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Burma: 8/8/88 Anniversary Protest Begins
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 4:40 pm | Terry Evans
Security has been tightened in Rangoon as university students prepare to participate in anti-junta protests to mark the 20th anniversary of 8/8/88. During the 1988 "People Power" revolution more that 3,000 protesters died in clashes with the military. Many ... More >>
Burma: Junta Attacks Internet Freedom
Friday, 30 May 2008, 3:44 pm | Terry Evans
According to a recent announcement by Myanmar Teleport, technical changes are being made to prevent the use of proxy servers in Burma. Myanmar Teleport, one of the country’s two Internet Service Providers, states that the new measures are to improve service ... More >>
European Union Extends Sanctions On Burma Junta
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 11:29 am | Terry Evans
The European Union has extended its sanctions on the Burmese junta for 12 months and threatened to expand them amidst ongoing concerns over the political situation. The EU's 27 member states agreed to extend the current range of sanctions. More >>
Burma Junta Steps Up Cyber War On Bloggers
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 11:28 am | Terry Evans
Burma's ruling generals are planning to throttle the flow of information from Burma via the internet during the national referendum, scheduled for May 10. Phase one will reduce bandwidth, and phase two would be a total disconnect, if required. More >>
Burmese Activist Min Ko Naing May Face Blindness
Monday, 21 April 2008, 10:13 am | Terry Evans
Min Ko Naing, the well-known '88 Generation student leader and Burmese political prisoner, has been suffering from a serious eye infection for the past three weeks. Min Ko Naing requested a consultation with an eye specialist. More >>
Burma: Junta Detain 20 Pro-Democracy Activists
Friday, 18 April 2008, 9:19 am | Terry Evans
Burma's brutal junta has detained more than 20 political activists as they marched through the northwestern city of Sittwe earlier this week in a peaceful rally against the military proposed constitution. Also arrested was Myo Nyunt. More >>
Landmines: International Day For Mine Awareness
Friday, 4 April 2008, 7:33 pm | Terry Evans
More than a decade after the 1997 Ottawa Convention on landmines came into force, 159 countries have signed on to destroy their stocks of anti personnel landmines and are attempting to demine areas of land. More >>
Burma: Protesters Jailed After Secret Trials
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 4:47 pm | Terry Evans
Last September Buddhist monks spearheaded the biggest anti-Government protests in Burma in nearly 20 years. Officially, more than 3000 people were arrested during the crackdown by the military junta, which violently suppressed the demonstrations. More >>
Burma Increases Tourist Visa Applicant Screening
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:55 am | Terry Evans
In the past, most tourists have entered Burma on a flight from Thailand, having obtained a Burmese tourist visa from one of Bangkok's many travel agencies. Now the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok requires the passport holder to appear in person at the embassy. More >>
Thai Army Raids Burmese KNU Group In Mae Sot
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:20 am | Terry Evans
Thai soldiers, in the Thai city of Mae Sot, raided the homes of three top Karen National Union (KNU) leaders yesterday. The troops entered the homes of KNU leaders Padoh Myat Maung, an administrator; Lt-Col Paw Doh; and KNU Commander in Chief Mu Tu. More >>
Junta Continues Persecution Of Buddhist Clergy
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 9:55 am | Terry Evans
Burma's military junta forced 16 monks and nuns - many of them elderly - into court last week to face charges relating to their involvement in last September's anti-junta protests. All have been held at the notorious Insein Prison in Rangoon. More >>
Burma: Myanmar Junta Targets Press Freedom
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:43 am | Terry Evans
The junta's crackdown on Burma's independent media intensified last week with the arrest of two Rangoon-based journalists. Thet Zin and Sein Win Maung of the Myanmar Weekly were arrested during a raid by police and Military Intelligence. More >>
Junta Ban Aung San Suu Kyi From 2010 Election
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 2:36 pm | Terry Evans
Burma's paranoid junta has banned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from contesting the general election set down for 2010. More >>
Junta Ban Aung San Suu Kyi From 2010 Election
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 12:30 am | Terry Evans
Burma's paranoid junta has banned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from contesting the general election set down for 2010. More >>
Burma: Intel Officer Granted Asylum in Norway
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 5:24 pm | Terry Evans
Major Hla Win, a former senior Military Intelligence officer in the Burmese army, has just been granted political asylum in Norway. He fled to Thailand with his teenage son after refusing orders to attack Buddhist monks during last September's anti-junta ... More >>
Burma: Rebel Leader Mahn Sha Assassinated
Monday, 18 February 2008, 11:33 am | Terry Evans
A Burmese ethnic leader has been shot dead at his home near the Thai/Burma border. Pado Mahn Sha Lah Phan, Secretary General of the Karen National Union, was assassinated last Thursday at his Thai border town home. More >>
Arrest Of Aung San Suu Kyi's Deputy
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 11:05 am | Terry Evans
Yesterday Burma's junta extended the house arrest of Tin Oo, the deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party. According to a reliable source in Rangoon, Tin Oo has had his arrest warrant extended for another year. Tin ... More >>
Burma: Junta To Hold Elections In 2010
Monday, 11 February 2008, 9:41 am | Terry Evans
Burma's ruling military junta will hold a referendum in May on the constitution. It will be followed by multi-party election in 2010. The announcement was broadcast on state-run television. Burma held its last multi-party elections in 1990. More >>
Burmese Blogger Busted
Friday, 8 February 2008, 11:54 am | Terry Evans
Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latt, who was arrested at an internet cafe in Rangoon on January 29, has been charged under article 5(J) of the Emergency Provision Act, according to reliable sources in Rangoon. The junta has repeatedly used Article 5(J) as an ... More >>
Burmese Blogger Busted
Friday, 8 February 2008, 11:17 am | Terry Evans
Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latt, who was arrested at an internet cafe in Rangoon on January 29, has been charged under article 5(J) of the Emergency Provision Act, according to reliable sources in Rangoon. The junta has repeatedly used Article 5(J) as an ... More >>
