Our Helping Hands to Nargis Survivors (Burmese Song)
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Will there be Another Disaster?
Posted in Articles in English on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
_ By Prof. Ma Tin Yee
[Prof Ma Tin Yee, fondly known by her pupils as Aunty Rosy, is the Director of the Empowering Women of Burma cum the Rector of AEIOU Programme of Chiang Mai University.]
If the Burmese regime can successfully turn the natural catastrophe into a human disaster, we were wondering whether the so-called […]
Condemnation Pours on Burmese Junta as Suu Kyi’s Detention Continues
Posted in Articles in English on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
_ By Nava Thakuria (Bloomington, USA)
Soon after the declaration of the extension of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest by the Burmese junta, the condemnation poured on the military rulers from the world communities. From the United Nations to European Union and the United States of America to other pro-democratic regimes in the globe, […]
Naypyidaw Zoo (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
_ by Kindspirit
Cancer of Burma (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
_ By Kindspirit
Heart-broken Ghost (Burmese Poem)
Posted in Poems in Burmese on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Than Shwe nurturing new generation generals (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Gates: Obstructed efforts in Myanmar cost lives
Posted in Burma News on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
SINGAPORE (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates condemned Myanmar’s military government Saturday for being “deaf and dumb” to global offers of aid to its thousands of cyclone victims, but said the U.S. will not force assistance on the country.
Speaking at an international security conference, Gates also assured leaders the next White House administration would maintain […]
Human rights groups criticize Myanmar ruler for forcing refugees out of relief camps
Posted in Burma News on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
AP
Posted: 2008-05-31 05:03:05
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Human rights groups lashed out Saturday at Myanmar’s military leaders for evicting cyclone refugees from relief camps and forcing them back to their isolated, storm-shattered homes.
The U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch said hundreds, if not thousands, of displaced people had also been expelled from schools, monasteries and public buildings. […]
UN:Myanmar junta forcing cyclone victims from refugee camps
Posted in Burma News on May 30th, 2008 No Comments »
AP
Posted: 2008-05-30 11:48:07
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar’s military is forcing cyclone victims out of shelters and refugee camps and sending some back to their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies, United Nations and church officials said Friday.
Eight camps set up by the government for homeless victims in the Irrawaddy delta town of Bogalay are […]
Reconstructing after Cyclone Nargis
Posted in Editorials on May 30th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Tai Samyone
As we reach the point of three weeks after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, the international NGOs and aid agencies are only now gaining limited access to the delta area that was so badly affected1.
Yet the SPDC regime continues its pathetic propaganda stating that the immediate relief effort is completed and that […]
Popular Underware (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Most Wanted Criminal (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
Than Shwe did it (cartoon)
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Only my grandson eats chocolate (cartoon)
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Myanmar regime blasts aid donors for not giving more
Posted in Burma News on May 29th, 2008 No Comments »
AP
Posted: 2008-05-29 12:17:49
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar’s ruling junta lashed out Thursday at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn’t need “bars of chocolate.”
State-run media criticized donors for only pledging up to $150 million - a far cry from the $11 billion the junta said it needed to rebuild.
The […]
Beggar Than Shwe (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Than Shwe Dare not Touch Ground (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 29th, 2008 No Comments »