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Burma blogger faces 15-year sentence
Yangon :: Myanmar | 11 days ago
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A young blogger, Win Zaw Naing, is facing a possibly 15-year jail sentence just for posting pictures and reports about the September 2007 protests, known as the Saffron Revolution. Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association call for his...
Tags: Burma Media Association, Win Zaw Naing, Myanmar, Yangon, Protests, U Thant, Burma, Burmese anti-government protests, Massacres
Court upholds Suu Kyi witness ban
Yangon :: Myanmar | 5 months ago
Credibility Win Tin and Tin Oo - both senior members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. According to Nyan Win, one of Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers, prosecutors had argued that Win Tin, a journalist and former political prisoner, should not be allowed...
Tags: Burma Media Association, Myanmar, North Korea, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michele Montas, Japan, Burmese, myanmar later, longstanding concerns, Ban Ki Moon
12 political prisoners released in Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | 9 months ago
Credibility Twelve political prisoners have been released as part of a general amnesty for more than 6,000 prisoners in Myanmar, opposition sources said Sunday. Among the political prisoners freed were three members of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung...
Tags: political prisoners, Myanmar, Burma Media Association, prisoners released, prisoners freed
Ne Win's daughter freed in Burma
Yangon :: Myanmar | 11 months ago
Credibility The woman, Sandar Win, was detained with her father in 2002 over an alleged plot to overthrow the government. Her husband and three sons were sentenced to death, although they have not yet been executed...There has been no statement from the Burmese authorities...
Tags: Burma Media Association, Myanmar, house arrested, Sandar Win, Rangoon, cyclone victims, Yangon, U.S, Ne Win, junta released
Reporter covering Nargis victims sentenced to two years
New Delhi :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility The sentence handed out to reporter Ein Khaing Oo, barely 24-years-old, during a close-door trial without being allowed a defence lawyer, comes after several detained activists were sent to long terms in prison of up to 65 years earlier this week. "The...
Tags: Cyclone Nargis, Burma Media Association, Ein Khaing Oo, nargis victims, female journalists
Canada condemns Burma over
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Canada has called on Burmese authorities to "immediately" release all "political prisoners," including 14 given 65 year sentences Tuesday for their involvement in demonstrations last year against the ruling regime. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon...
Tags: Burma Media Association, Burmese, human rights, Canada, United States, Myanmar, political prisoners, U.S, UN Security Council
Council conclusions on Burma/Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Summit in Beijing on 24 and 25 October 2008, calling for the lifting of restrictions placed on political parties and early release of those under detention and encouraging the government to engage all stakeholders in an inclusive political process and...
Tags: burma, Burma Media Association, Aung San Suu Kyi, insein prison, prison terms, Myanmar, Burmese, students activists
Eye specialist examines Aung San Suu Kyi
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility An eye doctor has visited Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home, where she has been detained for most of the past two decades, her party said on Friday. The specialist accompanied the Nobel peace laureate's general physician and his...
Tags: burma, political detainee, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma Media Association, eye specialist, Ohn Kyaing
UN to Take Up Burma Issue Again
Shanghai :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility No agreement on the date of the discussion could be reached. Briefing UN correspondents after a closed meeting of the Security Council on the agenda for July, Khalilzad, who serves as council president last month, said the current crisis in Zimbabwe...
Tags: Burma Media Association, NLD, veteran journalist, Burmese, secretary general
Irrawaddy: Cyclone assessment reveals critical food, water shortages
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The news underscores the urgent need to bring more food into the region almost eight weeks after Cyclone Nargis ravaged the area, leaving 138,000 people dead or missing. The discovery of significant household food shortages is just one of the crucial...
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