National League for Democracy Shwegondaing Declaration (Burmese)
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National League for Democracy Shwegondaing Declaration
Posted in Feature Articles on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
April 29, 2009
We the members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) including the Central Executive Committee, representatives of State and Division organizational committees, the Members of Parliament- elect still standing with the NLD, representatives of the Central Women’s Affairs Committee, representatives of the Youth Affaires implementation Committee gathered on the 28th and 29th [...]
Myanmar opposition sets conditions for elections
Posted in Burma News on Apr 30th, 2009 1 Comment »
According to AFP news:
The party of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday set stiff conditions for taking part in elections planned for 2010 by the ruling junta, including the release of the detained icon.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) issued a statement after a two-day meeting in Yangon to decide on its stance [...]
At Home in Guantánamo Bay
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
By Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarov
- Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarov is a 31-year-old Uzbek detainee at the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Oybek was assisted in writing this article by Michael E. Mone, of the Boston law firm Esdaile, Barrett & Esdaile.
GUANTÁNAMO BAY – I write this from the United States Detention Center at Guantánamo [...]
Afghanistan’s Feminist Revolution
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
By Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf, the author, most recently, of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot and the forthcoming Give me Liberty: How to Become an American Revolutionary, is co-founder of the American Freedom Campaign, a US democracy movement.
ON APRIL 16, more than 300 Afghani women – many of them students [...]
Photo: NLD Party Conference
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy NLD, came from across Myanmar Monday to attend a two days meeting to discuss elections planned for next year by the ruling junta. The full meeting started on Tuesday 28.04.2009.
Bird Flu, Swine Flu & Dog Flu (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 29th, 2009 1 Comment »
The Real Danger of Global Warming
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 29th, 2009 1 Comment »
By Vaclav Klaus
- Vaclav Klaus is president of The Czech Republic, which holds the presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union until June 2009. He is the author of Blue Planet in Green Shackles – What Is Endangered: Climate or Freedom?
PRAGUE – I am surprised at how [...]
Conqueror of Kings (Burmese poem)
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Photo: Signature campaign in Fort Wayne for Burmese Political Prisoners
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Aung Myint Htun
Burmese Democratic Forces did a signature collection campaign in the State House, Fort Wayne, USA, on April 27,2009, to petition for the freedom of all Political Prisoners in Burma. They also prayed for all the people of Burma to be free from persecution and sufferings. The signed petition will be [...]
Dog Portrait (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
National League for Democracy party meets on 2010 election
Posted in Burma News on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s military government tightened security as the political party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Tuesday to discuss next year’s planned election.
Attendees at the meeting will consider proposals for the 2010 elections, but might not decide about whether to take part, party spokesman Nyan Win said.
Suu Kyi’s National League for [...]
Difficult Descent (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 27th, 2009 No Comments »
EU extends Myanmar sanctions until 2010
Posted in Burma News on Apr 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
According to DPA;
Luxembourg – European Union foreign ministers on Monday extended the bloc’s sanctions against Myanmar and its military junta until April 2010, calling for a new commitment to democracy in the country. The 27-member EU currently has an arms embargo, trade restrictions and visa bans on Myanmar’s leaders.
“The authorities of Burma/Myanmar have still to [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi Party Members Meet In Myanmar
Posted in Burma News on Apr 27th, 2009 No Comments »
According to AFP news;
Members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party came from across Myanmar Monday to discuss elections planned for next year by the ruling junta, said a spokesman.
Around 100 members of the National League for Democracy gathered at party headquarters in Myanmar’s largest city ahead of a full meeting starting Tuesday, said [...]
The Cost of Dick Cheney
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 27th, 2009 No Comments »
By Chris Patten
Chris Patten is a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chairman of the British Conservative Party, and was the last British Governor of Hong Kong. He is currently Chancellor of Oxford University and a member of the British House of Lords.
LONDON – George W. Bush has started work on his memoirs. Count to [...]
Myanmar Junta Arrests Opposition Politicians for Praying (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Thanks to Dr. David Law for the idea.
AP news- 24th April 2009 : YANGON, Myanmar.
Two members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party were arrested and charged with insulting religion after they prayed for the release of political prisoners, a party spokesman said Friday.
National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said authorities [...]
EU to prolong sanctions on Myanmar
Posted in Burma News on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
According to AFP news
EU foreign ministers are set to prolong sanctions against Myanmar, while expressing their readiness to ease them and hold high-level talks if there is “genuine progress.”
The European Union “deems it necessary to extend the current EU common position by another year, including the restrictive measures,” reads a draft text to be adopted [...]