Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 19th, 2005 1 Comment »
In the last week, whilst the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair engages in sorting out the European Union budget under UK presidency of EU, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Chairman of the 11th ASEAN Summit and the Prime Minister of Malaysia use the summit to call for the military junta of Burma to release it’s political [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 19th, 2005 No Comments »
Burma Army Terrorist Soldiers (BATS)
Nai Min Kyaw, a regular contributor of Democracy for Burma forum, found the following article which is of extreme importance to us because it explains the behavior of BATS.
09 Dec 2005: SCIENTISTS have found there really may be a direct relationship between the male brain and his private parts.
They found evidence [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
This week, Burma’s military regime resumed their, so called, National Convention to draft a constitution for a disciplined/controlled democracy with perpetual involvement of the military in civilian affairs.
That Convention is boycotted [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
This week notices:
Strong Protest Against The [Rubber-Stamp] National Convention
Statement On The Extention Of Detention For The Burma’s Democracy Icon
Drafting A Rival Constitution
A request from India
I. Strong Protest Against The [Rubber-Stamp] National Convention
Shan Information Bureau December 08, 2005
Historically, Shans (Tai ) not only ruled whole of present Burma 1298-1555 ( [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
This week burmese language articles:
People’s Power Movement in Hong Kong by Lwin Aung Soe
What’s National Interest by Satire: Sayar Maung Swan Yi
Alert by Poem: Hein Ning
A Declaration by ABEP
Think Seriously by Rhymes: Tit Ti Too
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 1 Comment »
A report from Christian Freedom International
MAE SOT, THAILAND — Saw Stephen, 34, an ethnic Karen, has been trying to serve as a pastor in the Karenni State of Burma since 1996. But like many [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
Andrew Gilligan an ex BBC Today’s programme journalist and editor of the BBC Radio 4, writing in the Spectator magazine accuses the BBC institution of having fear of authority but not the government. [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
By Terry Evans
I lived in London for many years and was an active supporter of the Burmese pro democracy movement. I regularly attended and [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
Many Burmese of different races; Bama, Chin, Rakhine, Shans etc and different religions: Buddhists, Muslims Christians etc are suffering out side and inside Burma. As I am here in Malaysia for [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
I. A Constitution to be Abolished
(By Zomi)
The Tatmadaw (the Defence Services) was fond of — and got used to — drafting a constitution spending millions of kyats and then abolishing it at will after fourteen years.
First: The Constitution of the Union of Burma (1947) was drafted first under [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Dear friend,
Burma Digest website, http://www.tayzathuria.org.uk got 21837 hits last month, November.
[ Burma Digest weblog, http://burmadigest.wordpress.com is also getting about 1000 hits per week.
                Burma Digest is also sent out everyweek to internet groups/listserves as pdf booklets. ]
* If you send articles, short-stories, statements, poems, satires, etc to Burma Digest (burmadigest@tayzathuria.org.uk ), you can feel sure that your article will be [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Dear Readers,
This week burmese language articles can be viewed as follow at www.tayzathuria.org.uk. BD Blog apologise for not being able to publish the articles here due to the display problem with long articles.
Analysis by Lwin Aung Soe
Please Reduce a Little Bit by Satire: Thurain Htet
Put You on Tribunal Poem by Hein Ning
Peace Award by Ashin [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Have you ever been tortured?
If not you may not be able to fully understand why we pro-democracy activists are very passionate for democracy in [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 1 Comment »
The Darkness We See: Torture in Burma’s Interrogation Centers and Prisons
[Assistance Association for Political prisoners (Burma)]
Midnight. You hear many people pounding away at your door, demanding you open up. You make one last-ditch effort to hide the incriminating evidence, though you know they are only documents calling for democracy in your country. They pose no [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
I. For your information, we present here the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Mr Pierre S. Pettigrew’s response and reflection on Canada’s position on Burma, [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
We had seen the Governments and Embassies of almost all the other countries around the world helping their citizens if they encounter any problem. Yesterday, on 29 th. November 2005, Chinese Foreign Ministry and Embassy [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Dr. Aye Chan & Ko Ko Linn
Ko Ko Lin: Surely it (The term Rohingya) is related to Arakan and specically it refers to “Rakhine.”
Now we [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 6th, 2005 2 Comments »
Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Let me say that the SPDC military regime did not come in the vacuum of history. It has learned the art of “divide and rule,” a policy that was patented in the history rather well. The SPDC has succeeded in gaining and holding power over Burma through [...]