Posted in Articles in English on Aug 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Four members of Students for a Free Tibet were detained in Beijing, on the eve of Olympics, after unfurling Tibetan flags and two 140-square-foot banners outside the Olympic stadium. The first read, ‘One World, One Dream: Free Tibet’ in English, and the second read, ‘Tibet Will Be Free’ in English and ‘Free Tibet’ in Chinese. […]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
By Aquilino Pimentel
[Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. is a leading SEnator in the Senate of the Republic of Philippines.]
I am especially pleased that we’ve published in BURMA DIGEST the articles of Vaclac Havel and colleagues because they are people of international renown and probity.
To men and women of conscience the world-over, their stand on the continuing […]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 4th, 2008 3 Comments »
By Prof. Kanbawza Win
It is not realistic to think that Beijing will listen to any voice from Burma, much less from the rank of the opposition, as it even view the Burmese Junta as rude, crude, rustic pipsqueak of little consequence, when every body knows that the dragon men are very pragmatic and happy with […]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
By Prof. Kanbawza Win
The original purpose of the Olympic Games, both ancient and modern, is to foster the ideal of, “A sound mind in a sound body,” and to promote friendship among the nations. The Official Olympic Anthem runs “Immortal spirit of Antiquity, Father of the Beautiful and Good.” How can these ideals be […]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 4th, 2008 No Comments »
By Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu, Wei Jingsheng and André Glucksmann
Václav Havel is Former President of the Czech Republic.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace.Wei Jingsheng is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document Fifth Modernization on the “Democracy Wall” in Beijing in 1978.
André Glucksmann […]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 2nd, 2008 6 Comments »
by Nina L. Khrushcheva
Nina Khrushcheva, author of Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics, teaches international affairs at The New School and is senior fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York
MOSCOW – When the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games begins in a few days, viewers will be presented with a minutely […]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
_ report by Project Maje (http://www.projectmaje.org/)
Many reports still call it “folklore” or “superstition” but it is a historical and biological fact: the bamboo species Melocanna baccifera blossoms en masse approximately every 48 years. This particular type of bamboo grows throughout a large area of Northeast India (primarily in Mizoram and Manipur States) as well as […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 29th, 2008 No Comments »
It is increasingly evident to Burmese people that :
The regime will not reform. All talk of reform by the regime is intended to deceive.
They make cosmetic changes in an attempt to hide their ugly face.
Accept them, or fight them.
These are the two choices.
The United Nations Organisation is incapable of dealing with murdering gangs […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
_ By somebody who has seen Burma at its best and at its worst
Where do we go from here, Burma, is the question all peoples of Burma are at present asking because they have had enough of the present illegal dictatorial Government. It is obvious that the past and present Generals have failed Burma and […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
_ by Aminputu (India/Burma)
According to our contacts in Burma, MOE (Ministry of Energy) met with UNOCAL in July 2008 and some delegation groups are going to Japan on Energy matters.
The SPDC military government of Burma will continue the last pending project called 3 in 1 gas line project. Which is connecting from Total Platform to […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 16th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Aryeh Neier
[Aryeh Neier, the president of the Open Society Institute and a founder of Human Rights Watch, is the author most recently of Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights.]
It is only a little more than fifteen years ago that the first of the contemporary international courts was created to prosecute […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Raluca Enescu
For its most traditional definition, a government’s authority over its citizens is to be considered legitimate if and only if the people consent to it. Legitimacy is the foundation of such governmental power as is exercised both with a consciousness on the government’s part that it has a right to govern […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
_ by Nava Thakuria
The devastating tropical cyclone Nargis that struck southern Burma (Myanmar) two months ago, has revealed to the world that it was even less disastrous compared to its regime. The military regime, which not only ignored the difficulties faced by its own people after the disaster, but also restricted relief from international communities […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
_ by Thuria Tayza
Inside the country, Burma’s military regime has got every and all political opposition, and potential oppositions, either crushed or contained. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest has been extended, new generation leaders like Min Ko Naing, Ko Htin Kyaw, Su Su Nway etc are all in jail, students and monks already […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
_ by Yebaw Day
Sudan ’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in this May 30, 2008 file photo. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is likely to seek the arrest of al-Bashir in a new war crimes case he will open on Darfur on Monday, a senior European diplomat said […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 7th, 2008 No Comments »
_ by Nehginpao Kipgen
When invited to write an article for the ‘The Chin Student Journal’ on the topic I am passionate about, varying thoughts begirded my mind. Of the umpteen important issues, the impact of nomenclatures on the Chin-Kuki-Mizo people was one unparalleled subject.
Historically, our people were independent from foreign domination. In the evolving process […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
_ by Prof Kanbawza Win
“Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the Rangoon University (substituting cotton fields away)” is the song I used to hum, whenever I recollect the unforgettable 7th July, a stigma of my life. It seems to me that 7th July has many […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 5th, 2008 No Comments »
_ translation & commentary by Yebaw Day
This is a translation and commentary on “Deeperinga,” a Poem on Depeyin by Kyi Maung Than, published in Cherry magazine, June 2008 issue, page 7, as reported in an article of the Burmese section of Khit Pyaing e-zine, dated 1 July.
In the Free World, poets can write whatever […]