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Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
So, President Karzai, congratulations on joining the Association of unDemocratic Presidents, whose luminaries include, as well as your good self: George W Bush. Kibake of Kenya. AhmediNajad. Senior General Than Shwe. Mugabe. What have these six beauties all got in common? They all got to be President by means of electoral fraud, rigged voting, or outright denial of losing an election. They also represent...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Yangon - US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is unlikely to meet with Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Than Shwe on his two-day visit to the military-ruled country this week, government sources said Monday. Campbell and US Deputy Assist...
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BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
YANGON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar top leader Senior-General Than Shwe has pledged his country's commitment to work with the international community towards the vision of the United Nations that is a center of harmonizing the actions of nations for attainment of peace, security and prosperity for all. The remarks of Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, in his
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PACIFIST PEOPLE POWER (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she expects more meetings to take place between her and the government liaison minister to discuss the lifting of sanctions, her lawyer said. Suu Kyi met with her lawyers on Friday at the end of a fortnight in which she held two separate meetings with junta liaison minister Aung Kyi and Western diplomats. It was the second time in a month that Suu Kyi...
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PACIFIST PEOPLE POWER (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Burmese opposition party members who met with United States embassy staff yesterday were told that Washington will soon send its deputy secretary of state to the country, a party spokesperson said. It would mark the most high profile visit of a US politician to Burma in over a decade, and comes shortly after the Obama administration announced it would begin direct engagement with the military regime....
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BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
World Needs to Intensify Pressure on Burma: East Timor East Timor joins arms embargo call against junta Indian rebels on Burma talks agenda Burma’s New Constitution: A Death Sentence for Ethnic Diversity US detainee in Burma meets with lawyers DKBA Takes Aim at Brigade 5 Than Shwe Meets India’s Army Chief Australian Fashion Group Announces Burma Trade Ban Myanmar, Sudan to boost bilateral...
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Recent fighting in northern Burma sent over 35,000 refugees into China, prompting fears that the ruling junta is seeking a military solution to its recent demand that 17 ethnic militias based in Burma's borderlands merge with the state security forces before 2010 elections. Over the weekend of 28 August, the junta's army overran territory previously controlled by one of the militias, the Myanmar National...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Judges to rule over pro-democracy activist's fate after her lawyers filed petition against her detention A Burmese court today offered a glimmer of hope that the country's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, could be set free after it accepted an appeal by her lawyers. In a widely criticised decision, the Nobel peace laureate was given 18 months' house arrest on 11 August, after being found guilty...
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UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Boons makes some good points below . I'll add just one thing: In his two and a half years in office, Ban Ki Moon has generally eschewed the kind of moral grandstanding that earned his predecessor Kofi Annan great respect in some quarters and enemies in others. Instead, Ban has opted for what he calls "quiet diplomacy" that generally involves direct, private consultations with the world's...
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DaithaiC (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
From Amnesty International; Leaders worldwide condemned Myanmar's decision last week to extend Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's imprisonment by 18 months after finding her guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest. It's time for global leaders to match words with actions. While Amnesty applauds the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' condemnation of the verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi's trial, the 10-nation...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
In Burma, Jim Webb got a guy out of jail. In Vietnam, he didn't ask ON SUNDAY, in Myanmar, Jim Webb, a senator from Virginia, met with Than Shwe, the country's military dictator, and Aung San Suu Kyi (pictured with Mr Webb), the democratic opposition leader, and secured the release of the crazy American, John Yettaw, who swam across a lake and got Ms Suu Kyi re-imprisoned. Score one for diplomatic...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
Sen. Jim Webb has rendered his country and, one of its citizens, a great service through a trip to Myanmar. John Yettaw, in uncertain health, was sentenced last week to seven years of hard labor for an ill-advised, unapproved visit he had paid to Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. His swim to her home in May extended her house arrest by 18 months. Mr. Webb, a...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Photo: U.S. Senator Jim Webb's meeting with Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon on Aug. 15, 2009. photo from Sen. Jim Webb's website. From Voice Of America: U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who recently held talks with Burma's military leaders, says the government denies reports that it is trying to acquire nuclear technology. The senator also says Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
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Hope and Change (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Cheers to Senator Jim Webb for obtaining the release of American John Yettaw who was imprisoned for the crime of visiting Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi . Webb was granted a visit with Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as with ruling General Than Shwe , presumably because he has been in favor of a new policy of engagement with Burma. Given that sanctions are not supported by such powerful trading...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
The meeting of United States Senator Jim Webb with Myanmar leader Than Shwe raises new questions about the efficacy of sanctions against the regime, which continues to benefit from Asian states fiercely competing for its oil and gas concessions and other natural resources - Simon Roughneen (Aug 17, '09)
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