Eliminating stray dogs (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Archive for April, 2009
Photo: Rakhine traditional ceremony of offering water to Buddha statues
Posted in CULTURE on Apr 13th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Naing Naing (Sittwe)
Video: Grandfather With One Leg in Shanland
Posted in Documentary Video on Apr 11th, 2009 No Comments »
In this latest video in the series “In Shanland”, shot in the war zone of Burma, Antonio Graceffo interviews an aged Shan man who was captured by the Burmese SPDC forces, held and tortured for four years, and then released to a life of slave labor. The Burmese soldiers used him as a human mine [...]
Thingyan Clouds (Burmese Poem)
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Apr 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Junta’s drug eradication efforts fail
Posted in Burma News on Apr 10th, 2009 No Comments »
By Hseng Khio Fah (Shan Herald Agency for News)
A new report that came out yesterday says that until now the ruling military’s drug eradication efforts have not been affective as junta personnel themselves are relying on drug money to run their official business.
Undercurrents: Monitoring Development on Burma’s Mekong says, “Most banks were established by drug [...]
An IMF We Can Love?
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 10th, 2009 No Comments »
By Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the first recipient of the Social Science Research Council’s Albert O. Hirschman Prize. His latest book is One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth.
CAMBRIDGE – What a difference the crisis has made for the International [...]
US Senate To Review Burma Policy
Posted in Burma News on Apr 9th, 2009 1 Comment »
According to AFP news
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to launch a review of U.S. policy toward Burma.
The review, which will kick off next month, comes as President Barack Obama’s administration is also reviewing U.S. Burma policy and follows a meeting last month between a senior U.S. diplomat and the Burmese Foreign Minister, [...]
Developing Countries and the Global Crisis
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 9th, 2009 No Comments »
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, chairs a Commission of Experts, appointed by the President of the UN General Assembly, on reforms of the international monetary and financial system. A new global reserve currency system is discussed in his 2006 book, Making Globalization Work.
NEW YORK [...]
MIGHTY MIC for Burma
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Apr 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Announcing the Official Artist Lineup for
THE 3rd ANNUAL MIGHTY MIC HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS CONCERT
Benefit for Burma
April 21, 2009
6:00 – 10:00 PM
Doors open at 5:45
Los Angeles, CA (April 7, 2009) – On Tuesday, April 21, thousands of students and community members will come together to make history at the 3rd Annual Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness [...]
Phato: The day of Recognizing Rakhine National Flag & Song
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 8th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Naing Naing
Rakhine ethnics from Myanmar, living now in Burma-Bangladesh border region, held a ceremony today as a Day of Recognizing Rakhine National Flag & Song.
Chin ethnic migrants from Myanmar suffers from lack of protection in India
Posted in Burma News on Apr 8th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Nava Thakuria
New Delhi: The Chin people of Burma, who are living in the Indian capital, suffers from less access to humanitarian relief and services by the local government and also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in New Delhi.
In a new report released today, the Chin Human Rights Organization finds [...]
China’s Burden
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 7th, 2009 No Comments »
By Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma’s most recent book is “The China Lover“. He is a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College.
CHENGDU – Last month saw the 50th anniversary of what Tibetan activists like to call Tibetan National Uprising Day, the day in 1959 when Tibetans in Lhasa revolted against Chinese Communist Party [...]
Thingyan Festival for Than Shwe (cartoon)
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 7th, 2009 No Comments »
The Limits of Bonapartism
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 6th, 2009 No Comments »
By David Rieff
David Rieff is the author of At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention. His most recent book, Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son’s Memoir, is about his mother, the novelist and critic Susan Sontag.
PARIS – After four decades, France has returned to NATO’s unified military command. [...]
Government of the people,by the people ,for the people
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Apr 6th, 2009 No Comments »
In comparison, an election in a democratic state is just an election but 1990 election in dictatorial state of Burma is a real election that called for change by the aspiration of freedom loving Burmese populace.
This event shouldn’t be perished .
Myanmar junta bans hijinks, critics from festival
Posted in Burma News on Apr 5th, 2009 No Comments »
According to AP news:
YANGON, Myanmar – The four-day festival _ marking the new year that starts April 13 on the lunisolar calendar also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia _ is one of the few times when Myanmar’s citizens can cut loose under the watchful eye of the repressive regime.
Revelers in the impoverished country splash [...]
Photo: London G 20 protest to Chinese President
Posted in Documentary Photos on Apr 5th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Thandar Htike
Human rights activists in London protested Chinese President’s visit to G20 summit in London on 1st April and 2nd April; they staged demonstrations opposite the MANDARIN ORIENTAL hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao stayed.
Chinese communist government usually use VETO in United Nation Security Council to stop UN efforts to push democratization [...]
Myanmar Junta strikes peace deal with a Karen splinter group
Posted in Burma News on Apr 5th, 2009 No Comments »
According to AP news:
MYANMAR on Sunday confirmed that it had made peace with a splinter group of Karen rebels.
Government spokesman Ye Htut told The Associated Press in an e-mail statement that Saw Nay Soe Mya, the son of a late Karen leader, his 71 followers and 88 of their family members turned themselves in to [...]