Posted in Statements on May 16th, 2011 No Comments »
Media Release From Burma Campaign UK
For Immediate Release 16th May 2011
No mass release of political prisoners – Thein Sein more hardline than Than Shwe?
Following an announcement of a limited prisoner amnesty in Burma, but no mass release of political prisoners, the new dictator, Thein Sein, is increasingly showing himself to be as [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 16th, 2011 No Comments »
- Raphaël Hadas-Lebel
Raphaël Hadas-Lebel is Honorary Section President at France’s Conseil d’État.
PARIS – A new and important acronym has entered the French political lexicon: QPC, which stands for the rather austere-sounding “Priority preliminary ruling on the question of constitutionality.” Under QPC, which was part of the constitutional reforms that France implemented [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 16th, 2011 No Comments »
- Radoslaw Sikorski
Radek Sikorski is Foreign Minister of Poland.
BENGHAZI – This week, I flew to Benghazi to meet Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC), a visit coordinated with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton and NATO allies. I was the first Western foreign minister to travel to Libya since the crisis began. [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on May 16th, 2011 No Comments »
16may11 PDF – _490_ Good Will Benefit
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Poems in Burmese on May 14th, 2011 No Comments »
14may11 PDF – _489_ How to Punch Out for the Change
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Burma News on May 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Brighton and Hove News – Freedom of Brighton and Hove awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi
AP – UN envoy meets Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader
AFP – Top UN official says Myanmar signs ‘encouraging’
Reuters – Threat to bears from illegal bile trade unabated: report
The Hollywood Reporter – Michelle Yeoh Hopes Aung San Suu [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 13th, 2011 1 Comment »
- Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh, a former Indian finance minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, is the author of Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence.
NEW DELHI – The image, caught on home video, is a defining one: a hunched Osama bin Laden, in pathetic, lonely domesticity, with a grey beard and a blanket covering [...]
Posted in Statements on May 13th, 2011 No Comments »
PUNISHMENT OF MONK POLITICAL PRISONER HIGHLIGHTS ON-GOING ABUSE AND REPRESSION
AAPP(B) Press release – 13 May 2011
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has grave concerns for Ashin Sandar Dika, a monk political prisoner, after learning he has been placed in solitary confinement as a punishment for requesting adequate health care. Ahshin Sandar [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on May 13th, 2011 No Comments »
13may11 PDF – _488_ Martyr Hero Never Die
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Statements on May 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Media Release From Burma Campaign UK
For Immediate Release 12th May 2011
UN Burma Envoy Must Not Ignore Shan State Crisis
Burma Campaign UK today urged Vijay Nambiar, the UN Special Advisor on Burma, not to ignore the current crisis in Shan State during his visit to Burma. Nambiar is visiting Burma to assess [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 12th, 2011 No Comments »
- Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, is the author of The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy.
CAMBRIDGE – I have been presenting my new book The Globalization Paradox to different groups of late. By now I am used to all types of comments from [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 12th, 2011 No Comments »
AFP – No ‘meaningful change’ in Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Asian Correspondent – Burma Army’s attacks cause acute food shortages to Karen villagers
Straits Times – Top UN official visits Myanmar
Bangkok Post – Burma images from home andexile
US News Las Vegas – Roundup: Myanmar strives for another milestone in hosting SEA games
Fort Wayne [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 11th, 2011 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
ALTSEAN-Burma has released a briefer titled “100 days of Burma’s Parliament: Strengthening the status quo.”
11may11 100 Days of Burmas Parliament – Strengthening the Status Quo
The 11th of May marks one hundred days since the convening of Burma’s Parliament on 31 January. The laws governing the proceedings of the first parliamentary session in 22 [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 11th, 2011 No Comments »
AFP – Top UN official to visit Myanmar this week
AP – UN aide to visit Myanmar, meet with new government
Asian Correspondent – Will the UN Envoy bring hope for Burma?
UN Dispatch – Security Council debates protection of civilians, Amos calls for a pause to hostilities in Libya, Nambiar to visit [...]
Posted in Articles in English on May 10th, 2011 No Comments »
STATEMENT OF THE 2011 ASEAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE/ASEAN PEOPLES’ FORUM
We, more than 1,300 delegates at the 2011 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum, representing various civil society organizations and , movements of workers from rural and urban sectors as well as migrant sector, peasants and farmers, women, children, youth, the [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Please find attached EBO’s 15th Political Monitor report.
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All Political and Election Monitors as well as other information on the 2010 elections can be found on EBO’s Elections [...]
Posted in Feature Articles on May 9th, 2011 No Comments »
By Antonio Graceffo
“Human rights are very nice.” Quote from a Shan refugee who is a big fan of Martial Arts Odyssey.
‘I was taken in a truck, by a driver with a gun. The man was chewing Kratom leaves (a stimulant). There were twelve of us in the back of the van. Not all were Shan. [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 9th, 2011 No Comments »
Thai, Cambodian PMs to meet on border clashes digg: US Works With Sudan Government Suspected Of Aiding Genocide reddit: Thai, Cambodian PMs to meet on border clashes del.icio.us: Thai, Cambodian PMs to meet on border clashes
NINIEK KARMINI | May 7, 2011 10:56 AM EST | AP
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The [...]