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Press release 16th June 2010
Migrant Workers Call for the Protection of their Rights to Access Justice:
Echoing and Expanding the TIP[i] 2010 Recommendations
Migrant labour groups meeting in Mae Sot yesterday expressed concern that migrant workers who have been exploited at work face multiple challenges in accessing justice. [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jun 16th, 2010 No Comments »
- Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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NEW YORK – At Uganda’s largest AIDS clinic, I recently witnessed a remarkable celebration of life. The performers were a troupe of young [...]
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16Jun10 EBO Analysis Paper No 1 2010 – The Mon Situation
Please find attached EBO’s latest analysis paper No. 1/2010 – The Situation in Mon State.
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16Jun10 EMNo27-16-06-10
Please find attached EBO’s 27th Election Monitor report.
All previous Election Monitors as well as other information on this year’s elections can be found on EBO’s Elections Page.
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Reuters – Floods in Myanmar kill at least 25
AFP – UN development chief: Myanmar, Thailand challenges
AFP – Amnesty says Malaysia ‘dangerous’ for refugees
Straits Times – 4 killed in Myanmar crash
Sify News – 40 missing in Myanmar floods
Strategy Page – Myanmar:The Nuclear Mystery
The Dominion Post – Myanmar top brass at [...]
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Dear Friends,
Below are the “2010 Election Watch” highlights for Week 14, covering 8-14 June:
Developments
The SPDC Election Commission approved the registration of the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party. To date, the Election Commission has granted final approval to 32 parties to participate in the polls.
The SPDC Election Commission has yet to grant tentative approval [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jun 15th, 2010 No Comments »
HAVANA -Cuba reacted angrily Tuesday to its inclusion on a U.S. list of countries that could be sanctioned for failing to fight human and child trafficking, calling it a “shameful slander” and part of Washington’s efforts to justify its trade embargo.
Cuba is one of 13 countries put on notice Monday that they are not complying [...]
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- Javier Solana
Javier Solana, the European Union’s former High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, and a former Secretary General of NATO, is President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy [...]
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AFP – US puts Singapore, Thailand on human trafficking watch list
AFP – ‘53 dead’ in Bangladesh floods, landslides
Reuters – U.S. rates itself on human trafficking
Business Wire – Korean Students go to Myanmar for its Movies and Cultural Exchange
HydroWorld – China Guodian plans hydropower, coal plants in Myanmar
Channel [...]
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15Jun10 PDF – _339_SPDC Cease Good Luck
Ko Ko Aung
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AP – US puts nations on notice for trafficking
IRIN – MYANMAR: Survivors seek shelter from future storms
Rigzone – Total-operated Pipeline Begins Ops in Burma
The Malay Mail – Malaysia ranks better than Myanmar in human rights practice
UPI – Myanmar says nuclear reports not true
People’s Daily Online – Myanmar, [...]
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13Jun10 PDF – _338_Theft Are Yelling for Arrest
Ko Ko Aung
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By Antonio Graceffo
“We know you help Shan people Burma. Please help we. We Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.”
This was an email I received nearly two years ago. It was accompanied by heart-wrenching photos of people on the brink of starvation. Children with distended bellies, covered in parasites. The “camp” seemed to be [...]