Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Feb 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
What’s up UNHCR?
We could not blame Christian dominant UNHCR and the donor western Christian countries for failing to assist non - Christian people of Burma/Myanmar with full enthusiasm when all the Muslim countries and Buddhist countries failed to even lift a finger to help Burmese/Myanmar refugees and people.
One Rohingya named, Altaff is a handicapped person. He […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
The Golden days of the
Great Shan Empire VII
(I hope BD readers won’t mind the changing of my BLUE HEADINGS into black, as this is the darkest chapter of Myanmar and Myanmar Tatmadaw History)
Detention of Ethnic Shan
and other opposition Leaders
Read detail in Irrawaddy,
“Detained Ethnic Leaders Denied Outside Medical Aid”
By Shah Paung on January 8, 2008
Detained […]
Posted in Burma News on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
UN envoy’s return to Myanmar could spur further progress, says Security Council
17 January 2008 – Disappointed with the slow pace of change in Myanmar, the Security Council today said an early return to the country by United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari could help promote progress towards democratization and national reconciliation. Mr. Gambari, who has […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 10th, 2008 No Comments »
AI Malaysia’s concern for
Refugees & Migrants
Amnesty International Malaysia
Every day people make decisions to leave their homes, communities and countries. Some leave because they are – · afraid for their lives, · and for the lives of their children · and loved ones. Others leave because their social or economic situation has compelled them to do […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Non recognition of UNHCR
Burmese and other refugees
Note: I had compiled these data and written this article since early 90’s. So although it may look as an old issues at the first look but sadly they are still relevant at the present. Some of the International community and ASEAN are in the same stage of closing their […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Dec 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Foreign workers face campaign of brutality
Posted by: Raja Petra
By Seth Mydans
International Herald Tribune
Kang Long, 43, is an ethnic Chin refugee from Myanmar, one of as many as three million foreign workers whose labor on farms, factories and construction sites and in service industries supports the economy of this bustling Southeast Asian nation. About […]