A Washington DC-based collective (known as Split This Rock),will protest in front of Burmese embassies in the US capital tomorrow to demand the release of jailed poets in Burma. “It is precisely because poetry refuses to be packaged and manipulated
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09/09 Gathering for the release of Hla Hla Win, Burmese political prisoner
Saturday, September 10 2011
Hla Hla Win turns 27 today, August 29 2011. She was sentenced on September 11 2009, just after the anniversary of the 2007 Saffron Revolution, after being arrested for interviewing a monk in a monastery in central Burma. Two years ago, Hla Hla Win,
le 9 septembre pour la libération de Hla Hla WIin prisonnière politique birmane
Tuesday, September 6 2011
Hla Hla Win, une jeune journaliste birmane de la Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) a été arrêtée et condamnée le 11 septembre 2009, juste après l’anniversaire de la révolution de safran, à 27 ans de prison pour avoir interviewé des moines dans un
Il mondo si mobilita per il Benigni birmano
Saturday, July 23 2011
16 luglio, iniziativa speciale per due prigionieri di coscienza in Myanmar e Turchia, con Matteo Branciamore e Valentina Lodovini La Sezione Italiana di Amnesty International è presente al Giffoni Film Festival per l'ottavo anno consecutivo,
31 juillet 2011, Place du Trocadéro
Saturday, July 23 2011
Commémoration du 23 ème anniversaire de la révolution 8.8.88 en Birmanie, Dimanche 31 Juillet 2011, de 15h au 17h, Place du Trocadéro. De nombreux étudiants, des moines, des civils et des fonctionnaires ont perdu la vie pour la liberté et la
HRW : les abus envers les porteurs constituent des crimes de guerre
Tuesday, July 12 2011
Le rapport de 70 pages, intitulé "Au péril de leur vie : Les détenus utilisés comme porteurs sur les lignes de front de l'est birman" expose en détails les exactions dont les porteurs sont victimes : exécutions sommaires, torture, et
HRW Report : abusive treatment of forced porters constitutes war crimes
Tuesday, July 12 2011
The 70-page report Dead Men Walking: Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma details abuses against convict porters including summary executions, torture, and the use of the convicts as "human shields." The military should stop
Red Cross back, only for technical inspections
Friday, July 8 2011
For the first time in nearly six years, officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been allowed back into Burma's prisons. Their mission, however, was to carry out technical inspections, and did not involve meeting
PX3 Awards : James MacKay awarded in 2011 and 2010 for his Burma pictures
Monday, June 20 2011
Enigma Images is James Mackay, a documentary photographer based in South East Asia and the UK. His work specialises in Burma, both undercover in-country and around political and human rights issues along it's borders and those in exile around the
Switzerland : 25000 petitions for Zarganar
Friday, June 17 2011
The comedians Yann Lambiel and Viktor Giacobbo are both involved in the Amnesty International Campaign to free their Burmese counterpart Zarganar. In (only) one month, more than 25,000 signatures were collected. Today, the petition was presented at
Switzerland: 24943 signatures for Zarganar's release
Monday, June 13 2011
The petition launched by humorist Yann Lambiel and Amnesty International Swizerland for Zarganar's release, has reached almost 25,000 signatures. The petition will be presented in June to the United Nations's Representatives. On a video posted on
Allow the the Red Cross to return to Burma
Wednesday, June 8 2011
US Senator John McCain said he expects that in the coming weeks the Burmese government will allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to return to Burma and grant the organization access to prisoners. ICRC's access to prisoners is the
Stop forcing prisoners into military dogs cells
Wednesday, June 8 2011
The dog cells are about 10 feet in length and seven feet wide, windowless and soundproof. There is no proper sanitation, no bed and no mats on the floor. The Myanmar authorities must stop forcing prisoners into cells designed for military dogs,
Worst of the worst 2011 : North Korea, Somalia, Burma
Tuesday, June 7 2011
2010 Key Developments: In November 2010, the military junta oversaw Burma’s first parliamentary elections since 1990, thoroughly rigging the process to ensure a sweeping victory for the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party. The
Prisoners put in ‘dog cells’
Friday, June 3 2011
On 22 May, political prisoners started a protest about prison conditions and went on hunger strike. On 24 May, a some hunger strikers were placed in solitary confinement in small cells designed for holding military dogs. They were returned to their
Prisonniers dans des cages à chiens
Friday, June 3 2011
Le 22 mai, des prisonniers manifestant contre leurs conditions de détention ont entamé une grève de la faim. Le 24 mai plusieurs ont été placés à l'isolement dans de petites cellules destinées aux chiens militaires. Ils ont réintégrés leurs cellules
Equity Union : it horrifies artists when someone like Zarganar is jailed for 35 years.
Tuesday, May 24 2011
Equity is to award an honorary life membership to Burmese comedian and political prisoner Zarganar, currently serving a 35-year prison sentence. Martin Brown said Zarganar had been invited to Equity’s annual conference this weekend as a speaker.
Video de Yann Lambiel, humoriste suisse, pour Zarganar : "Vous l'auriez fait pour moi"
Monday, May 23 2011
Dans une video publiée sur Free-me l'humoriste et imitateur suisse Yann Lambiel apparaît faible, apeuré, seul. Il raconte sa détention, le bruit des tortures. « Ils m'ont condamné à 35 ans de prison pour avoir fait des gags sur le Conseil fédéral »
Video by Yann Lambiel, Swiss comedian, for Zarganar: "You would have done for me"
Saturday, May 21 2011
On a video posted on Free-me Swiss humorist and comedian Yann Lambiel appears weak, scared, alone. He tells his detention, the sound of torture. "They sentenced me to 35 years in prison for making jokes about the Federal Council, "he said.
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