Myanmar Human Rights

Though Diplomatic Doors Open to Myanmar, Tragedy Persists in Ethnic Areas

Andrew G. Lim | Posted 03.25.2012

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Andrew G. Lim

The U.S. and other nations must apply diplomatic pressure to ensure that Myanmar provides healthcare, education, sanitation, and other social services for all its civilians, equally -- regardless of ethnicity.

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Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Returns To Politics After Two Decades

AP | GRANT PECK | Posted 03.06.2012

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YANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cautioned Thursday that the democratic reforms started by Myanmar's nominally civilian gove...

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Clinton's Visit to Burma: Is Obama Administration Slipping on Human Rights?

Amnesty International | Posted 01.30.2012

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Amnesty International

When a senior U.S. leader visits a foreign country that has been previously vilified, the visit acts as an informal endorsement of that government. Is that the message we want to send the brutal regime in Burma?

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Aung San Suu Kyi Sees Progress In Myanmar

AP | Posted 11.14.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar -- Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday that Myanmar's government has taken positive steps toward reform in the year since sh...

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Guerilla Aid!

Barton Brooks | Posted 11.17.2011

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Barton Brooks

I imagine everything we do is based on a feeling, and on that day it all became clear for me. These children were going about their day in poverty - but happy - and their indifference to their need struck me. I no longer saw "global poverty" as a Sally Struthers infomercial that made

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