Full Coverage: Myanmar
October 2007
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30.10.2007
Buddhist monks are taught to meditate and avoid public skirmishes -- except when people suffer around them, as they have been at the hands of Burma's repressive regime, comments author Andrew Lam.
more...Image: Monks protesting Myanmar junta, 2007 © racoles (flickr)
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30.10.2007
British MPs pledge not to forget Burma, via a YouTube video.
more...And following performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, OId Vic and Soho Theatre, the dramatised story of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, The Lady Of Burma, comes to London's Riverside Studios from 7 November. + Children Bought and Sold by Army Recruiters From: Burma Campaign Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Democracy] Image: Buddhist monks in Myanmar, formerly Burma. (Photo: nkenji/flickr)( © nkenji (flickr)
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25.10.2007
A network of former Burmese political prisoners who have fled the country are raising concerns that the upcoming visit of a UN envoy formerly barred from the country "will help to ease the international pressure on the regime and nothing more."
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) |
23.10.2007
A Burma democracy demonstration will be held outside the Chinese embassy on Wednesday, the day Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 12 years in detention, noon-1pm, 49 Portland Place, W1.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Aung San Suu Kyi © Nic Dunlop / Burma Campaign
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17.10.2007
About 14,000 Burmese refugees have reached the United States this year. A refugee support group is helping many of them settle into their new lives and "become potent forces to help accelerate change in their home countries," says Ellen Beattie.
more...From: International Rescue Committee Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: A snapshot of Tham Hin, one of many refugee camps along the Burmese-Thai border. © International Rescue Committee
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15.10.2007
Amnesty International called on the UN Security Council to take more comprehensive action, including an arms embargo, to help stem Myanmar's violence and secure the release of protesters.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat |
09.10.2007
The Burma Campaign UK has "warmly welcomed" the British government's actions over the crisis in Myanmar.
more...From: Burma Campaign Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
05.10.2007
Ten years ago a journalist got a rare chance to speak with Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese peace and democracy advocate who has been held under house arrest since 1990. Her wisdom transcends time and sends a much-welcome message of hope and endurance.
more...From: Antiwar.com Image: Aung San Suu Kyi © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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04.10.2007
The Free Burma! bloggers group has declared Thursday International Bloggers' Day for Burma to "show our sympathy for these people [in Burma] who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons".
more...From: Asian Human Rights Commission Image: Free Burma (graphic: Jenny!)
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03.10.2007
Join the UK's biggest-ever demonstration in support of the people of Burma, 6 October, London.
more...From: Burma Campaign Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
03.10.2007
"Keeping quiet while monks and other peaceful protesters are murdered and jailed is not evidence of constructive engagement," said an international human rights monitor Tuesday, urging Chinese, Indian, Thai, and other companies to take a stand against the military crackdown in Burma.
more...From: Human Rights Watch Related topics/regions: [China] [India] [Thailand] [United States] Image: Demonstrating in Paris, but what about China? © Hugo* (flickr)
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01.10.2007
About 500 monks held in the temporary detention centres in the Yangon Institute of Technology and General Institute of Technology are refusing to accept food from soldiers, according to a leading Burmese blog.
more...From: ko htike's prosaic collection blog Image: Save Burma (Photo: ko-htike.blogspot.com; niknayman.blogspot.com)
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01.10.2007
The complete absence of Internet in Burma is making it very hard to send photos and video footage to the outside world, said a press freedom group Sunday, urging the international media to do everything in its power to break through the news blackout.
more...From: Reporters Without Borders |
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