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Zimbabwe: Military Junta in all-out war against the people
2008-06-09 16:19:00 I see that western diplomats in Zimbabwe and mainstream media have finally woken up to the fact that Mugabe is nothing more than a figurehead. Catherine Philip of the Times in London reports online today that, ?The campaign of terror sweeping Zimbabwe is being directly organised by a junta that took over the running of ...
Still Stonewalling In Burma
2008-06-08 09:16:00 The Myanmar military junta continues its obstructive behavior in preventing all possible aid to be provided cyclone victims. It slightly opened the door for some limited assistance from the world, but it refuses to throw open its doors to every possible way to help those who survived the cyclone. As of this date, after weeks ...
Burma -One Month After Disaster, Still A Disaster!
2008-06-03 14:58:00 A month has passed since a devastating flood swept through Burma causing over 100,00 deaths and leaving at least 1.5 million people without the basic necessities of life. A month has passed since the international community reached out in an effort to assist cyclone survivors, but one month later the xenophoic military junta which rules ...
Burma Military Junta?Let Them Eat Frogs!
2008-05-31 14:15:00 Burmese troops began evicting destitute families sheltered in cyclone relief centers and insisted there was no need for foreign relief foods because the Burmese people were perfectly capable of existing by hunting and eating “large edible frogs.” The New Light of Myanmar, the government mouthpiece, warned people that foreign relief workers would snoop inside ...
UN Chief Tries To Pressure Burma Junta
2008-05-21 09:01:00 The had of the UN arrived in Burma today in an attempt to persuade the miliary junta to do something to assist over a million people who have been devastated by the cyclone which hit th eir nation. it took two weeks for General Than Shwe to even visit refugees and even then, it was ...
No See, Hear, Speak Evil About Burma Military Junta!
2008-05-19 09:16:00 The continued stubborness of the Burmese military junta which has controlled that unfortunate nation for forty years is only matched by the reluctance of Western nations to utter a word of complaint about these ruthless creatures who are endangering the lives of thousands. Shari Villarosa, of the US Embassy in Yangon, when asked about reactions ...
UN sends top envoy to plead with Myanmar over aid
2008-05-18 19:41:00 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A senior U.N. envoy went to Myanmar Sunday to urge its military junta to accept more international aid for cyclone survivors, as a British minister suggested the isolationist regime may be relenting. John Holmes, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, was greeted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu at the start of ...
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World Frustration With Burma Leaders
2008-05-18 09:23:00 The frustration felt in many nations throughout the world is certainly not at the level of that shared by the Burmese people who have witnessed their “leaders” display a callous and cyncal approach to the need for relief. The toll of dead is above 130,000 while Myanmar’s generals celebrate their great “victory” in securing passage ...
Myanmar Military Junta Continues Blocking Aid
2008-05-17 09:25:00 Thailand was able to send a medical team into Burma on the 14th day of a disaster that has had scant impact on the thinking of the ruling military junta. The Myanmar government insists the death total is about 43,000 but UN estimates range as high as 130,000. The Burmese government is only using six ...
Myanamr Aid Still Blocked By Military Junta
2008-05-16 09:06:00 A cyclone has killed over 100,000 people in their nation and left over one million displaced but the military junta which has ruled Myanmar with an iron fist for forty years is in a state of happiness because their new constitution received 92.4% of the vote. As the generals focused on getting out the vote, ...
Burma Aid Trickles In As People Vote
2008-05-13 09:18:00 Supplies are tickling into Myanmar on the 11th day after a devastating cyclone killed upwards of 100,000 people. The UN is frustrated because the military junta which rules the nation refuses to grant visas to relief workers due to its fears foreigners might bring the truth to its people of how their own government has ...
Day Nine Of Cyclone Disaster-One US Plane Allowed
2008-05-10 09:17:00 The people of Myanmar have waited for nine days for their government to indicate the slightest concern for their welfare, but, aside for two UN planes that landed, the military junta has been hesitant to make any concessions to world opinion. But, out of the blue, the thugs who govern Burma finally granted permission ...
Myanmar Military Junta-Who Are These Vile Creatures!!
