PERSONS OF THE YEARS
Jan 29th, 2008
PERSONS OF THE YEARS
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BURMA DIGEST magazine, with the support of our readers’ online votes, has chosen ‘Burma’s human rights defence lawyers’ as Burma’s Persons of the Year 2008, for the following reasons _
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to highlight the incredibly long prison sentences recently given to all kinds of pro-democracy activists, including not only politicians but also students, monks, musicians, poets, comedians, bloggers, lawyers, etc
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to highlight regime’s attempts to eliminate ALL political opposition before going to elections in 2010
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to highlight human rights lawyers’ courageous efforts to legally defend pro-democracy activists facing severe persecution in regime’s kangaroo courts
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to highlight regime’s TOTAL & COMPLETE persecution, jailing not only pro-democracy activists but also their lawyers as well
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to highlight essential need for continued legal defence of pro-democracy activists, despite regime’s crack down on human rights defence lawyers
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to highlight the need to establish credible free and autonomous judicial and legal systems in Burma
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to highlight the “Rule of Law” being an indispensable ingredient in building any respectable form of democracy
To create a good government that values fair Justice and Rule of Law (Burmese)
Jailed Lawyer Who Defended Pro-democracy Activists in Burma (Burmese)
Harsh and Cruel Sentences to Democracy Activists
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PERSON OF THE YEAR 2007
Editorial
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Person of the Year 2007 in Burma
The monk on the right is U Gambira
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Burma’s Saffron Revolution leader, Revered Monk, Sayadaw (abbot) U Gambira
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U Gambiya from Burma’s Saffron Revolution (in Burmese language)
Runners-up in 2007
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PERSON OF THE YEAR 2006
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June 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
hello
I would like to know about the source of 7th July .
I know that one of students was take of from his hostel
for he make bad action with warder.So I would like to know
what action he had made.The authority declared the unfair
hostel rules.I would like to know what kinds of these rules.
And then I would like to know details of the source of 7th July
students movement at 1962 in Myanmar version.So please
help me to know.