Intimidation Intensifies Ahead of Second Anniversary of Crackdown
September 21, 2009
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(Bangkok) – Buddhist monks in Burma face continuing repression, intimidation and harsh prison sentences two years after the military government’s brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 99-page report, “The Resistance of the Monks: Buddhism and [...]
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Introduction
The SPDC military clique has consistently rejected demand by the ethnic nationalities, the democratic forces and the international community for dialogue and peaceful political transformation. On the other hand, it continues to commit inhuman acts of massive military attacks on the innocent civilians in areas of the ethnic nationalities, sowing division, arresting, torturing and jailing [...]
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BANGKOK (AFP) – Myanmar’s Buddhist monks face continuing intimidation, repression and severe jail sentences two years after the junta’s crackdown on anti-government protests, a rights group said Tuesday.
A report from Human [...]
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YANGON, Myanmar – The U.S. Embassy said Tuesday that it has been allowed to visit a Myanmar-born American detained in the country for the past three weeks but refused to divulge details about his health or whereabouts.
Embassy spokesman Drake Weisert said officials were allowed to visit Kyaw Zaw Lwin on Sunday and have [...]
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AAPP(B) Media Statement – for immediate release : 22 September 2009
Burma political prisoners’ rights group: prisoner releases “cynical ploy to ease international pressure”
[Mae Sot, Thailand] The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) today confirmed that 127 political prisoners have been released from prisons in Burma. Last Thursday evening in Rangoon, state-run MRTV carried a [...]
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All Burma Monks’ Alliance ! The 88 Generation Students ! All Burma Federation of Student Unions
No: 5/2009 ! Date: September 21, 2009
We Oppose the Military Regime’s Use of Violence against Ethnic Nationalities, and Demand That the Regime Stops Forcibly Enacting of the 2008 Constitution, Which Is Not accepted by the People of Burma—- through the [...]
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