2008-05-08 16:12:00 Nearly a week has passed since a devastating cyclone killed about a 100,000 Burmese and the isolationist inwardly looking thugs who run the nation have finally allowed two UN planes to land with supplies. The planes has waited for days while UN officials tried negotiating with the men who run Myanmar, but American planes sit ...
Cyclone Deaths May Top 100,000
2008-05-08 09:56:00 American diplomatic sources in Yangon indicate the Myanmar death total may exceed all previous estimates, and, according to Shari Villarosa of the US Embassy in Burma, “the information we’re receiving indicates that there may well be over 100,000 deaths in the delta area.” Burmese government radio and TV sources suggest the total is closer to ...
Military Junta Dilly Dallies While Burmese Die!
2008-05-07 14:52:00 Five days have passed in Myanmar and still its military junta leaders hestiate, dwadle, and refuse to initiate a major campaign of bringing aid to thousands of their own citizens who suffer without food or water. Upwards of over a million people may be homeless but the thugs who run Burma refuse to give complete ...
Burma Military Cyclone Of Disaster Blocks Aid
2008-05-06 14:31:00 The Myanmar military junta has finally appealed to the world for assistance in coping with the cyclone disaster which may have killed upwards of 60,000 people, but four days after the storm little held has reached the victims due to the regime’s regulations and refusal to issue visas in a speedy manner. It is now ...
Burmese Generals Prepare To Impose Ideas On People
2008-05-01 14:44:00 The world has moved on to more important issues since the days when monks walked the streets on Burma protesting the military junta’s attack on the liberties of the people. The world media offered horrific sights of monks being beaten, youth being assaulted, and the people of Myanmar being denied of all human rights in ...
Myanmar Military Junta Cracks Down On Dissidents
2008-04-15 14:16:00 The Myanmar military junta which has ruled the nation for decades is proposing a new constitution which the population is virtually ordered to accept or face the consequence of dissenting. For some reason, the thugs who run Myanmar feel the need to clothe their brutality in some form of constitutional cover. In preparation for the ...
Just Say No?To Burma Military Junta!
2008-04-03 14:07:00 The Myanmar military junta is proposing a new constitution which was written in secret without any input from other components of Burma society. The pro-democracy supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi urged their nation to be brave and vote against this constitution in next month’s referendum. The National League for Democracy(NLD) issued a statement calling ...
UN Worried Myanmar Situation Is At Critical Stage
2008-02-18 13:54:00 UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari met with Chinese diplomats in an effort to draw upon their influence with the military junta which rules Myanmar. He told them: “I believe we are now in a critical phas in terms of developments in Myanma, in terms of Myanmr’s relations with neighboring countries, with ASEAN, with the international ...
Rambo Stallone Takes On Burma Junta
2008-02-04 08:10:00 Burmese officials are not only concerned about human rights activists and monks marching through the streets of major cities, but they are now ready to confront the greatest challenge to their power–Sylvester Stallone and his rendition of Rambo! They have banned all copies of his latest Rambo film, even the pirated ones, in an effort ...
Burmese Celebrate Independence Day Amidst Armed Guards
2008-01-05 15:11:00 Four months after huge protests against the military junta which rules Myanmar, the nation’s independence from Great Britain will be celebrated in Rangoon as thousands of police and soldiers observe the scene. Residents watched as hundreds of police gathered at bus stops, railroad stations, and other places where large numbers of people might congregate. ...
Burma Military Junta Claims Only 15 Killed
2007-11-17 15:10:00 The Burmese military government reported a higher death toll during the recent demonstrations for democracy in Myanmar than previously noted. They told Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, a special UN envoy that 114 Burmese nationals and a Japanese photojournalist were the people killed during demonstrations. Pinheio concluded a five day mission to Burma where he was told ...
Burma Junta Agrees To Talks
2007-11-13 14:56:00 The Burmese military junta and opposition parties have agreed to hold “meaningful and substantive” talks to resolve the current political crisis in Myanmar. UN Secretary General Ban ki-mon said his special envoy to Myanmatr, Irbrahim Gambari was able to convince Burma’s military leaders of the importance attached to engaging in dialogue with all political ...
Burma Freedom Fighter Offers To Dialogue With Military Junta
2007-11-09 23:18:00 Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader who has spent 12 o the last 18 years under house arrest offered to meet with the ruling military junta for a dialogue in oder to break the impasse between the oppressive military leaders and the mass of Burmese people who seek some form of democracy. Kyi ...
