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Tutu Dismisses Election as 'Charade' ()
In a message of encouragement to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, South African Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu said he looks forward to traveling to Rangoon... More
Submitted 9 days ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |
Suu Kyi UnDaunted By Junta's "Voting" Laws (www.nytimes.com)
The detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she was surprised but undaunted at the military government’s new election laws that will bar her from running for office or voting in polls... More
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Take the Burma Night Train (noladder.blogspot.com)
Take the Burma Night Train... from Rangoon to Mandaylay!
Submitted 9 days ago by backhandpath | 1 Comments |
Junta ups ante, says Suu Kyi can't even vote (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Not only is Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi barred from running in upcoming elections, but she will not be allowed to vote — and her opposition party's landslide win in the last polls has been formally... More
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UN urges Burma to let Aung San Suu Kyi contest polls (www.heraldsun.com.au)
In a law printed for the first time overnight in state newspapers, Myanmar's military junta said that anyone serving a prison term cannot be a member of a political party.
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Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participation (edition.cnn.com)
Myanmar's ruling junta announced Wednesday a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.
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Secret video reveals Burma's crackdown on monks (www.abc.net.au)
A hidden camera has provided a rare glimpse inside Burma's mental health system which is used to incarcerate opposition figures and politically active monks.
Submitted 3 months ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |
Kowtowing Holds Up Political Progress in Burma (www.irrawaddy.org)
Megalomania on the part of the authorities and obsequiousness on the part of the people who serve them are salient features of any authoritarian system, where signs of complete submission and personal... More
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Obama tells Myanmar to free Suu Kyi (english.aljazeera.net)
Barack Obama, the US president, has told Myanmar's military government to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's jailed pro-democracy leader.
Submitted 4 months ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |
Aung San Suu Kyi Holds Out Hand to Military Junta to End Sanctionssanctions - Asia News (www.asianews.it)
Myanmar (Burma) opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the ruling junta to increase cooperation with her pro-democracy opposition in order to find a way to end sanctions on the country, she... More
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