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Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
Aung San Suu Kyi trial update: 14.50pm
*Updates are in Burmese Time*
17.30: The lawyer of US citizen John William Yettaw has been named as Khin Maung Oo. Yettaw began the first day of his hearing at around 2pm Burmese time today
14.55: Suu Kyi’s court hearing finished for today. The court [...]
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FILE May 6, 2002. Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader surrounded by supporters in a massive…
FILE May 6, 2002. Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader surrounded by supporters in a massive crowd as she arrives at her party headquarters. Myanmar’s military government on Thursday, May 14, 2009, planned to put the detained [...]
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Aung San Suu Kyi on Trial (CNN)
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AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Riot police behind barbed wire barricades ringed a notorious prison where pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday for allegedly harboring an American man who swam to her lakeside home.
The tight security came as activist groups, which spearheaded an uprising against Myanmar’s military rulers in 2007, called for peaceful protest [...]
Posted in News in Burmese on May 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in Burma News on May 17th, 2009 No Comments »
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s military rulers have released the personal doctor of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who goes on trial Monday for allegedly violating terms of her house arrest, a family member of the doctor said.
Authorities accuse Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, of harboring an American man who swam secretly across [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 17th, 2009 No Comments »
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Suu Kyi will deny having visitor was a crime
Brisbane Times –
RANGOON: Burma’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will protest her innocence in court when she faces trial today for breaching the terms of her house …
Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar: A Year After
Global Voices Online -
It was reported that during the first year anniversary [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 16th, 2009 No Comments »
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s military rulers disbarred a prominent lawyer who applied to defend pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her upcoming trial, the attorney said Saturday.
Suu Kyi, who was taken from her home Thursday by police, faces a possible five-year prison term for allegedly violating terms of her house arrest by sheltering an American [...]
Posted in Statements on May 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
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Burma’s descent into hell must end
The Age -
The kangaroo court trial of the democracy campaigner can be the base on which to build democracy. IN BURMA, things just go from bad to worse. …
The Fool and The Lady of the lake
MorungExpress -
Last week, Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi [...]
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Czech MPs call on EU-China summit to debate human rights in Tibet
Czech Happenings -
The Green MPs today also released a petition demanding that Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition to the Burmese military government and Nobel Peace …
Have hope for a hero
Marshall News Messenger –
Nobel Prize-winner and pro-democracy leader Aung San Sui [...]
Posted in Documentary Photos on May 16th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Thandar Htike
Pro-democracy activists in London, led by the exile-UK branch of Burma’s National league for Democracy, staged demonstrations in front of the British Foreign Office in London on 15.05.2009 calling for more UK pressure on Burma military regime to release people’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from prison.
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- reported by Thandar Htike
Pro-democracy activists in London, led by the exile-UK branch of Burma’s National league for Democracy, staged demonstrations in front of the United States Embassy on 14.05.2009 calling for more US pressure on the military regime to release people’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from prison.
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 16th, 2009 No Comments »
TS: “Happy Birthday, Ma Suu!”
TS: “Bracelets for you, my dear”
Thanks to Dr. David Law for the idea.
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