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Irrawaddy: Detained activists protest against trial conditions – Min Lwin

burmanet.org
15 hrs ago 1 related
        

Detained members of the 88 Generation Students Group will refuse to cooperate with the court at their trial unless family members are allowed to attend, their lawyers have announced. Aung Tun, brother of activist Ko Ko Gyi,...

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Wall Street Journal: Don’t forget about Burma’s democrats – U Pyinar Zawta

burmanet.org
15 hrs ago
        

I am a Burmese Buddhist monk, and I am in exile. One year ago in September, the Burmese regime brutally crushed peaceful protests in my country. I was one of the monks who helped lead these protests, now known as the Saffron...

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Students Launch Fundraising For Burma

looktothestars.org
22 hrs ago
        

The US Campaign for Burma is excited to announce the launch of their first-ever Student Fundraising Challenge. This fall, on campuses across the United States and around the world, students will participate in an effort to...

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Implement 1990 Elections Result in Burma

indymedia.org.uk
21 hrs ago 1 related
        

One year after "2007 Saffron Revolution" led by Buddhist monks, who were at the forefront of the demonstrations against military dictatorship in Burma, leaders of the bare-foot monks and democracy activists are behind bars...

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boston.com: TOUGH TASK The UN has been relegated to a supporting role in many of the world's diplomatic flare-ups, including Kenya, Zimbabwe. boston.com

Low-profile UN chief struggles as diplomatic peacemaker

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yesterday
        

UNITED NATIONS - In the days after Georgian and Russian troops marched into the separatist province of South Ossetia, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon frantically telephoned key leaders and offered the United Nations' diplomatic...

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Agence France Presse: Eye specialist examines Aung San Suu Kyi

burmanet.org
Oct 3, 2008 5 related
        

An eye doctor has visited Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home, where she has been detained for most of the past two decades, her party said on Friday. The specialist accompanied the Nobel peace laureate’s...

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UN council leader hopes to avoid Iran-Japan vote

iht.com
Oct 3, 2008 1 related
        

The incoming president of the U.N. Security Council urged Asian nations on Friday to avoid having the competition between Iran and Japan for a non-permanent council seat come to a vote later this month.

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Democratic Voice of Burma: Ailing political detainee forced to stand trial – Naw Say Phaw

burmanet.org
Oct 3, 2008
        

Political prisoner Aung Zaw Oo was forced to stand trial at Kyauktada township court despite his pleas to be tried at a later date, according to a friend of the detainee. Aung Zaw Oo’s friend said he was handcuffed and forced...

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‘New US govt needs to revise Pak policy’

asianage.com
Oct 3, 2008
        

By OUR PAKISTAN CORRESPONDENT Islamabad Oct. 3: The United States needs to revise its Pakistan policy in the near future when the new administration takes over, states a report by Pakistan policy working group. The US should...

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un.org: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay un.org

UN human rights chief spotlights plight of millions of detainees worldwide

un.org
Oct 2, 2008 5 related
        

The top United Nations human rights official today called for increased attention to the plight of those worldwide – including some one million children – who are deprived of their liberty and are being held in prisons and...

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