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Myanmar Announces Amnesty For 7,114 Prisoners

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: National League for Democracy, Political Prisoners, General Than Shwe, Human Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Burma, Impact News

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta has granted amnesty to 7,114 convicts at prisons across the country, but it was not immediately known if they ...

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Like Iran, Burma Muddies the Waters for Negotiations

Russ Wellen | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, National League for Democracy, Asean, World News
Russ Wellen

The harder the junta tries to remove Suu Kyi from the scene, the more prominent she becomes in the eyes of the world.

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

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Sanctions, Burma Junta, Myanmar Junta, Burma Trial, Myanmar, Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Trial, National League for Democracy, Un-Sanctions, Home News
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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Almost is Not Enough

Jack Healey | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bush Administration Torture, Burma, Criminal Justice System, Argentina, Chile, National League for Democracy, Rwanda, Torture, Politics News
Jack Healey

As we move into the new year, with a new administration and a new outlook on the world, let us work toward "no on torture" both at home and around the world.

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Burma Democracy Leader Refuses To Meet With Junta's Liaison

Bangkokpost.com | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Burmese Democracy Party, United Nations, Ibrahim Gambari, South Asia, Juntas, National League for Democracy, Roadmap to Democracy, World News

Burma's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to meet with the minister assigned to organise the junta's contacts with her, the gover...

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