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Burmese Resistance and the Starling Theory
Monday, 4 February 2008, 9:33 am | Terry Evans
In Burma, where the gun-toting junta is the only authority, it is hardly surprising that most people just keep their heads down and get on with the daily struggle of putting enough food on the table. Making yourself conspicuous in the eyes of the ... More >>
Burma: Leading Pro-Democracy Activists Charged
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 10:53 am | Terry Evans
Several pro-democracy activists have been charged with making illegal statements during last August's fuel price protests. Amongst those charged are two of Burma's most important pro-democracy leaders, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, who have been under ... More >>
Burma: Leading Pro-Democracy Activists Charged
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 10:22 am | Terry Evans
Several pro-democracy activists have been charged with making illegal statements during last August's fuel price protests. Amongst those charged are two of Burma's most important pro-democracy leaders, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, who have been under ... More >>
Artist Donates NZ$16,000 To Help Displaced Burmese
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 9:57 am | Terry Evans
A Burmese artist in exile has donated NZ$16,000 to help educate Burmese children in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. The donation represents the proceeds from the sale of his paintings at a recent exhibition at Shed 11, Queens Wharf, on ... More >>
Reports of arrest and torture continue in Burma
Sunday, 27 January 2008, 5:19 pm | Terry Evans
Reports of arrest and torture continue in Burma long after the initial crackdown on protesting Buddhist monks last September. A recent report by Amnesty International has highlighted the arrests of ninety-six activists since the last visit of the UN ... More >>
Burma: Junta Extends War On Bloggers
Friday, 25 January 2008, 4:35 pm | Terry Evans
Burma’s generals have been rattled by the success of pro-democracy bloggers inside Burma’s borders and beyond. Recently the junta starting fighting back by denying access to well-known blogging sites inside Burma. More >>
Burma: Joint Statement from US, Britain & France
Friday, 25 January 2008, 2:04 pm | Terry Evans
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, together with foreign ministers from Britain and France, today issued a joint statement on the current situation in Burma. They called for global pressure on Burma's military junta to end human rights abuses and ... More >>
Burma: Long Jail Terms for Labour Rights Activists
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 11:47 am | Terry Evans
The harsh reality of life under the brutal Burmese military regime has been clearly demonstrated this week. Six labour rights activists have been handed down long prison sentences for their part in organising labour rights discussions at the American ... More >>
Burma: Bloggers' Site Blocked
Monday, 21 January 2008, 9:06 am | Terry Evans
Once again, Burma's paranoid generals are trying to halt the flow of information out of the country. More >>
Burma: Renewed Protests Predicted
Sunday, 20 January 2008, 4:44 pm | Terry Evans
In a telephone press briefing from Rangoon this week, British ambassador Mark Canning condemned the Burmese generals for failing to address the "anger" that put tens of thousands of monks onto the streets of Rangoon and Mandalay last September. He predicted ... More >>
Burma: Fourth Bomb Blast Kills Bus Conductor
Friday, 18 January 2008, 10:03 am | Terry Evans
A bus conductor has been killed in a bomb blast, the fourth bombing in Burma in the last week. The explosion occurred on a bus travelling from Kyaukkyi to Rangoon. The bus was parked at a rest stop and only the conductor was on board. More >>
Burma: British Unions Call For Tourist Boycott
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 11:40 am | Terry Evans
Britain's Trade Union Council (TUC) has called for a tourist boycott of Burma, citing the military's appalling human rights record. The TUC said tourist spending was helping to maintain the "brutal" military junta. More >>
Burma: Third Bombing In Three days
Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 8:55 am | Terry Evans
A further bomb explosion has been reported at Rangoon's railway station, the third bombing incident in three days. According to a reliable source, one woman was slightly injured in the blast. More >>
Burma: Bomb-Maker Killed, 4 Hurt, North Of Rangoon
Monday, 14 January 2008, 11:05 am | Terry Evans
Four people were slightly wounded in a bomb blast which killed the suspected bomb-maker last Saturday in Bago Division, north of Rangoon. The ruling junta has blamed the Karen National Union (KNU). More >>
Burma: Bomb Blast Kills Woman Near New Capital
Monday, 14 January 2008, 11:04 am | Terry Evans
A small bomb today exploded at the Pyinmana railway station near Burma's new jungle capital Naypyidaw, killing a woman. Though the dead woman has not been officially identified, sources in Rangoon said, she belongs to a Karen ethnic group. More >>
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Meets With Junta Official
Monday, 14 January 2008, 11:03 am | Terry Evans
Yesterday Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained Burmese pro-democracy leader, met with Relations Minister Aung Kyi, a senior member of the ruling junta. The hour-long meeting was held in a government building near her Rangoon home. More >>
Junta Deploys Riot Squads on Independence Day
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 11:10 am | Terry Evans
Burma's brutal military junta deployed riot squads at Shwedagon and Sule pagodas last Friday to prevent pro-democracy protests on the country's 60th independence day anniversary. More >>
Burma: Monks Continue Anti-junta Struggle
Thursday, 3 January 2008, 11:35 am | Terry Evans
The All-Burmese Monks Alliance (ABMA) issued a statement yesterday, calling on the people of Burma to support their struggle against the military regime once again. More >>
Burma: Person Of The Year 2007 Is U Gambira
Tuesday, 1 January 2008, 9:57 am | Terry Evans
The influential Burmese website THE BURMA DIGEST yesterday announced the results of it's poll for Person of the Year 2007 in Burma. U Gambira, who led Burma's Saffron Revolution in 2007 got highest number of votes. More >>
Burma: Junta Jail Rangoon Abbot
Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 11:02 am | Terry Evans
The abbot of Zantila Rama monastery, in Rangoon, has been sentenced to a two year prison term. He was convicted of defamation after complaining about the seizure of money from the monastery during a raid by government security forces in early October. More >>
