Aung Min is the key player in Burma’s peace process. He was recently appointed to the President’s Office, Interview with The Irrawaddy. Question: What is your next plan ? Minister Aung Min. My ministry focuses on national security, which mainly
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No visa for some Journalists and academics
Thursday, September 20 2012
Despite a government announcement that more than 2,000 names were removed from the country’s blacklist, journalists and academics whose names were excised from the infamous directory are still unable to secure Burmese visas. Bertil Lintner, who has
Prisoner release : public relations, not reform
Thursday, September 20 2012
"President Thein Sein claims to be a reformer, but 18 months after becoming president there are still hundreds of political prisoners, and he has not abolished any of the laws which were used to arrest and jail them,” said a Burma Campaign UK
Aung Din : reforms are fragile and reversible
Thursday, September 20 2012
“Opposition forces in the Parliament including Aung San Suu Kyi have been neutralized by the government by giving them posts in the Parliament. So, she can no longer speak for the rights of the people, ”Hkun Htun Oo told reporters at a news
At least 88 political prisoners released
Tuesday, September 18 2012
At least 300-500 political detainees are believed to remain behind bars. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP) said that at least 87 political prisoners were released on Monday. “We welcome for the release of the people. But we
Former political prisoners : no passport, no school.
Monday, September 17 2012
While several prominent former political prisoners have been given passports and traveled abroad, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Zargana, and blogger Nay Phone Latt, they are exceptions. “The Burmese government is dragging its feet rather than
Burmese refugees in Thailand : HRW report
Saturday, September 15 2012
The 143-page report, “Ad Hoc and Inadequate: Thailand’s Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers,” finds that Thai refugee policies are not grounded in law and cause refugees of all nationalities to be exploited and unnecessarily detained and
Human rights plead competitions
Monday, September 10 2012
For lawyers. For decades, the Mémorial de Caen has been inviting lawyers from all around the world to defend genuine and individual cases of victims whose fundamental rights have been violated. Ten lawyers plead their cases in front of a jury of key
ITUC to establish an office in Burma
Wednesday, September 5 2012
The ITUC has welcomed the imminent return to Burma of the leader of the country’s trade union movement, Maung Maung, following a decision by the government to remove some 2,000 people from a black-list of over 6,000 banned from entering the country.
Tools & experiences : human rights education
Monday, September 3 2012
After dozen years of dictatorship, Burmese people and leaders want a better life for their country. Wealth is not (only) in exploring mines and gas, but in well-educated burmese people, working for their people. Laptops better than kalachnikovs PEACE
Ethnic clashes and freedom of information
Thursday, August 30 2012
The links between ethnic hatred and freedom of information is well established. The lack of journalistic ethics and publication of racist rhetoric about the Rohingyas by certain newspapers, which contributed to the escalation of violence, is also a
People's universities : knowledge and culture after day's work
Tuesday, August 28 2012
The so-called "People's universities" exist in several European countries : Germany, Spain, Italy, France... In France, they are born after an ethnic conflict. The aim is to share widely knowledge and culture, in order to reduce the gap
Fighting against illiteracy
Tuesday, August 28 2012
The gasoline supplied by the oil company Total, present in Cambodia since 1993, allows 8 mobile libraries to reach remote villages, and give them the taste for reading to the villagers. For them, reading is a functional activity. In Cambodia, it is
Human Rights violations continue in Karen State
Tuesday, August 28 2012
PHR’s report – Bitter Wounds and Lost Dreams: Human Rights Under Assault in Karen State, Burma – provides a snapshot of ongoing abuses against Karen people and communities in the country’s mountainous eastern region bordering Thailand, where the army
China forced Kachin refugees to return
Saturday, August 25 2012
China is flouting its international legal obligations by forcibly returning Kachin refugees to an active conflict zone rife with Burmese army abuses, During the week of August 19, 2012, Chinese authorities forcibly returned at least 1,000 Kachin
Rohingya : the Government could have stopped this
Wednesday, August 1 2012
Burmese security forces committed killings, rape, and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims after failing to protect both them and Arakan Buddhists during deadly sectarian violence in western Burma in June 2012. Government restrictions on
Calls to release all other remaining prisoners of conscience
Friday, July 6 2012
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has called for the immediate and systematic release of prisoners of conscience without conditions. “I am encouraged by the momentum of reform and the gradual
Following crisis in Arakan, threats to freedom of news
Thursday, June 28 2012
Although there have been some reforms in the past year, Burma still has an authoritarian government led by members of the former military regime now recycled as civilian parliamentarians. Around 500 political prisoners are still held the country’s 42
ASSK and Zarganar in Europe
Tuesday, June 26 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi tour in Europe Media coverage in Burma Paris. 2012.06.24 Elysee. France President François Hollande receiving ASSK ; 2012.06.27 The Lady at the Paris City Hall, receiving her Citizen of Honor diploma ; 2012.06.27 Meeting NGOs ;
Waiting for further steps
Tuesday, June 26 2012
“The suspension of sanctions should be benchmarked to further steps, in particular the release of all remaining political prisoners and an end to breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law in ethnic areas”, said Pierre Tartakowsky,
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