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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 [...]
US Citizen & Burmese Activist Is Arrested In Burma
South Asian Nightmare As U.S. prepares greater outreach to Burma, a Marylander is the junta’s latest victim By Elaine Pearson October 2, 2009 Published in The Baltimore Sun In June, Gaithersburg resident Kyaw Zaw Lwin traveled from Thailand to New York to deliver a petition to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser on Burma. The petition, [...]
Refugees International Report
Burma Policy Review Makes Major Shift Towards Humanitarian Aid U.S. Congress Should Appropriate Adequate Funds to Implement Policy Washington, D.C. – Refugees International applauds the State Department for fully supporting the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Burma as part of its policy review released today. While the review endorses keeping the major [...]
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 [...]
HRW Report – US Should Complete Policy Review
Burma: US Should Complete Policy Review Principled Diplomacy, Aid, and Targeted Sanctions Can Spur Change (New York, September 9, 2009) – The Obama administration should promptly conclude its Burma policy review and adopt initiatives to make its policies on diplomacy, sanctions and humanitarian aid more effective, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Secretary [...]
More On Sen. Webb Visit To Burma
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 Spotlight: A Mission to Burma By Hannah Beech In addition to representing the state of Virginia, U.S. Senator Jim Webb has penned novels featuring swashbuckling Americans seeking adventure in exotic backwaters. But even he might not have imagined a scenario in which a U.S. military aircraft flies him to the heavily [...]
Sen. Jim Webb: Op-Ed “We Can’t Afford to Ignore Myanmar”
By JIM WEBB EIGHT years ago I visited Myanmar as a private citizen, traveling freely in the capital city of Yangon and around the countryside. This lush, breathtakingly beautiful nation was even then showing the strain of its severance from the outside world. I was a guest of an American businessman, and I understood the [...]
In Myanmar (Burma), Two Hidden Worlds
Amid privations, its regime prospers by trading with China and India By WALL SREET JOURNAL REPORTERS Naypyitaw, Myanmar This grandiose new city has four-lane highways that are largely empty, a gems museum with sapphires and a zoo with air-conditioned Arctic habitats for penguins. Government officials reside in high-security compounds that can’t be visited by foreigners. [...]
