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| Human rights in Burma | | 2008-06-12 05:02:07 | | "As hold-ups continue in the supply of foreign aid to Myanmar, Asian leaders have been urged to pressure the country's military rulers into taking swift action to address a growing humanitarian catastrophe. Amnesty International believes that by deliberately blocking life-sustaining aid, the government of Myanmar may be violating the right of the population to life, food and health."(in http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/asian-governments-urged-pressure-myanmar-20080513) Blogging in Luxembourg. In engrish. | | By: :u:b:i:k:u:o: | | |
| | Burma: Stop Forced Evictions | | 2008-06-02 13:53:00 | | Much of Devastated Irrawaddy Delta Remains Uninhabitable(New York, May 30, 2008) – The Burmese government should immediately halt forcibly evicting people displaced by Cyclone Nargis from their temporary shelters, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should abide by its pledge to the United Nations and allow full humanitarian access to all cyclone victims.“It’s unconscionable for Burma’s generals to force cyclone victims back to their devastated homes,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Claiming a return to ‘normalcy’ is no basis for returning people to greater misery and possible death.” Human Rights Watch has received credible reports that Burmese authorities have expelled hundreds, if not thousands, of displaced persons from schools, monasteries, and public buildings, and urged them to return to their destroyed villages in the Irrawaddy Delta. The authorities emptied some public buildings and schools to serve as polling stati | | By: Tingplik Express | | |
| | Please help the cyclone victims in Myanmar (Burma)! | | 2008-05-11 20:02:03 | | The United Nations estimates the death toll from last weekend’s Cyclone Nargis ranges from 63,000 to 100,000, well above the Myanmar government’s estimate of about 22,000. Tens of thousands of people are missing.
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| Burma [Digg] | | 2008-05-09 15:33:16 | | Ter a consciência de que milhares de pessoas estão a sofrer com o regime militar na Burma, é o grande objectivo da None of Us are Free. Esta iniciativa ganhou maior relevância com o ciclone do passado fim de semana, onde a contagem de mortos sobe de dia para dia. | | By: Dot Dot Design | | |
| | | Where Are Burma's Monks? | | 2007-10-12 16:48:00 | | Now, two weeks after the junta brutally cracked down on the pro-democracy demonstrations, the small monasteries that line both sides of the road are mostly locked and empty, while wooden barricades and bales of rusted barbed wire that police used to seal off Shwedagon are stacked on the pavement. Police and soldiers armed with automatic weapons sit on stools outside the mostly silent monasteries. More are stationed at the entrance of the hilltop temple, the spiritual center of Burmese Buddhism. As many as a thousand monks lived and studied at these small monasteries in the shadow of Shwedagon. But troops now far outnumber the handful of monks that are still seen at Shwedagon and the downtown Sule pagoda, another focal point of the pro-democracy protests.
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| blog for burma | | 2007-10-05 02:15:45 | | What is it about the underdog that appeals to the american sense of justice? Since our revolution, and when it suited us, we have always supported the underdog in foreign relations. Not that it's a bad thing, necessarily, but i think sometimes we miss the bigger picture. When most folks think about the recent unrest in Burma (Myanmar), they see the military crackdown and the monks being rounded up- not anymore since journalists have been killed and threatened and the internet turned off. They don't necessarily look at the bigger picture. What caused the whole thing to blow? The usual suspects- greed, power and oil. If you look to most of the issues anywhere in the world, you see the unholy trinity. From the middle east to south america to africa- to now southeast asia, you find big international corporations and greed for huge profits. To what end, i have no idea. So supporting the burmese folks and the monks is a noble ideal. Let's ask ourselves how to make that stick. The military runs their country and their government- and they knew what they would face if they protested. The monks knew what they would face if they protested. Yet-- they did it anyway. Perhaps that's what should appeal to us as americans- and fellow citizens of the planet. People willing to stand up in the face of adversity and fight for changes in our country, surely, but for the world too. You see, it isn't just about the little country of burma, it is about all of us standing together and working to end the forces of greed. We need to take the power out of the hands of the international corporations and put it back into the hands of people. While solidarity is a good start, let's do what we can to pressure governments and the united nations to stop the bloodshed in burma. My posts for the other countries that the world has forgotten about will be saved for another day.cross posted at the sirens chronicles and life's journeyhttp://www.relaywave.com/pingRelayWave.php
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| | | Liberen a Birmania - Free Burma! | | 2007-10-04 11:53:00 | | Me salgo un poco de nuestra línea editorial porque las acciones pacificas debiesen ser suficientes. Birmania, oficialmente en la ONU y en la UE: Unión de Myanmar, es un país del sudeste asiático. Limita al norte con China, al sur con el mar de Andamán, al este con Laos y Tailandia, y al oeste con la India, Bangladesh y el golfo de Bengala. El país está gobernado por un régimen militar desde 1962 y no se celebran elecciones parlamentarias desde 1990, cuando la actual junta militar del SPDC perdió de manera abrumadora ante la Liga Nacional para la Democracia. Ante tales eventos, el régimen desconoció los resultados, continuando con su tiranía y arrestando a líderes opositores como la Premio Nobel de la Paz Aung San Suu Kyi. Después de diecisiete años, en el 2007 la Junta Militar se ha visto afectada por masivas protestas dirigidas por monjes budistas. El 15 de Agosto de 2007, el gobierno tomó la decisión de aumentar considerablemente los precios de los combustibles y los costes de transporte, ante lo cual se sucedieron las protestas de sectores opositores al régimen. La represión ejercida sobre un grupo de monjes budistas que habían apoyado estas primeras reivindicaciones, provocó la movilización en masa de los monjes birmanos, protestando de forma pacífica en contra de la junta militar y demandando cambios políticos y sociales. Desde el 23 de septiembre de 2007, al menos 20.000 personas, 10.000 monjes budistas y otra misma cantidad de simpatizantes, se congregaron en las calles de Rangún para manifestarse a favor de la democracia. Así mismo, brindaron su apoyo a Aung San Suu Kyi, destacada líder de la oposición al régimen militar que, sometida a un estricto arresto domiciliario, apareció en público por primera vez en cuatro años. Desde entonces, se han sucedido las presiones internacionales demandando libertades y transparencia informativa. El 29 de Septiembre altos cargos de la Junta Militar recibieron a Ibrahim G | | By: 50 Grados | | |
