We Can Do This - Strategy Page
The generals now acknowledge that Burma cannot survive in isolation. The international economy has been booming for decades, and Burma has fallen well behind. Time to catch up. That doesn't work very well unless you allow a certain amount of freedom ...
POLITICS-BURMA: A Poll, Yes, But Not Political Change - Inter Press Service
RANGOON, Mar 19, 2010 (IPS) - In teashops and markets, the national election due this year in Burma is the talk of the town, so much so that Thuzar, who did not take part in the 1990 poll, is quite eager to cast her vote this time. The government of ...
Freed US-Burmese activist to keep fighting for politcal ... - Australia Network News
An American activist recently freed by Burma has expressed his determination to fight for the release of thousands of political prisoners still held by the regime. Kyaw Zaw Lwin is a Burmese born rights activist who holds US citizenship. On arriving ...
Elections in Burma: Don't Rush to Judgment - Brookings Institution
The last nation-wide election in Burma was held in 1990 and was won by a landslide by the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi. The military junta refused to accept the results of the election, and Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of ...
Burma: Military Government Frees US Citizen - Human Rights Watch
Nyi Nyi Aung’s release, while welcome, should not be seen as a concession, liberalization, or a softening by Burma’s ruling generals. His treatment repeats the Burmese junta’s squalid tactic of using political detainees as bargaining chips ...
Back in US, freed activist presses Burma on rights - Sydney Morning Herald
A US activist freed by Burma has returned home to be reunited with his fiancee, urging the regime to release thousands more prisoners. Kyaw Zaw Lwin, 40, a Burma-born rights activist who holds US citizenship, recounted what he called "mental torture ...
Philippines Presses Burma on Suu Kyi - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
MANILA — The Philippines vented its concern to Burma's top diplomat Wednesday over pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's detention and exclusion from upcoming elections but got no hint of any change, a Filipino official said. Such criticisms are ...
Burmese Activists Released after Embassy Protest in New ... - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... Sharma, a lawyer for the Burmese activists, argued that the case should be seen as a human rights issue because the protesters are angry over the current political situation in Burma. He added that most of the protesters are refugees who have ...
Activist freed in Burma returns to US - Raw Story
A US activist freed by Myanmar returned home Friday to be reunited with his fiancee and called for the military regime to release thousands more prisoners. Supporters cheered and offered congratulatory balloons as Kyaw Zaw Lwin, 40, who is also known ...
Burma's Election Preparations Undemocratic, say Rights ... - Global Security
Burma rights and exile groups want the international community to denounce the government's preparations for elections this year, saying they are undemocratic and are increasing ethnic tensions. A coalition of rights groups and political exiles on ...
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Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
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Thai protesters' caravan wends through capital
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Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
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