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Washington, Aug 13 : U.S. Senator Jim Webb plans to meet with Burma’s top official, Senior General Than Shwe, following his arrival Friday in what would be the first-ever meeting between a U.S. official and Burma’s junta chief.
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New Delhi, Aug.12 : Burmese pro-democracy activists condemned a Myanmar court for sentencing Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months house arrest and held demonstration here on Wednesday.
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers say the Burmese pro-democracy leader will be appealing her conviction for breaching the terms of her house arrest.The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was ordered to spe…
Independent.ie
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Two days after Burma sent opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into further house arrest, regional governments are fine-tuning their responses.The Indonesian government has been criticised for returning…
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi called this week’s verdict that returned her to house arrest for 18 months “totally unfair” on Wednesday, but she remains cheerful and alert, one of her lawyers …
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The Nation League for Democracy (NLD) has called on Wednesday for the release of its detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and all other political prisoners for the sake of national reconciliation, in an…
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Yangon – United States Senator Jim Webb is scheduled to visit Myanmar Friday to meet with the country’s military leaders, Myanmar government officials confirmed Thursday. “He will arrive here on Frida…
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refused outside aid to their citizens after a devastating cyclone hit the Southeast Asian nation of 50 million last year). The reason given for commuting the sentence — respect for Suu Kyi’s he…
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As lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi and the American John Yettaw announced plans to appeal against the sentences handed down to them by the Burmese authorities, experts said that action from China and I…
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The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a statement condemning Myanmar for extending Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest, a verdict the opposition leader called “totally unfair”. Diplomats cancell…
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YANGON (Reuters) – China urged the world on Wednesday to respect Myanmar’s judicial sovereignty, suggesting Beijing would not back any U.N. action against the junta for returning opposition leader Aun…
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Burma’s fellow members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have expressed “deep disappointment” over opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s extended house detention. As Western governments cal…
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French energy giant Total was at the centre of controversy Wednesday over its lucrative dealings in Myanmar as Europe weighed up fresh sanctions against the junta after Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest…
BurmaNet
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Political leaders and civil advocates here have called for the Association of South-East Nations (Asean) to suspend Myanmar’s membership over the military junta’s conviction of pro-democracy leade…
BurmaNet |
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To the surprise of very few, a court in Myanmar has found Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating internal security laws and given a three-year prison term. As a theatrical cod…
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The global body’s investigators for arbitrary detention, freedom of expression, human rights defenders and human rights in Myanmar say the Nobel Peace laureate was convicted by Myanmar’s m…
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China urged the international community to respect the extended house arrest imposed on the Burmese democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, which has provoked fury from western governments, promises of ne…
BurmaNet |
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The court’s decision to extend the imprisonment of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was received with a chorus of condemnation from the international community and governments around the …
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While the predictable condemnations echo around the world after the Burmese junta’s sentencing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 18 months under house arrest, it may be surprising to hear tha…
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Indonesia said Wednesday it had shut down a meeting of exiled Myanmar opposition groups in a move that the activists blamed on pressure from the military junta in Yangon.
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The conviction and sentencing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today on charges related to an uninvited intrusion into her home violate universal principles of human rights, run counter to Burma’s commitment…
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The Government should back up its tough words against the Myanmar regime and stop any of its officials receiving training in New Zealand, Green MP Kennedy Graham said yesterday.A Myanmar court found d…
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Myanmar protesters call for the release of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in New Delhi yesterday. Photo: AFP
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