All Entries in the "Burma News" Category
HRW: Justice For The Burmese
Justice for the Burmese
by Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch
Published in: The International Herald Tribune
February 28, 2010
Stanley Weiss (“A first step toward democracy?” Views, Feb. 23) demonstrates the triumph of cynicism over principle in discussing Burma’s planned elections.
If Burma’s ruling generals stage elections in 2010 “without violence or repression,” it will be a [...]
HRW Report: Migrant Workers Face Killings, Extortion, Labor Rights Abuses
For Immediate Release
Thailand: Migrant Workers Face Killings, Extortion, Labor Rights Abuses
February Deadline for Renewal of Work Permits Invites Exploitation
(Bangkok, February 23, 2010) – The Thai government should swiftly act to end police abuse and discriminatory laws and policies against migrant workers and their families, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The February deadline [...]
HRW Report: Burma: Release Democracy Leader U Tin Oo
urma: Release Democracy Leader U Tin Oo
Harsh Sentence for US Citizen Nyi Nyi Aung Highlights Challenges for Visiting UN Official
(New York, February 11, 2010) – The Burmese military government should immediately release the 84-year-old opposition leader U Tin Oo, whose house arrest order expires on February 13, 2010, Human Rights Watch said today. The government [...]
HRW Report – Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugee
Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugees
Push-backs to Burma into Heavily Mined Areas Threaten Lives
(New York, February 6, 2010) – Thailand should immediately stop pressuring ethnic Karen refugees to return to Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. Repatriation to the designated “return zone” in Burma would place returnees at serious risk of human rights abuses and [...]
HRW Report – Burma: Verdict Expected in Trial of Burmese-American Activist
(New York, January 25, 2009) – On January 27, a criminal court inside Insein prison in Rangoon is expected to hand down the verdict in the trial of Burmese rights activist and US citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin.
Zaw Lwin, age 40, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, had been working for the Free Burmese Political Prisoners [...]
Latest Developments In Burma -NY Times Article
Myanmar Election Could Spark Rise In Refugees
By REUTERS: January 6, 2010
MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) – The rubbish dump outside the Thai town of Mae Sot steams with rancid rotting fish and other debris, a squalid haven for hundreds of refugees from Myanmar that aid groups say could swell in size this year.
Aid groups are bracing [...]
HRW Report: Secretary Of State Clinton New Statement On Burma
Burma: Clinton Should Press for Release of Burmese-American
Arrests Continue, More Than 2,100 Political Prisoners Remain in Lead-up to Elections
December 18, 2009
(New York) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should publicly call for the release of imprisoned Burmese rights activist and US citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin, currently on trial in Burma on politically motivated charges, [...]
Op-Ed On Burma By Ben Rodgers
December 18, 2009
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Where Impunity Reigns
By BENEDICT ROGERS
The world needs to be reminded, again and again, that the military regime in Burma (Myanmar) continues to perpetrate every conceivable human rights violation.
Any Burmese showing any dissent is brutally suppressed, as the world witnessed two years ago when peaceful Buddhist monks demonstrated. Many monks were killed or [...]
The Plight Of The Karen, Karenni, Mon, & Shan People
A State of Fear
By SAW YAN NAING / EASTERN BURMA
OCTOBER, 2009 – VOLUME 17 NO.7
Caught in the crossfire of Burma’s civil war, hundreds of thousands of Karen, Karenni, Mon and Shan are trapped in No Man’s Land
At night, my mother and I boiled rice while my sister dried our wet clothes by the fire,” said [...]
Obama Urges Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi
Obama urges Myanmar to free democracy leader Suu Kyi
Singapore (CNN) — President Obama on Sunday called for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.
“There are clear steps that must be taken: the unconditional release of all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi; an end to conflicts with [...]