| | | Burma: A Cry For Help The Conclusion | | 2007-10-03 07:15:00 | | It was 1988 when the populace started to raise some glimmer of hope. Tired of the one-party rule, economic deprivation, and oppression, the people of Burma staged protests that eventually led to a popular uprising called the 8888 or the Four Eights Uprising.But in a classic move by the ruling class, a "faction" within the military led by General Sau Mung seized power and violently crushed the uprising and established a new order. It was more of a facelift to the old.The Burmese people, ever hungry for liberty and in pursuit of their democratic ideals, tried. And so did the thousands of students, and monks, and other ordinary citizens that were killed in the process. More people eventually died in the purge by the so-called military intelligence.It was a cry for help. And the world was not paying attention. Perhaps until the people ran out of tears, and more blood came out of their sunken eyes, we would start to notice.The main repercussion of the famous uprising was not so significant until it was somehow proved that it eventually gave way for parliamentary elections two years later. In 1990 pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy topped the national parliamentary elections, only to be annulled later by the regime.And the military, in its effort to protect the country's "stability and security", placed Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. Even a Noble Peace Prize wouldn't deter the junta to change its mind.Recently, thousands of Buddhist monks were on the streets again for days, defying the junta's call to do otherwise. It continues to attract a few thousands more. Once again, as they did in the past, they are trying to catch the world’s attention to their pitiful circumstance.And as I watched in disbelief events in the country known as Myanmar, a protester running away from the men in uniform fell. He was just lying there in the pavement. Amidst the chaos in the background, I could see no movement. He was just there... dead. It | | By: Literary Exex | | |
| | Burma: A Cry For Help The Radiant Sun | | 2007-10-03 07:14:00 | | (Second of Three Parts)At a time when the country's democracy is still in its infancy, proven by the presence of divisions and factions within the military and the state, a self-declared socialist general, General Ne Win Shu Maung, seized power via a military take-over which was generally described as bloodless except for a lone casualty which happens to be a son of a popular political figure.He used the alias Bo Ne Win (Commander Radiant Sun) when he underwent military training during the Japanese rule.Despite his record of fighting communists during the 2nd World War, Ne Win instituted an authoritarian rule posed as a mixture of a defunct type of Socialism, a false sense of nationalism and state-sanctioned Buddhism. The military imposed ruthless restrictions on anything political. Foreigners were thrown out, businesses were sequestered, political parties except their own were banned and it isolated the whole country from the rest of the world.First to understand the ruthlessness and | | By: Literary Exex | | |
| | Burma: A Cry For Help | | 2007-10-03 07:08:00 | | (1st of Three Parts)I was having my nightly dose of CNN when I saw it on TV. Unarmed protesters were running away from what looked like government forces wielding anti-riot gears and rifles. Among the mass of fleeing crowd, one fell. Thinking I was watching unfolding events in my homeland, I felt a sudden chill and said, "Please, not again,”I instinctively grabbed my eyeglasses to see it closely and read the captions flashing at the bottom of the screen. No, it was not in the Philippines, it was actually happening from a country formerly known as Burma.Burma, officially known as Myanmar, is a small country of more than 55 million people. Its 261,970sq miles of land are bordered with China, Laos, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, and Tibet.The Old Burma, like most of the countries in the old world, was ruled by succeeding kingdoms and monarchies. The New World Burma used to be part of the global territories occupied by the British for more than half a century until it became an independent | | By: Literary Exex | | |
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| | Burma, Myanmar, Napoleon and Julius Caesar | | 2007-09-29 00:01:20 | | Interesting article in The Times of London that gives some background on why the junta in Burma (now known as Myanmar) is so unfathomable. Turns out it was numerology that drove them to change the...
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| | Help the People of Burma — Post this Meme on Your Blog! | | 2007-09-28 17:30:01 | | Note: This is a new kind of online protest that uses blogs to spread a petition globally. To participate, just add your blog by following the instructions in this blog post.
This not an issue of partisan politics, this is an issue of basic human rights and democracy. Please help to prevent a human tragedy [...] | | By: Agylen | | |
| | Burma death toll much higher than reported | | 2007-09-28 16:16:00 | | Crowds taunted and cursed security forces barricading central Rangoon overnight, as the junta tried to prevent more mass protests against Burma's 45 years of military rule and deepening economic hardship. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Australian diplomats feared the true death toll in the country was much higher than has been reported so far, and could be in the hundreds.
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