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Democracy Resource Center Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
URL: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/09/22/resistance-monks-0 . Source: Human Rights Watch. This 99-page report written by longtime Burma watcher Bertil Lintner, describes the repression Burma's monks experienced after they led demonstrations against the government in September 2007. The report tells the stories of individual monks who were arrested, beaten and detained. Two years after Buddhist...
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KyiMayKaung (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/200911/s2745602.htm informal summary -- need to move from talking about talks to real talks.
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Asian Gazette (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
[pba] A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Burma on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. The 192-nation General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on human rights issues, approved a resolution on North Korea 97-19 with 65 abstentions. A similar resolution on Burma (Myanmar) passed 92-26 with 65 abstentions....
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BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
All Burma Monks’ Alliance (ABMA), 88 Generation Students and All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) urge for working toward the benefits of all the people of Burma No. 7/2009 (ABMA+88+ABFSU) Joint Statement No.7_2009_english Joint Statement No.7_2009_burmese Date: November 19, 2009 1. As of the letter by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Sr. Gen Than Shwe dated on November [...]
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PACIFIST PEOPLE POWER (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Calls from the French foreign ministry to release Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi have been welcomed by campaigners in France who say that Western engagement with the regime is long overdue. A statement released by the foreign ministry yesterday stated that “we hope that this call to the Burmese prime minister to release all political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi will be heard”....
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Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I also commend to you the International Crisis Group’s report of 14 September 2009, the key conclusions of which are summarized below: • Beijing has pushed its neighbour to undertake political reforms, but not in the way the West would like. • China was the first to congratulate Aung San Suu Kyi on her election in 1990. • [...]
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BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
by Salai Han Thar San & Mungpi Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:20New Delhi (Mizzima) - Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s proposal to meet the ruling junta’s military supremo Snr Gen Than Shwe in person to further discuss easing of sanctions, is a good step and could lead to a breakthrough in Burmese politics, observers said.Detained Nobel Peace Laureate, through her party spokesperson,...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar's ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions but it remains uncertain if the reconciliation efforts will yield results.
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PalaungNLD (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
United States’ president Barrack Obama made a personal appeal for the release of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi during a summit between the US and Southeast Asian leaders last week. Any mention of Suu Kyi was however conspicuously absent from a 27-point statement released following the summit, which expressed only hope for “broad political and economic reforms” in Burma. It was the...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
France has called on the Myanmese authority to release General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Monday in a press briefing. "We hope the voice that appeals the Myanmar prime minister to release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, can be heard," Valero said. He said France shared...
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Ten Percent (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
But we are used to his talk by now, what of actions- President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar’s junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military. Obama delivered the strong message during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, which [...]
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
AUNG San Suu Kyi, the detained Burmese opposition leader, has requested a meeting with the head of the military regime, adding to signs that lines of communication are openi
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
AUNG San Suu Kyi, the detained Burmese opposition leader, has requested a meeting with the head of the military regime, adding to signs that lines of communication are openi
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Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
by ERICA LIEPMANN , Causecast Associate Editor For decades, the ruling military junta in Burma (Myanmar) has silenced opposition and pro-democracy voices in the country. The most well-known example - democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was refused her rightful place in government and has been imprisoned (or under house arrest) for almost 20 years. The U.S. has maintained trade sanctions...
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