US Expanding Sanctions Against Burma Military Junta
2007-10-31 15:37:00 US lawmakers are considering a dramatic increase in sanctions against the Burmese military junta whose oppressive rule has crushed people in their country and made poverty the norm in what once was a nation with the capability of having a fairly successful economy. They are proposing legislation which would ban export of gems and timber ...
Burma Military Junta? No Monks Killed!
2007-10-25 19:26:00 Burma’s military junta continued its life of denial by claiming no monks had been killed during the massive protests which swept their nation over the past month. Religious Affairs Minister, Gen. Thura Myint Maung, claimed “most of the monks from the National Front of Monks are ex-convicts and bogus monks who led the protest in ...
Time Running Out In Burma
2007-10-23 15:57:00 As the days and weeks pass without any significant change in Burma prospects disappear for aiding the oppressed people of that nation. Michael Vatikotis, of the Asian Centre For Humanitarian Dialogue, says the recent announcement by the military junta of a constitutional committee which fails to include representatives of opposition parties indicates an attitude of ...
Burmese Torture And Brutality Continue
2007-10-17 21:10:00 In a brief announcement, the Burmese military junta confirmed it still retained in prison 468 of the 2,927 who were arrested for protesting against their nation’s dictatorship. Among those being held are monks who led the protest that was crushed by police and military units. Experts were intrigued the announcement did not also contain typical ...
An Indonesian Analyzes Myanmar Situation
2007-10-16 17:31:00 Jusuf Wanandi of the Jakarta Center for Strategic Studies offered an interesting analysis of the situation in Myanmar and what might be done to further the cause of democracy. British colonialists left Burma with a volatile situation in which the Burmese people constituted 60% of the population but the remainder consisted of diverse minorities. The ...
Myanmar Brutality Continues
2007-10-13 19:15:00 The ruling military junta continued its policies of crushing all opposition by organizing mass demonstrations all over the country, including Yangoon, in which people shouted support for the government while condemning “internal and external destructive elements.” Reporters said anonymous officials were told by the government to round up people for the demonstrations and pay them ...
Poppies Blooming In Burma Thanks To Military Junta
2007-10-11 21:47:00 After a six year decline in opium cultivation, the amount of opium being grown in Burma shot up by at least 46%. Burma, Thailand, and Laos constitute the Golden Triangle of opium production in Asia although Afghanistan remains the main center of opium cultivation in the world. Most opium in Myanmar comes from the southern ...
Myanmar Protests? As Explained By Military Junta
2007-10-11 21:18:00 The official newspaper of the Myanmar military junta, the New Light, offered the world a rather unusual explanation regarding recent events in Burma. According to New Light, “People in Katha and Mutinmi townships held mass rallies on 7 and 9 October with the concept that recent protests staged by some monks and NLD member had ...
Singapore Leader On Burma- ?They Are Rather Dumb Generals?
2007-10-10 15:30:00 Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s leading statesman commented on his efforts to advice Burmese military leaders by noting they were, for the most part, not the brightest people in the world. “These are rather dumb generals when it comes to the economy. How can they mismanage the economy and each this stage when the country has ...
China Betrays People Of Myanmar
2007-10-09 14:14:00 The Chinese government lived up to what most experts expected would be their reaction to the brutal actions of the military junta of Myanmar — do nothing. China made it clear its opposition in the Security Council toward any UN actions such as sanctions against the Burmese military junta which has used force to put ...
Singapore Opposition Parties Rally For Myanmar
2007-10-08 14:48:00 Leaders of Singapore’s opposition parties rallied in front of the prime minister’s office in protest against their nation’s failure to take decisive action against the Burmese military junta’s brutal crackdown on monks and protestors. They were led by Chee Soon Juan, a noted critic, who has been in and out of jail for his ...
Myanmar Military Junta Violently Cracks Down on Peaceful Protesters
2007-10-04 22:19:00 Interesting this was posted when no one was paying attention? Myanmar Military Junta Violently Cracks Down on Peaceful Protesters By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. Posted September 28, 2007. An interview with those who have first-hand knowledge of the military crackdown in Myanmar (Burma) where the junta has shot at unarmed crowds and raided monasteries. read more digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Monks And Dissidents Claim Bloodbath In Myanmar
2007-10-04 14:42:00 Burmese monks who fled to Indonesia together with thousands of Indonesian monks protested against what they claim is a bloodbath taking place in Myanmar. Bo Kyi, an activist monk commented: “We monitor what is happening through links with most activist groups and monasteries and even several officers in the military.” Based on those reports, ...
