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Exiles Want More Change Before Burma Given Asean Chair

WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2011 BANGKOK — Recent reforms by the Burmese government are not enough to warrant the country’s taking the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2014, say long-time opposition exiles. The…

Only 600 Political Prisoners in Burma: President’s Adviser

TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2011 THE IRRAWADDY The Irrawaddy – Burma only had around 600 prisoners of conscience and released almost half during last week’s amnesty order, President Thein Sein’s political adviser Ko Ko Hlaing told Swedish Radio. Ko…

When a Multi-ethnic Nation Ignores Ethnic Rights

TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2011 The Irrawaddy – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that Burmese government forces have committed serious abuses against ethnic Kachin civilians since renewed fighting broke out in the northern state in June. The…

US Urges End to Abuses of Burma’s Minorities

TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2011 MATTHEW PENNINGTON/ AP WRITER WASHINGTON— The United States sees encouraging new signs of openness in isolated Burma but says that after decades of military rule, the Asian country has a way to go before it loses…

Imagining a Censorship-free Burma

FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2011 THE IRRAWADDY The Irrawaddy – Last week, Tint Swe, the director of the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division (PSRD), surprised Burma watchers by telling the Washington-based Radio Free Asia that the notorious…

Burma to Free 6,359 Prisoners

TUESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2011 The Irrawaddy – Burmese state-run TV announced on Tuesday that 6,359 prisoners will be released from prisons across the country as from Wednesday, but there was no mention of whether political prisoners will be…

Political Prisoners, Human Rights on NLD Agenda with UN Envoy

TUESDAY, 23 AUGUST 2011 The Irrawaddy – Discussions relating to the release of political prisoners and the Burmese army’s human rights abuses in ethnic areas will be prioritized at an upcoming meeting between a UN human rights envoy and…

US raps Burma, others for not doing enough to end human trafficking

TUESDAY, 28 JUNE 2011 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Poverty and unemployment need to be tackled if the Burmese government hopes to turn the tide of human trafficking of Burmese people highlighted in a report by the US government to tackle the…

BURMA:Government Officials Must Not Be Involved When Human Rights Body Forms

TUESDAY, 28 JUNE 2011 Mon News – In response to the USDP government’s order to reform the national human rights body or Human Rights Commission, Director of Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB) Aung Myo Min said, “If such…

Manau festival reveals human rights violation on ethnic people

TUESDAY, 12 JANUARY 2010 Human rights abuse on the ethnic Kachin people in Northern Burma have been in evidence by the Burmese junta at the recently concluded 62nd anniversary of the State Day and Manau Festival in the State … Human…