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- reported by Kay Thi
The number of political prisoners in Burma has almost doubled in the past year, despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for their release.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has reached beyond a total of 13 years in detention now.
Human-rights activists in Japan this week made protests and demonstrations in front [...]
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By Carol Mann
Carol Mann is Director of FemAid and teaches at the Sorbonne in Paris.
AFGHANISTAN: Roughly 75% of Afghan newborns that die do so because of lack of food, warmth, and care. Unloved little girls fare the worst. In Afghanistan as a whole, a woman dies of pregnancy-related causes every 27 minutes – and perhaps [...]
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By Giles Ji Ungpakorn
The prison sentence handed down to ex-Thai PM Thaksin is just one part of the present Thai political crisis. I write this short piece because I have been contacted by both the BBC TV and radio to give a telephone interview, but on both occasions the telephone line went dead during the [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
31st October 2008
Media Release from Burma Campaign UK
UN, EU Silent As Burmese Army Completes Takeover of Kler Law Seh, Karen State.
The last Karen National Union (KNU) forces withdrew from Kler Law Seh in Doo Pla Ya District, Karen State today, as combined forces of the Burmese Army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), completed [...]
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31st October 2008
Media Release From Burma Campaign UK
Min Ko Naing and Eight Other Prisoners Moved To New Prison
Nine Burmese democracy activists sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court on Wednesday were moved to a new prison, Ma Ahu Pin, this morning.
The new prison is 4-5 hours journey from Rangoon, making it harder [...]
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Of course, the Cyclone Nargis and the rigged referendum are the most important happenings, so far, in Burma in the year 2008.
The Cyclone Nargic killed more than 100,000 people, but it also seems to have killed off efforts by the United Nations to force Burmese Generals towards sincere democratic reforms. To be able to send [...]
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