Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
- 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. [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi briefly admitted to hospital: official
AFP – Challenges ahead for visions of an ASEAN community
AP – 19 parties registered so far for Myanmar vote
The Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Myanmar election a total farce
IPS – SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Leaders Take Softly, Softly Approach [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
12Apr10 Strategic Interaction by Khin Ma Ma Myo
by Khin Ma Ma Myo
Posted in Documentary Report on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
Karen State, Burma 5 April, 2010
Displaced children at GLC program Karen State
Tho Htoo is 11 years old but looks like he’s 9, small and thin but bright-eyed. He’s in second grade. I interviewed him because his house had been burned down two months [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
http://www.dvb. no/analysis/ the-general- must-not- be-disturbed/ 8617
Than Shwe’s success lies in being a ’skilled manipulator’
By BENEDICT ROGERS
Published: 12 April 2010
Burma’s Senior General Than Shwe is undoubtedly number one. Since he took power in 1992, he has consolidated his own personal position in a way that means Burma is no longer ruled by a [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Apr 11th, 2010 No Comments »
11Apr10 NLD and Future Course
by Ko Htun Gyaw
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 11th, 2010 No Comments »
by Ko Htun Gyaw
The first tide is coming- the Burmese regime will start its dirty jobs soon after its 60 days of political party registration period. The regime will outlaw NLD and capture hardliner NLD leaders. But the extreme tsunami will come after the first tide hits Burma, the tsunami being the tide of [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 10th, 2010 No Comments »
DICTATOR WATCH
(www.dictatorwatch.org)
Contact: Roland Watson, roland@dictatorwatch.org
BURMA NUCLEAR FOIA FILING
April 10, 2010
Please forward.
In anticipation of the Nuclear Security Summit this coming week in Washington, D.C., Dictator Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. State Department (see below), asking that it release the Report [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Junta tries to score political points
Asia Times Online
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK – As election fever grips Myanmar, the ruling junta is busy preparing a series of steps, including an amnesty of political prisoners, to try to make the vote more credible in the international community.
This has become a priority after the [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
09Apr10 News on Migrants & Refugees- 9 April, 2010 (English & Burmese)
Posted in Burma News on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP – ASEAN summit tackles Myanmar polls
AFP – ASEAN tells Myanmar to make polls fair, inclusive
AP – SE Asian leaders urge open elections in Myanmar
EarthTimes – Vietnam: Myanmar elections should include ‘all parties’
Bernama – Najib: Asean+8 Which Includes US, Russia To Be Decided At Next Summit
Bernama – Myanmar [...]
Posted in Documentary Report on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Displaced Childhoods-Report April 2010
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Thai protesters storm into TV compound
By DENIS D. GRAY
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AP
BANGKOK -Protesters who want a change of government in Thailand forced their way Friday into a satellite transmission complex, sending soldiers fleeing and compelling authorities to reverse a ban on their TV channel.
The action was the latest setback to government efforts to quash a month of disruptive [...]
Posted in Documentary Photos, Documentary Video on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
2nd Protest against Unfair Election laws in Burma
Exile Burmese pro-democracy activists in London, led by Burma Liberation Front made on 06.04.2010 the second of their four planned alternate-Tuesday demonstrations in front of Burmese military regime embassy; on 06.04.2010 was the 2nd time protest against the unfair election laws recently passed by the military regime in [...]
Posted in Documentary Video on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Prof Kanbawza Win gave a speech to BLF youths on 07.04.2010 from Canada via video link to youth members of Burma Liberation Front based in UK, to help with Burma Liberation Front’s endeavours to educate and motivate Burmese ethnic youths in politics.
part 1
part 2
Posted in Burma News on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Thursday, 08 April 2010 20:50
Every day Burma’s ethnic minority children face forced relocation, forced labour for the army, starvation, disease and death, according to a report by humanitarian groups released on Wednesday.
These children are acutely vulnerable when they are forced to flee their homes, the report by the Free Burma [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP – The general view shows leaders attending the plenary session of the 16th Association of Southeast Asian …
by Claire Truscott Claire Truscott
HANOI (AFP) – Southeast Asian leaders on Friday urged Myanmar’s ruling junta to ensure that this [...]
Posted in Statements on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Dear AIPMC Members, Partners and Friends,
Please find as attached, and as in line text, a press advisory on a petition signed by over 100 ASEAN legislators asking ASEAN leaders attending the 16th ASEAN Summit in Vietnam to urgently take tough action on Myanmar ’s military regime should its negotiations and [...]