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Jim Webb Woefully Unaware Of Burma's Problems

U Pyinya Zawta | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

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U Pyinya Zawta

US Sen Jim Webb recently traveled to Burma to lean not on Burma's military regime, but to pressure my country's democracy movement into giving up economic sanctions--the most important tool in our struggle for freedom.

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Senator Jim Webb In Burma To Meet Leader On Rare Visit

nytimes.com | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and SHARON OTTERMAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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An American senator arrived in Myanmar on Friday to meet with the leader of the junta there, just days after the country's pro-democracy leader, Daw A...

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Suu Kyi Verdict Expected Friday

Irrawaddy | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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Aung San Suu Kyi insisted after Tuesday's final session of her trial before Friday's scheduled verdict that the proceedings would show "whether or not...

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Burma's Amnesty Claim Sure To Be Yet Another Bluff

Human Rights Watch | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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Human Rights Watch

It's time now for Burma's allies and trade partners, including Security Council members China and Russia, to act and call Ambassador Than Shwe's political prisoner amnesty bluff.

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Burmese Migrants Make Waste Dump Home (SLIDESHOW)

Demotix | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

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Photos and text from Demotix Click here for more photos and information on Burma. On the outskirts of the transient dusty border town of Mae Sot li...

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The Future of Burma Cannot Be Tied to Aung San Suu Kyi

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

By maintaining that the regime must be isolated and that Burma must be the target of stringent sanctions only helps the junta reverse further into mad "behind-the-wall" strategies.

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Ban Ki Moon in Burma: The Chance for a New Beginning

Gordon Brown | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

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Gordon Brown

When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon meets the military dictatorship in Burma today he will have the whole world with him. His mission is critical to the future of the Burmese people.

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End the Burma Exception and Refer the Military Junta to the International Criminal Court

Andrea Friedman | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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Andrea Friedman

Today sovereignty can no longer be a free pass to arbitrarily arrest, torture, rape and kill one's own people. The military junta in Burma should be no exception.

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Letter From Paris: Burma -- Aung San Suu Kyi Goes on Trial in Prison

Beth Arnold | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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Beth Arnold

The trial of Burmas pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi opened Monday amid tight security at an infamous jail in the country's main city.

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Burmese Opposition Urges US To Talk To Junta

AP | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's opposition party urged the U.S. to open talks with the country's junta, a spokesman said Wednesday, the last day of ...

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Burma - Another UN Failure

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

The UN Secretary General turned down a request by over 100 former world leaders to visit Burma to petition the military regime to release all political prisoners. I have a friend in jail in Burma for 142 years.

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Bush Goes Looking for Relevance, A Legacy in Asia

Erika Fry | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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Erika Fry

While in Bangkok, Bush plans to meet Burmese activists, which may be his best last chance to reshape a legacy here, now dominated by his outsourcing of US torture to Thailand.

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The US Must Do More for Burma

Jared Genser | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

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Jared Genser

The Burmese regime has urged that humanitarian aid not be "politicized," but its using the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis to tighten its grip on power while excluding to help its own people.

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Contraband Images Escape Online From Burma

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

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Hanna Ingber Win

The last thing the junta wants is to have its people travel to the cyclone devastated areas, take photographs and then send the images abroad. But that's what my friend did, and here they are.

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Global Protests Target Burma Military Junta

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Campaigners in 30 cities around the world are staging a series of rallies against the bloody crackdown on anti-government protests in Burma. The marc...

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