The plight of the Kayan Say Reh Soe    Friday, 05 September 2008 16:09 (Commentary) Thousands of Kayan people from Burma, sometimes called "long-neck Karen," have in recent decades, like hundreds of thousands of other Burmese, fled as refugees from the civil war in their country to Thailand. Read more...

Natural gas favours regime, not national interest Moe Thu and Htet Win    Tuesday, 02 September 2008 13:28 (Commentary) While Burma's economy is largely pushed forward by the sale of its natural gas reserves, the military regime has failed to develop gas related industries though there is potential demand for gas consumption in several different sectors. Read more...   All that glitters isn't gold Myat Soe    Monday, 25 August 2008 18:03 (Commentary) In 2001, the UN Human Rights Rapporteur, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, asked ASEAN and the UN to help promote an all inclusive, accountable, transparent and democratic transition in Burma. When the United Nations Security Council held an informal briefing on the situation in Burma for the first time, in December 2006, delegates again urged Burmese authorities to resume dialogue with representatives from all ethnic and political opposition parties in Burma. And after the Saffron Revolution last fall it became even more urgent to hold a political dialogue between the military, pro-democracy forces and the ethnic leaders in Burma. Read more...   Obama or McCain? For Burma more of the same Commentary Mizzima News    Friday, 15 August 2008 23:57 (Commentary) American moral interests, couched in the language of democracy and human rights, versus American geopolitical and economic interests. The countries listed in the question ... Read more...   UN envoy's top priority is political prisoners languishing in Burma's jails By Larry Jagan    Friday, 15 August 2008 12:19 (Commentary) Burma's human rights record is again under scrutiny by the international community, almost a year after the junta cracked down on the anti-inflation street protests led by the country's Buddhist monks. The UN's new human rights rapporteur for Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, who has finished his first mission to Burma, feels certain that the regime is ready to co-operate with him. He replaced the former envoy, Professor Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who served seven years as the rapporteur, at the beginning of April. Read more...

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