All Entries Tagged With: "Aung San Suu Kyi"
HRW Report: Burma: Military Party Guaranteed to Dominate Elections
Burma: Military Party Guaranteed to Dominate Elections Merger of Two Junta-Backed Groups Undercuts Genuine Participation (New York, July 19, 2010) – The merging of Burma’s largest government-controlled social welfare organization into the army’s recently formed political party is clear evidence that the planned 2010 elections will not be legitimate, Human Rights Watch said today. On [...]
HRW Report – Burma: Election Laws May Shut Down Opposition Parties
Burma: Election Laws May Shut Down Opposition Parties Influential Governments Should Reject Sham Process (New York, March 10, 2010) – Newly issued laws in preparation for 2010 elections in Burma are designed to exclude the main opposition party and ensure a victory for the ruling military, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling State Peace [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Burma Going To Release Aung San Suu Kyi?
Burma’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, may soon be released so she can play a role in next year’s election, a senior Burmese diplomat has said. “There is a plan to release her soon … so she can organise her party,” Min Lwin, a director-general in the foreign ministry, to ld the Associated Press. [...]
Flash Mob For Burma This Sunday at Abbot Kinney Fest (L.A.)
Flash Mob For Burma This Sunday at Abbot Kinney Fest Free Shepard Fairey Poster for a Free Burma! What: Flash Mob For Burma When: Sunday, Sept. 27 – 4 p.m. Sharp Where: At the Abbot Kinney Festival in Venice, CA Anywhere on Abbot Kinney Blvd, between Westminster and Broadway Hey Los Angeles, At 4:00 p.m [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi Not Allowed To Go To Her Own Appeal Hearing
Suu Kyi Blocked from Attending Appeal Hearing Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Burmese authorities are not allowing Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to hear her appeal in person at the Rangoon Division Court on Thursday, said Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Nyan Win. Nyan Win said police told him they could not take her to the [...]
HRW Report – Surge in Political Prisoners
Burma: Surge in Political Prisoners Planned 2010 Elections Not Credible if Opposition Remains in Prison (Washington, DC, September 16, 2009) – Burma’s military government has more than doubled the number of political prisoners in the past two years, including more than a hundred imprisoned in recent months, Human Rights Watch said today in a new [...]
