Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by CHHABRA Sagari
I had the privilege of living a few houses away from Aung San Suu Kyi on University Avenue by Inya Lake, for several months. The sole reason for choosing my residence was I was hoping to meet or atleast get a glimpse of the most famous political prisoner and proponent of non-violence, (…)
, by Wai Moe
Two of Rangoon’s biggest hotels have closed their doors in what business owners say is a drastic downturn in the tourist industry and the overall economy following the pro-democracy demonstrations.
Signs of a failed economy are everywhere, say business people. Teashops have fewer customers, (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
To keep up the momentum on the Burma issue and to persuade the military leaders to sit at the negotiating table, the international community and individual governments need to put pressure on the cronies who prop up the regime leadership.
One of the principal targets would be Tay Za, CEO of (…)
, by Saw Yan Naing
People forced to attend state-run rallies in support of the National Convention and the proposed draft constitution openly opposed the rally organizers by shouting anti-government messages, according to sources who attended the rallies.
In Rangoon, state media reported 120,000 people attended (…)
, by Lalit K Jha
United Nations,
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the Burmese military junta to move more quickly to allow democracy to flourish in the totalitarian-ruled state. The UN also announced that its special envoy to Burma will not visit the country during his current trip to the (…)
, by AP
Burma’s military junta said Wednesday it detained nearly 3,000 people during a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, adding that hundreds remain in custody and that it is still hunting for others.
The official statement from the junta was published on the front-page of The New Light of (…)
, by KAMDAR Mira
If the US and the EU want India to act according to its moral values and not its national interests in Burma, they had better do the same.
The world has been horrified by graphic images of the latest crackdown by Burma’s military junta. But the bullets and clubs unleashed on Buddhist (…)
, by AP
Burma’s military regime dismissed a UN statement calling for dialogue with the pro-democracy opposition, insisting that it would follow its own roadmap toward reform—a plan critics say is a ruse aimed at extending the government’s grip on power.
The main opposition National League for (…)
, by Wai Moe
Prominent leaders of the 88 Generation Students group, who led protests in August, were arrested at a hiding place in Rangoon on Saturday morning, said dissident sources.
The leaders, who were arrested on October 12, were named as Htay Kywe, Mie Mie and Aung Thu. A fourth person, Ko Ko, who (…)
, by AP
Burma’s Prime Minister Gen Soe Win, who had been blamed with overseeing a 2003 attack against pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, died Friday after a long illness. He was 59.
The fourth-ranking member of the junta, he had been ailing for months with what relatives said was acute leukemia. His (…)
, by Wai Moe
The UN Security Council statement passed on Thursday offers some hope but should have been much stronger, Burmese dissidents told The Irrawaddy on Friday.
The presidential statement received the full support of the 15-member security council, including China and Russia.
A spokesperson for (…)
, by Saw Yan Naing
The Burmese authorities have a new enemy to hunt down—dogs which are roaming Rangoon with pictures of Than Shwe and other regime leaders around their necks.
A resident of Shwegondine, Bahan Township, told The Irrawaddy on Friday that she saw a group of four dogs with pictures of the regime’s (…)
The Women’s League of Burma is greatly heartened by the international response to the recent crackdown in Burma, and the collective condemnation of Burma’s military regime by the UN Security Council. However, raids, arrests, torture and killing of peaceful protestors, including Buddhist (…)
October 10, 2007
H.E. Nicolas Sarkozy President of the Republic of France Palais de l’Elysée 55, rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris
Your Excellency,
The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma is very grateful to Your Excellency’s Government for disapproving the recent (…)
, by Wai Moe
Observers inside and outside Burma have had mixed reactions about the success or failure of UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari’s second trip to the country since the junta’s crackdown on mass protests in September.
Perhaps, the most optimistic assessment came from Aung San Suu Kyi, who (…)
, by LINTNER Bertil
If Karl Marx was right that history repeats itself first as tragedy and then as farce, Burma is still stuck in the tragedy phase. The protests and crackdown in Rangoon in recent days are reprising the doomed democracy movement of 1988. As time passes and the security forces succeed in cowing the (…)
, by DAVID Randy
MANILA, Philippines — The brutal suppression by Burma’s (Myanmar’s) military junta of Buddhist monks and civilian protesters has sparked global outrage. The generals who have ruled this unfortunate country for 45 years remain seemingly impervious to worldwide appeals for moderation. We in the (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
What are you doing on 6 October at 12 noon?
For the latest listing of events: www.burma-watch.org
or the fantastic facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24957770200
AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY
Martin Place at 12:30pm and marching to the front of the Opera House (…)
, by STEINBERG David
The tragic recent events in Myanmar, whose true magnitude remains unknown, are one more indication to the international community of the illegitimacy of the military junta. This position, however, is far more complex when internally viewed. To the Western world, popular elections and the (…)
, par Aung Zaw
The Lord Buddha shunned worldly affairs, but in his teachings he stressed the need for good governance and good rulers in the practice of politics.
The Buddha said : “When the ruler of a country is just and good, the ministers become just and good ; when the ministers are just and good, the (…)
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