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  • Editorial: Talking to Burma 9 Nov 2009 03:11 GMT
    ... country for years. The reasons for engaging Burma, whose generals prefer the name Myanmar, are well-rehearsed – but worth repeating. A ... return for tangible progress on democracy and human rights. But until the generals respond with concrete ...

  • Obama to meet leaders of Myanmar, other Southeast Asian nations in Singapore 9 Nov 2009 08:45 GMT
    ... meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of ... engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record. The Nov. 15 meeting between Obama ...

  • Japanese aid dependent on Suu Kyi's release 9 Nov 2009 07:57 GMT
    ... willing to provide more humanitarian aid to Burma but only on condition that detained opposition ... Yukio Hatoyama made the announcement to his Burmese counterpart, Thein Sein, who was in Tokyo ... Japan will gradually expand its assistance to Myanmar [Burma] in areas of humanitarian assistance, including ...

  • Man dies during police interrogation 9 Nov 2009 06:37 GMT
    ... Nov 9, 2009 (DVB)–A man accused of stealing a vacuum ... beaten by police during interrogation in central Burma, according to locals. Police in Bago division’s ... the interrogation stages of an arrest. The Burmese government has long been criticized for providing ...

  • Japan steps up aid to Mekong nations 9 Nov 2009 03:52 GMT
    ... Mekong region, which includes Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand. "We strongly recognised the need ... increase aid to the country, criticised for human rights abuses including its detention of pro-democracy leader ...

  • Jonathan Gurwitz: Don't forget the people behind the walls 9 Nov 2009 17:55 GMT
    ... Two different versions of history played out in 1989. ... Soviets. But they also insisted on the human rights provisions of the Helsinki accords that gave ... the human rights of the dissident in Burma, the blogger in Iran or the voter in ...

  • Jim Hoagland: Dissidents missing from Obama's diplomacy 9 Nov 2009 07:00 GMT
    ... Barack Obama's extended hand was whacked across the knuckles ... administration did manage a good demonstration in Burma of how its brand of engagement can and ... political activists has recently been on U.S. human rights abuses rather than those of much more ...

  • The Kremlin Can't Have It Both Ways 9 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... “It's time to stop treating Russia as a ... standards to Russia as we do “to Burma, Brazil, the Czech Republic or any other country.” ... when it comes to press freedom and human rights. Russia cannot have it both ways. Secretary ...

  • HIV/AIDS infections increase in Afghanistan 9 Nov 2009 16:17 GMT
    ... Kurt Campbell, deputy Secretary of State and Scott Marciel, ... administration seeks dialogue with the dictatorship, the Burmese opposition does not expect "major changes". Last ... plan ahead for pilgrims coming to Makkah. Human rights activist and columnist call for a return ...

  • 800+ Students March on Capitol Hill and Make History 9 Nov 2009 13:50 GMT
    ... 800+ Students March on Capitol Hill and Make History ... and education on the situations in Sudan, Burma and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The central ... project (organized by STAND and WITNESS, the human rights organization who pioneered video advocacy), students collected ...

  • Tweet it it from the mountain top 9 Nov 2009 14:15 GMT
    ... Cape Town - For some people, marriage proposals involve ... Twitter to express their serious feelings about human rights issues around the globe. "There are a ... wrong to call attention to atrocities in Burma in such a silly manner. I've finally decided ...

  • Squabbling Harms Asean solidarity 9 Nov 2009 17:36 GMT
    ... By The Nation Published on November 10, 2009 Thailand and ... issues such as the rule of law, human rights and good governance. through the Thai-Cambodian conflict, ... other's throats. has been trying to convince Burma to reform, but to no avail. However, any ...

  • Opinion: Human rights are the highest form of realism 8 Nov 2009 19:50 GMT
    ... Human rights are the highest form of realism Published: ... today, in Iran and Cuba, Zimbabwe and Burma and beyond. States like these, hostile to human ...

  • Manila lacks leverage with Burma 8 Nov 2009 00:51 GMT
    ... Manuel J. Laserna Jr. claims that the Philippines has been reluctant to admonish the Myanmar regime (aka Burma) for its human rights abuses. This is not accurate. In 2005 the Philippines defied the consensus of the ...

  • Minority Communities Say Burma Development Projects Lead to Abuses, Environmental Damage 8 Nov 2009 17:35 GMT
    ... Minority communities in Burma say the exploitation of the country's natural ... are facing starvation." The report accuses the Burmese military of human rights abuses against local ...


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