Posted in Burma News on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
by: AFP< : Published: 21/06/2009 at 02:58 PM
Burma has jailed two supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for one and a half years for insulting religion after they prayed at a pagoda for her release, her party has said.
Myanmarese rights activists flank a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi in Phnom Penh on [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Dear Sisters,
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is calling on women’s groups from around the world to join us in urging the United Nations Security Council to prosecute Senior General Than Shwe at the International Criminal Court.
In light of the recent atrocities committed by Than Shwe and his regime, including the unlawful imprisonment of Nobel [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Date: June 22, 2009
KWO is very concerned about the current situation of repeated forced repatriation of the families recently arrived to Thailand in Tha Song Yang by Local Thai authority since June 16, 09. We are particularly concerned for the security and safety of women and children who just ran away from fighting in their [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Media Release from Karen and Arakanese Communities Worldwide
For Immediate Release 22nd June 2009
A day of action will be held today for 34 freedom fighters from Burma whose trial resumes in Kolkata, India, today.
Arakan and Karen freedom fighters were lured to an Indian island by a rogue Indian intelligence officer, who executed 6 of them and [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
AFP – Myanmar jails Suu Kyi supporters for pagoda prayerReuters – North Korean ship likely headed for Myanmar: report
Reuters – Singapore says would act if North Korea ship has WMD
The New York Times – U.S. Destroyer Shadows N. Korean Ship
AP – NKorea ship suspected of carrying missiles
AP – McCain favors [...]
Posted in News in Burmese on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Articles in Burmese on Jun 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
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Posted in Feature Articles on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
By Ethan Bourne (BurmawatchUSA Editor)
The whip of George W. Bush and his administration have cornered the Burmese generals and their cronies so hard that there is almost no economic exits but through ASEAN nations and China. Hiring of lobbyists in Washington D.C. U.S. sanctions have not influenced the Burmese situation as planned by the policy [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
By HYUNG-JIN KIM,
AP
SEOUL, South Korea -A U.S. Navy destroyer is tailing a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons toward Myanmar in what could be the first test of new U.N. sanctions against the North over its recent nuclear test, a leading TV network said Sunday.
The South Korean news [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
by Bo Kyaw Nyein
Mizzima : Sunday, 21 June 2009 15:01
Although many Burmese do not want to admit it, the situation inside Burma is at a stalemate and, frankly speaking, no one has a good workable solution or strategy to overcome the current status quo. By silencing the voice of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Who really suffers when the international aid tap is shut off?
Arno Kopecky
Yangon — From Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Saturday, Jun. 20, 2009 03:57AM EDT
Were the trial of the world’s most poignant embodiment of peaceful resistance not so real, Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent misfortunes could have sprung from the pages of a novel.
A [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
AP : 21st June 2009
YANGON, Myanmar – A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced two members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to 18 months in prison after they prayed for her release at a pagoda, the opposition party spokesman said Sunday.
The news came days before Suu Kyi’s trial is set to resume [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jun 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
Media Release From Burma Campaign UK
For Immediate Release 21st June 2009
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the government of Thailand to stop forcing Karen families who have fled a new military offensive back into Burma.
According to Burma Campaign UK sources, 3 Karen families have been forced back into Burma, and others are being placed [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Media Release From 64forSuu.org
For Immediate Release 21st June 2009
64forSuu.org, the website which features messages of support for Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 64th birthday, faced a cyberattack on Friday 19th June. The attack is likely to have been by the Burmese dictatorship, which has previously attacked Burma related websites.
Aung San Suu [...]
Posted in Statements on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in Burma News on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Bangkok, 20 June, (Asiantribune):
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) calls on ASEAN leaders to urgently meet to deliver new and effective policies and mechanisms that are desperately needed vis-a-vis Myanmar’s military junta that will enable a tangible and lasting solution to the country’s crisis. Members of Parliament from various ASEAN countries, at a forum co-organized [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
While Iran’s leaders nervously monitor street protests, Burma’s military rulers are trying to ride out their own crisis. A worldwide protest continues to build over the jailing of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
She’s a political leader whose party won elections in 1990 that were ignored by the ruling generals. Since then, she’s [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jun 21st, 2009 No Comments »
ANI Saturday 20th June, 2009
London, June 20 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday made an impassioned appeal to Burmese military junta to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 64th birthday, or face tough sanctions.
The Prime Minister said it was a “tragedy” that the Nobel Peace Prize winner was spending her 64th [...]