Burmese democracy champion and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit France in late June (26 to 29), accepting an invitation from President François Hollande. The Nobel Laureate will also visit Oslo to finally accept her Nobel Peace Prize,
PRISONERS of conscience
Burmese gov’t allows torture
Friday, June 1 2012
The Burmese government continues to commit human rights abuses including torture and inhumane treatment with impunity, according to a new report by ND-Burma.Its member organizations documented 371 cases of human rights violation across the country of
Zarganar meets Free Z Campaigners in London
Thursday, May 31 2012
AN AFTERNOON WITH ZARGANAR, Wednesday 6th June 2012, 2.30 – 4pm - Free Word Centre, Zarganar is Burma’s leading comedian and an accomplished poet, writer, and director who throughout his career has used his artistic talents to draw attention to
Amnesty International Annual Report 2012
Saturday, May 26 2012
The government enacted limited political and economic reforms, but human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law in ethnic minority areas increased during the year. Some of these amounted to crimes against humanity or war
Don’t Lift Sanctions Too Soon
Wednesday, May 16 2012
“Tough rules are needed to ensure that new investments benefit the people of Burma and don’t fuel human rights abuses and corruption, or end up strengthening the military’s control over civilian authorities.” “The US government shouldn’t lift
30 MPs-elect are former political prisoners
Thursday, April 12 2012
About 30 out of 43 NLD MPs-elect are former political prisoners. The National League for Democracy (NLD) MPs-elect say they will put forward a motion in Parliament for the release of all remaining political prisoners in Burma. MPs in previous
Praying for political prisoners release
Saturday, March 24 2012
Around 500 people, including the relatives of political prisoners, gathered at Mandalay's Pagoda on Thursday to pray for the unconditional release of jailed activists and others behind bars for political reasons. “Prisons are not a place for people
619 political prisoners in 41 prisons
Saturday, March 17 2012
The Former Political Prisoners Group in Rangoon said it handed over a list identifying 619 Burmese dissidents who remain in prison to US special envoy Derek Mitchell ahead of his visit to Naypyidaw earlier this week. “The lists confirms 619 political
Zin Mar Aung, former prisoner, receives US Women award
Saturday, March 10 2012
Zin Mar Aung, who spent 11 years in prison for writing a letter to Burma’s military junta asking it to install the freely elected members of Parliament, said in a talk on Capitol Hill that she’s often asked why she risked fighting for the peace
Change military culture of “recreational sadism”
Friday, February 24 2012
Human Rights Watch called Thursday on Burma to provide outsiders access to its prisons and warned that a military culture of “recreational sadism” posed a stumbling block to nascent reforms. But David Scott Mathieson, the group’s senior researcher on
U Gambira to trial : face the charges of squatting
Sunday, February 19 2012
The authorities concerned are taking legal steps to bring U Gambhira to trial. U Gambhira who was released from the prison on 13 January by amnesty and rejoined the religious order the same day without request will have to face the charges of
Up to 918 political prisoners
Friday, January 27 2012
According to the list compiled by the Thai-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP-B), 918 political prisoners are still behind bars. According to the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, 388 are political prisoners are
What if this evolution slows in the future, or stops?
Thursday, January 26 2012
Burma’s Nay Phone Latt is many things – a poet, a blogger, a political dissident. On January 13, he also became a free man. After four years behind bars, The newly liberated Latt is cautiously optimistic about his country’s future. Latt launched his
Dissidente birmano muore per le torture
Wednesday, January 25 2012
Si è tenuto oggi a Yangon il rito funebre di Thet Nwe, attivista politico birmano, deceduto per le torture fisiche e le violenze psicologiche subite nelle carceri del Myanmar, a soli 10 giorni di distanza dalla libertà riconquistata per amnistia
Thet Nwe dies after jail release
Monday, January 23 2012
A political activist who underwent spells of physical and mental illness resulting from severe torture during his decade in jail in Burma has died only 10 days after being freed. His sister, Marlaw Nwe, who was arrested alongside Thet Nwe in December
Ashin Gambira: riforme di facciata
Saturday, January 21 2012
Il rilascio dei prigionieri politici – oltre 300, nel quadro dell’ultima amnistia disposta la settimana scorsa dal presidente Thein Sein – e il cessate il fuoco con le milizie etniche Karen “non sono prove sufficienti” a dimostrare che il governo
Political prisoners : how many ?
Tuesday, January 17 2012
130 to 1260 people might still be behind bars, mainly because they were convicted under statutes not regarded by the government as political offenses. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Burma published a list of 1547 people (updated on
Zarganar's words
Monday, January 16 2012
“This is the first striking news of 2012”, said comedian and activist Zarganar, himself released on October 12 last year, who came to the airport to welcome those who were freed. “It gives us strength to go on. I believe that everything will come
Monks words
Monday, January 16 2012
Monk Ashin Gambira tells DVB of his experiences in prison : “It was very bad in the beginning. I was kept in solitary confinement when I arrived in Insein prison (in 2008), then also in Mandalay prison. I was beaten up and then put in solitary
Former prisoners words
Friday, January 13 2012
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) party chairman Khun Tun Oo, In my opinion, if the SNLD does not become a legal party, we cannot publish even a statement or a document. The SNLD might reregister, but we have no time to stand for the
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