Indonesian Religious Leaders Condemn Burma Military Junta
2007-10-03 02:50:00 Interfaith religious groups in Indonesia united in protesting abuse by the Burmese military junta against its own citizens who were protesting in the name of democracy. Din Syamsudden, speaking at the office of the Indonesian Committee on Religions for Peace (ICRP) bluntly stated: “There is nothing violence can do to solve a single problem ...
Indonesian Religious Leaders Condemn Burma Military Junta
2007-10-03 02:50:00 Interfaith religious groups in Indonesia united in protesting abuse by the Burmese military junta against its own citizens who were protesting in the name of democracy. Din Syamsudden, speaking at the office of the Indonesian Committee on Religions for Peace (ICRP) bluntly stated: “There is nothing violence can do to solve a single problem ...
India And China Fail Burmese People
2007-09-30 20:40:00 Burmese troops were in complete charge of the capital as they beat and terrorized anyone who dared oppose the military junta. A UN envoy did get a chance to visit with opposition leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi but military leaders refused to have anything to do with those from the outside of their controlled nation. Critics ...
India And China Fail Burmese People
2007-09-30 20:40:00 Burmese troops were in complete charge of the capital as they beat and terrorized anyone who dared oppose the military junta. A UN envoy did get a chance to visit with opposition leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi but military leaders refused to have anything to do with those from the outside of their controlled nation. Critics ...
Police Fire Away At Burmese People!
2007-09-30 00:02:00 A 23 year-old Burmese journalist provided The Independent a first hand account of the murder of dozens of innocent Burmese by police. Forty monks and about 20,000 people met at Jakhasan Street about 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The monks said: “Just pray, don’t shout, don’t throw stones. Pray for peace, protection and love.” People cried ...
Police Fire Away At Burmese People!
2007-09-30 00:02:00 A 23 year-old Burmese journalist provided The Independent a first hand account of the murder of dozens of innocent Burmese by police. Forty monks and about 20,000 people met at Jakhasan Street about 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The monks said: “Just pray, don’t shout, don’t throw stones. Pray for peace, protection and love.” People cried ...
Desmond Tutu, South African Leader Denounces China
2007-09-29 00:16:00 Bishop Desmond Tutu, the famous South African cleric, told a Swedish audience he personally would boycott the Beijing 2008 Olympics unless China uses it s leverage over the government of Myanmar to insist on respect for democratic principles and a halt to violence against monks. He referred to Burma’s leader of the democratic opposition, Aung ...
Myanmar: military junta?s forces open fire at protesters
2007-09-27 16:00:00 Alarming news: “Burmese troops today opened fire on pro-democracy protesters leaving several people dead, as the violent military clampdown escalates.” The military junta’s brutal crackdown started yesterday and continues today. The Guardian newsblog has updates since Wednesday until 12:45 today. More recent updates from The Irrawaddy:
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Burma Military Junta Fires On Monks
2007-09-26 19:42:00 Thousands of monks and nuns walked the streets of Rangoon and other Burmese cities in defiance of demands by the military junta which runs the country for them to cease their march. Reports indicate soldiers began firing on monks and reportedly killed at least five and wounded over a dozen. Unconfirmed reports indicate more than ...
Myanmar: military regime?s ouster just around the corner
2007-09-25 02:25:00 Everybody?s waiting for tomorrow?s Senate hearings on the ZTE deal for a possible explosive testimony from Romulo Neri and the possible immediate consequences. Manuel Quezon III follows recent developments on the controversy in I?m leaving on a jet plane?Not! What moves will the JDV and GMA camps follow in this heated intra-elite confrontation? Let?s keep ...
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Challenge to Myanmar's military junta gains momentum
2007-09-23 15:45:00 BANGKOK: The most serious popular challenge to Myanmar's military junta in nearly two decades gained momentum Sunday as thousands of onlookers cheered huge columns of barefoot monks and shouted support for the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San
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