Irregularities in Referendum (Burmese)
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Archive for April, 2008
Condolence for Masoeyane Sayardawgyi (Burmese)
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Buddha Than Shwe, no No NO !
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Buddha Than Shwe, no No NO !
A Cartoon Essay by Yebaw Day
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Some Iconographic Notes
The Burmese captioning simply means Buddha Than Shwe, and the NO’s are to denounce the thought of Than Shwe trying to sanctify himself as a holy man, in fact, commissioning a sculptor to carve a Buddha with his face. The NO is […]
Than Shwe’s Loyal Zombie Supporters (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
“I summon you all to vote YES!”
‘Let us all-who are equipped with ardent patriotism, who cherish genuine independence, who aspire perpetuation of sovereignty, who loathe foreign interference and manipulations, and who oppose puppet government with strings of colonialists, VOTE ‘YES’ for ratification of the Constitution. ‘
Yangon billboard
Photo: Myanmar Traditional Thingyan Festival in Japan
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 29th, 2008 No Comments »
_ reported by U Than Win
Despite Congressional Gold Medal
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
Statement by Ethnic Groups on Referendum (Burmese)
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Photo: Mahar Rakhine Thingyan
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_ reported by Naing Naing
Rakhine people from Burma who are now living in exile in Bangladesh last week celebrated their traditional Mahar Rakhine Thingyan Water festival in Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh.
People tricked into supporting draft constitution
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
By Lieng Lern (Shan Herald Agency for News)
Local authorities at Muse Township on the Sino-Burma border had held a mock polling session with the people, after which the mock result for support was sent to the new capital Naypyidaw as the real result, according to Muse sources.
On 27-28 April 2008, a former teacher U Win […]
The Rape of Burma
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
_ by Sean- Turnell
[Sean Turnell is Professor of Economics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.]
SYDNEY – Burma, once the richest country in Southeast Asia, today is mired in deep poverty. Its economy ruined by nearly 50 years of economic mismanagement under military rule, the only international rankings that it tops are those for most corrupt […]
Photo: Expat-voting Restrictions and Demonstration in New York
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_ reported by Ko Myo
_ photos by May Thet Ko
About 200 people & Monks on April 26th 2008 in front of the Burmese SPDC military regime’s representative office in New York City stage demonstration and campaign to vote NO vote on pro-military constiturion of Burma.
At the same time some people wearing “Vote No” T- shirts […]
Photo: More Irregularities in expat-vote Collection in Singapore
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_ photos by Lin Let Kyal Sin
A very extremely long queue of multiple thousands of eager voters, the expatriates from Burma in Singapore who wanted to vote NO on Burma’s pro-military constitution, waited on 27.04.08 patiently under Singapore’s glaring sun for many hours to get a chance to go inside Burmese embassy and vote.
But embassy […]
Watchdog group says Chevron complicit in Burma
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Watchdog group says Chevron complicit in Myanmar
By Michael Erman,Reuters
Posted: 2008-04-29 01:07:33
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A human rights watchdog group on Tuesday accused Chevron Corp (CVX.N) of complicity in human rights abuses along a natural gas pipeline in Myanmar in which it holds a stake and said Chevron could be sued.
EarthRights International claimed in a report […]
Urgent Action - Leading Burmese Democracy Activist May Face Blindness
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Dear friends
We are extremely concerned for the safety of leading democracy activist Min Ko Naing, who is being held in Rangoon¹s notorious Insein Prison. He is suffering from a serious eye infection and may go blind because he is being denied medical treatment. It is reported that his eye condition has deteriorated to the point […]
Ethnic tension and minority perspective on Burma’s problems
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 29th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Nehginpao Kipgen
[Nehginpao Kipgen is the General Secretary of Kuki International Forum and a researcher on the rise of political conflicts in modern Burma (1947-2004).]
When exploring the probable solution for the Union of Burma’s problems, any analysis based exclusively on the present political development is inconclusive. Burma has never been an ethnically and politically […]
Pads made in Burma (cartoon)
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Mark X to Win (cartoon)
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Blood Donation in Honour of the Referendum (cartoon)
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