Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ILTIS Tony
In the wake of mass protests for democracy spearheaded by Buddhist monks, triggered by five-fold increases to fuel and public transport costs, Burma’s major cities of Rangoon and Mandalay have become the scene of an intense crackdown by the military, which has ruled the country since 1962.
The (…)
, by ELMORE Mick
While international attention has focused on the protests for democracy in Burma’s cities, a hidden war has decimated generations of the country’s powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality for decades.
The Karen, the Shan and other minority groups who live along the Burma-Thai (…)
, by BAKER David R.
Chevron Corp. of San Ramon is drawing harsh criticism for its business ties to Burma, the Asian nation conducting a brutal military crackdown.
The company owns part of a natural gas project in Burma, where soldiers crushed pro-democracy protests last week and killed at least 10 people.
U.S. (…)
, by MARI Yamaguchi
The body of a Japanese journalist killed during pro-democracy demonstrations in Yangon was brought back home early Thursday as Japan’s government considered reducing its foreign aid to Myanmar to protest his death.
Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Wednesday that Japan was preparing to (…)
, by ILTIS Tony
What began on August 15 as protests against escalating fuel and transport prices and deteriorating economic conditions has developed into a mass uprising in Burma. From September 17, mobilisations by Buddhist monks and nuns emboldened thousands of Burmese to take to the streets in the largest (…)
, by FADILLAH Ramadhian
Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta — Scores of monks and protesters from the Indonesian Buddhist Solidarity (SBI) held a peaceful action at the Myanmar Embassy on Wednesday October 3. They also presented a ’love letter’ to the Myanmar junta.
After waiting for almost half-an-hour, representatives (…)
, by Aung Zaw, CHO Violet, Saw Yan Naing, Wai Moe
Commentary
Burma Information Blackout: The Media War
By Aung Zaw
The Irrawaddy, October 2, 2007
There was sharp contrast in The Irrawaddy newsroom between last week and this week.
Last week, reporters were busy, phone lines were jam-packed, we received endless phone calls from around (…)
, by Shah Paung
Whenever killings and massacres have occurred in Burma’s turbulent political history, the names of those responsible are invariably linked with the epithet “butcher.”
At the time of the 1988 popular uprising, Sein Lwin became a household name after a massacre in Rangoon in which he was widely (…)
, by ITUC (CSI)
Brussels, 2 October 2007: The ITUC is writing to several hundred companies known or suspected of having business links to Burma to pull out of the country and “stop propping up the brutal regime”, and is calling on governments to extend economic sanctions to cover all economic sectors. While (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
“We have strategic and economic interests to protect in Burma. It is up to the Burmese people to struggle for democracy.” – Pranab Mukherjee, Foreign Minister, UPA Government. “We value our growing military relations with Burma” – outgoing Army Chief JJ Singh.
On the streets of Myanmar, (…)
, by PARK C J
On September 30, 2007, 250 people gathered in front of the Burmese (Myanmar) Embassy in Seoul to protest against the bloody repression of the democracy movement in Burma. South Koreans are closing watching what is happening in Burma as it reminds them of the Gwangju democratic movement and the (…)
, by UNGPAKORN Giles Ji
While the mainstream media concentrate on the pronouncements of foreign governments and the role of the U.N. in stopping the bloodshed perpetrated by the Burmese junta, the real struggle is on the streets and in the cities around Burma. The idea that the Chinese government, responsible for the (…)
, by Aung Zaw
October 01, 2007—Rangoon is under siege and the crackdown on monks and activists has intensified, continuing day and night. The bloodshed in Burma raises the question: who was behind the violent crackdown and who ordered security forces to shoot Buddhist monks and innocent people?
Everyone is (…)
, par The Burma Campaign
Around 3,000 people have joined a protest in London today, the biggest demonstration for Burma in the UK so far.
As with the protests in Burma, the internet played a key role in the London protest. Inspiration for the march came from Mike Stone, who called for a solidarity walk in Central (…)
, by YIMPRASERT Junya Lek
For nearly twenty years human rights groups around the world have organised protest after protest in their attempts to pressure world leaders to take action to restore democracy in Burma. But it seems their voice has never been loud enough - especially in the ears of Asian governments. For (…)
, by MUHAIMIN Ramdhan
Ramdhan Muhaimin, Jakarta — Around 50 people from Humanist Solidarity for Myanmar (SKUM) held a demonstration in Bali on Sunday October 30 against the violence by the military junta in Myanmar.
The action, which was attended by a number of organisations including the Indonesian Legal Aid (…)
, by SABAI Danielle
This is a short version of a much longer article published in French on ESSF website.
The long version is now available in English, go to ESSF (article 65179), The Burmese crisis, its roots and the urgency of solidarity.
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The Burmese military junta has suppressed the (…)
, by POPHAM Peter, RUSSELL Rosalind
Burma’s Buddhist monks have all but vanished. Those that have not been rounded up can only look on helplessly as the junta’s generals take control. Rosalind Russell and Peter Popham report.
In the end, a week was all it took. In that time Burma has gone from ethereal dreams of freedom to a (…)
, by SABAI Danielle
Demonstrations are rare things in Burma. Under the yoke of a military junta which is among the most repressive in the world, the population has not forgotten the violence of the repression of the demonstrations for democracy in 1988 which ended in the death of at least 3,000 demonstrators and (…)
, by Sujeewa Amaranath, SYMONDS Peter
Over the past two days, the Burmese military regime has brutally suppressed large anti-junta protests in the major cities of Rangoon and Mandalay, breaking up crowds with tear gas, batons, rubber bullets and live rounds. The state media reported that nine people died in clashes on Thursday, but (…)
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