Two types of cows in Burma (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Mar 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Archive for March, 2009
Activist (part 3)
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Mar 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Photo: Red Bridge Day Demonstration in front of Regime Embassy in Tokyo
Posted in Documentary Photos on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Htun
Activist (part 2)
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Junta arrests 5 members of National league for Democracy party
Posted in Burma News on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Authorities have arrested five members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, a spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the U.N. called for the release of 2,100 political prisoners.
Among those arrested was Kyi Lwin, who has not been an active party member since suffering a stroke a year ago, said [...]
Murderer & Drunkard (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Mar 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
Activist (part 1)
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Mar 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Audio: Thingyan Thangyat 2009
Posted in Audio in Burmese on Mar 15th, 2009 2 Comments »
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Blood of the March Uprising (Burmese Poem)
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Mar 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Photo: Burma Human Rights Day demonstration in Tokyo
Posted in Documentary Photos on Mar 14th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Kaythi
Hundreds of human rights activists in Japan made a demonstration, marching through the streets of Tokyo from Shibuya to Yoyogi Koen, on Burma Human Rights Day (March 13); calling for freedom of all political prisoners in Burma.
Balanced reports can be biased
Posted in Articles in English on Mar 14th, 2009 No Comments »
- by Cedric Snodgrass
Some hold the opinion that reporting, to be objective, must give equal prominence to both sides of a dispute. This is certainly a correct approach in many cases. But in some instances this ‘rule’ results in a distorted picture of the situation.
Let us assume that, given a free choice, 98% of [...]
New Approach Vs. Burma Identical Struggle
Posted in Articles in English on Mar 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
- by Nyi Nyi Lwin
The debate on sanctions and engagement between the West and Asian over how to influence Burma needs to be reassessed after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed in a town hall meeting in February in Japan that US policy toward Burma is being reviewed. It is worthwhile to reexamine regional [...]
Photo: U Tin Oo & U Win Tint Birth Day Demonstration in Tokyo
Posted in Documentary Photos on Mar 13th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Kaythi
Human rights activists in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday made a demonstration in honour of the birthdays of U Tin Oo (Deputy-Chair of Burma’s main pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy NLD) and U Win Tin (one of the founders of the NLD), in front of Burmese military regime embassy to call for [...]
Photo: Burma Human Rights Day demonstration in Dhakka
Posted in Documentary Photos on Mar 13th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Naing Naing Sittwe
Rakhine ethnic students’ congress in exile (Bangladesh), in association with other human-rights activists, made a demonstration on Burma Human Rights Day (March 13) in Dhakk, Bangladesh; calling for freedom of all political prisoners in Burma.
Burma Human Rights Day poster
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Mar 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Resilient India
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 13th, 2009 No Comments »
By Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor, an acclaimed novelist and commentator, is a former Under-Secretary- General of the United Nations.
NEW DELHI – With the world’s most developed economies reeling under the incubus of what is already being called the Great Recession, India at the beginning of the year took stock and issued a revised estimate for GDP [...]
US & Indonesian Presidents discuss Burma democratization
Posted in Burma News on Mar 13th, 2009 No Comments »
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Friday spoke to Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono about the global economic crisis, underscoring warming relations between the two countries.
“The President had a wide-ranging telephone discussion with President Yudhoyono of Indonesia this morning,” a White House statement said.
Obama and Yudhoyono also discussed avian influenza, climate change, counterterrorism [...]
European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma said 2010 election is unacceptable in the current form
Posted in Burma News on Mar 12th, 2009 No Comments »
In a letter to European Foreign Ministries, the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma EPCB stressed its concern about the continuing human rights and humanitarian crises in Burma, including the appalling conditions of the political prisoners, the ongoing attacks by the Burmese Army against ethnic people in Eastern Burma, and the humanitarian problems the attacks are [...]