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In a blatant instance of obduracy of some of the Asean members, representatives of Burmese and Cambodian civil societies on Saturday were barred from joining the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders....
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Activists representing civil society organizations in Southeast Asian countries raised the Burma issue including freedom for Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the forum of ASEAN leaders on Saturday....
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The International Labour Organization and Burma’s military regime on Thursday extended Supplementary Understanding on the treatment of complaints lodged against forced labour......
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The apex body of Burma’s ethnic nationalities, the Ethnic Nationalities Council, said it had called on Australia to send a special envoy to Burma, in order to facilitate a process of dialogue....
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The Thai Foreign Minister has said that the Burmese military regime has agreed to take back only those migrants, who have been verified as “Bengalis” from Burma, at the regional bloc’s summit in Thailand......
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There was exchange of gunfire on February 18 between Burmese Army troops and a drug trafficking gang operating in Meng Peng region, Shan State in the Golden Triangle. ...
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Leader of an ethnic Karen resistance group, Colonel Ner Dah Mya is facing trial in a court in Thailand, charged with illegal possession of a weapon , an official of the group said. Saw David Taw, a Central Committee member of the Karen National Union, ...
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In an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, every nation has to deal with the international community in one way or another in order to achieve aims......
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Amnesty International has called on leaders of Southeast Asian Nations to formally include the Rohingya refugee issue as part of the agenda, during the three-day regional summit,......
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Leaders and high-level officials of Southeast Asian countries gathered on Thursday at Thailand’s beach resort of Hua Hin, for the 14th ASEAN Summit, amidst human rights groups......
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The Burmese junta is gearing up to hold its first military quarterly meeting for 2009 in the second week of March, where it is likely to discuss major issues including plans for the 2010 general elections, sources in the army said....
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The Burmese military regime, which continues to use child soldiers with impunity, has failed to respect and protect children’s rights but members of ASEAN have equally failed to take action against the junta, a Thai based rights group said today....
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Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma (AAPP-B), urged the international community on Tuesday, to assert more pressure on Burma’s ruling junta to release......
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The European Union’s current Presidency in a statement on Monday urged Burma’s military government to release all political prisoners, including detained opposition leader......
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Rangoon-based 'Ecovision' reporter Eint Khaing Oo, who was arrested and sentenced to two years of imprisonment for reporting on victims of Cyclone Nargis, was honoured with the first 'Kenji Nagai Award' on February 21....
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[Interview] The United Nations Human Rights expert Tomas Ojea Quintana, who recently concluded a six-day visit to Burma, said the release of 24 political prisoners along with over 6,000...
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Burma's main opposition party the National League for Democracy on Monday clarified its statement issued on February 17, saying it is not to be misunderstood that detained party......
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The United States while welcoming Burma’s move to free political prisoners as part of the regime’s amnesty to over 6,000 prisoners urged the junta to release the rest of the political prisoners including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi....
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Despite the authorities banning the sale and transportation of poultry and eggs following the outbreak of the Newcastle disease in Prome, the sale of banned items thrive in the black market....
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The Burmese military junta’s recent amnesty for prisoners, including a few political prisoners, was welcomed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday,......
