime's violation of ...
BBC News
October 27, 2009
A government committee has been paying compensation to people who suffered exile or imprisonment during the military regime, including
President Lula ...
The Epoch Times
October 27, 2009
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 27, 2009
Wen told Thein Sein that
Beijing "hopes that the
Burmese regime will achieve stability, national
reconciliation and developmentâ in
Burma, according to the ...
Bangkok Post
October 27, 2009
The problem with Asean is that it is prevented from applying any real pressure on the military regime in
Burma because of the association's long-standing ...
Mizzima.com
October 27, 2009
Hun Sen compared Thaksin to Burmese pro-democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi, asking rhetorically why he should not talk about his friend when everybody is ...
Justice
October 27, 2009
Burma will change." U Pyinya Zawta was imprisoned and tortured for nine years in Burma before fleeing to
the United States. He is a founding member and ...
Bangkok Post
October 27, 2009
Thaksin was a known friend of Burma's military regime. His government courted the junta by offering loans, improving border trade and sending numerous ...
Voice of America
October 25, 2009
One of ASEAN's ongoing challenges has been dealing with the embarrassment of member
Burma's human-rights abuses.
Burma's military government does not ...
Voice of America
October 24, 2009
New York Times
October 23, 2009
Myanmar's military government, which is a member of Asean, is currently detaining more than 2000 political
prisoners including
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, ...
Asia Times Online
October 23, 2009
...
peace Prize winner Suu Kyi's conviction and sentencing to a further 18 months under house arrest in August a "new low for the Burmese [
Myanmar] regime". ...
Mizzima.com
October 21, 2009
Earlier in April,
EU renewed its sanctions on the Burmese military junta, which was first imposed in 1996. However, the
London-based
Burma Campaign
UK had ...
UK The Kentucky Kernel
October 21, 2009
There are genocides going on in
Sudan and The
Congo, a repressive regime in
Myanmar is jailing people for even speaking about democracy and
piracy in the ...
Bangkok Post
October 21, 2009
It gained international legitimacy but is beset by gross violations among member countries, most conspicuously
Burma. The Asean Intergovernmental Commission ...
guardian.co.uk
October 21, 2009
No less than 14 battalions of East African troops served in
Burma in 1943-5. The Arab Legion from Transjordan played a key role in toppling the pro-German ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 21, 2009
The KNPLF signed a cease-fire agreement with the
Burmese regime in May 1994 and has since operated as a
militia for the Burmese
army. ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 21, 2009
Voice of America
October 21, 2009
LEHTINEN: "How can anyone credibly argue that engaging the Burmese regime with new carrots, however fresh, particularly as its behavior is getting markedly ...
World Press Review
October 21, 2009
US intervention in
Yugoslavia, moderating the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, or reaching out to dissidents in
Myanmar is fine. But defeating the
Taliban and ...
Foreign Policy
October 21, 2009
It would pose a direct threat to
Burma's neighbors." Clinton's worries are validated by the reports of two recent Burmese defectors, one a former business ...
Asia Times Online
October 21, 2009
"As thousands struggle with hunger, starvation and disease, the SPDC [military government] continues practices of forced labor, extorting excessive amounts ...
Mizzima.com
October 21, 2009
She said pro-regime
NGO groups from
Burma initially disagreed with the idea of exiled csos joining the 10 country bloc's summit, fearing that they may raise ...
The Australian
October 21, 2009
Just as many
commentators now argue the case for engaging rather than isolating
Burma, the theory was that more would be gained by keeping the
Taliban in ...
Mizzima.com
October 17, 2009
But was the reception given to Kapoor this week, an indication that the Burmese regime is ready to be more favourable and allow a certain degree of Indian ...
ChristianToday
October 15, 2009
He described the
Burma regime's continued detention of Suu Kyi as an example of "its extraordinary inhumanity and intransigenceâÂÂ. ...
CNN International
October 8, 2009
Economic restrictions target the regime, Htun said on the CNN interview program "Amanpour." "The Burmese people are poor and
economy is getting worse ...
