Posted in Burma News on Apr 29th, 2008 No Comments »
By Larry Jagan
Bangkok Post - Tuesday April 29, 2008
Sporadic street protests erupted in several Burmese cities over the weekend. Says a Burmese businessman: “The country is a social volcano ready to erupt.”
Sporadic street protests erupted in several Burmese cities over the weekend, as people prepare to go to the polls in May to vote on […]
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
_ by Tai Samyone
Viewing copies of William Hogarth’s engraved prints entitled ‘An Election Entertainment - Four Prints of an Election’, I was reminded that the use of corruption, coercion and skulduggery are at the heart of elections for many emerging democracies. The Kingdom of Great Britain in 1758 still had a long way to go […]
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
_ reported by JACDB
On 27th April 2008, the Joint Action Committee for Democracy in Burma, and Various Enthnic Groups, staged demonstrations in protest against irregularities in Burma’s Referendum for a pro-military constitution drafted by the military junta of Burma.
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Chris Patten
[Lord Patten is a former Governor of Hong Kong and European Commissioner for External Affairs. He is currently Chancellor of Oxford University and Co-Chair of the International Crisis Group. He is also a member of the British House of Lords.]
LONDON – We all remember one phrase from the first presidential campaign by […]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Zeina Zaatari
[Zeina Zaatari is senior program officer for the Middle East and North Africa for the Global Fund for Women.]
BAGHDAD – Iraqi women’s organizations and international observers point to an escalating war against women in Iraq, aided by the widespread chaos and lawlessness under the US occupation. In addition to violence by US […]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Anne-Marie Slaughter
[Anne-Marie Slaughter, the dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and author of The Idea that is America, is currently on a year-long sabbatical in Shanghai.]
SHANGHAI — Immediately after taking office last month, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ordered the release of the 60 judges who had been detained by President […]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Devra Davis
[Derva Davis is Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Professor of Epidemiology University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.]
PITTSBURGH – In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon launched a “war” against cancer. But, nearly four decades later, the battle remains focused on highly profitable efforts to […]
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
_ by Hseng Khio Fah (Shan Herald Agency for News)
Junta authorities have provided temporary ID card to Chinese citizens presumably to get more support for the junta drafted constitution in the coming May referendum, according to sources from northern and eastern Shan State.
Thousands of Chinese citizens across Namkham, Muse and Panghsai townships in northern Shan […]
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
_ reported by Thomas Soe
Protest Rally and Peace Walk against irregularities in Burma’s constitutionally Referendum. The rally was led by International Burmese Monks Organisation (Australia), and hundreds of participants included Christian Priests, Tibetan representative, Muslim Leaders, several ethnic groups and Member of State Parliament joined the rally and peace walk in middle of Sydney CBD.
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 27th, 2008 4 Comments »
_ reported by Tin Tin Win (Moethaukkye)
On the morning of 26.04.2008, thousands of expatriate Burmese in Japan converged on Burmese embassy in Tokyo and waited patiently holding their red Burmese passports, to get a chance to cast their vote on Burmese military junta’s pro-military constitution for Burma. Virtually all of them said they intended to vote NO.
But […]
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
Since early morning of 26.04.2008, thousands of expatriate Burmese in Singapore have been waiting in front of Burmese embassy in Singapore, holding their red Burmese passports, to get a chance to cast their vote (overwhelmingly NO according to exit polls) on Burmese military junta’s pro-military constitution for Burma.
But for some very vague reasons the embassy turned away […]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
See also http://linletkyalsi n.blogspot. com/2008/ 04/blog-post_ 27.html
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Apr 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
See also http://linletkyalsi n.blogspot. com/2008/ 04/blog-post_ 25.html
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Posted in Articles in English on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
By: Ahmedur Rahman Farooq
On April 10, 2008, fifty-four Burmese migrants suffocated to death in a cold storage container while being smuggled to Thailand to escape appalling conditions in Burma. The tragic deaths occurred in Ranong Province on the west coast of Thailand when they were attempting to enter Thailand illegally in a group of 121 […]
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
_ by Jimmy
The military junta announced that the referendum for the new constitution will be held at 10th May 2008. The question now is whether one should vote “yes” or “no” or not voting at all.
This referendum is written to keep the military top generals to become the legitimate supreme authority of Burma. It took […]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »