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Ban notes release of some political prisoners
Yangon :: Myanmar | 2 months ago
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Suu Kyi, who leads the National League for Democracy (NLD), was convicted on 11 August of violating state security laws after an uninvited United States citizen gained access to her home. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has already spent over 12 years...
Tags: political prisoners, Myanmar Embassy, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, sans suu, aung sans, nobel peace, Human Rights Watch, National League for Democracy, house arrest, Myanmar, Yangon
American Senator to Meet Myanmar Leader
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 months ago
Credibility An American senator is to meet with the leader of the junta in Myanmar this weekend, just days after the country’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was convicted and returned to house arrest in a case that has drawn international condemnation....
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Embassy, house arrest, Burma, United Nations Security Council, democracy leaders, leaders aung, U.S, senator arrived
Thai PM proposes visit to Burma
Yangon :: Myanmar | 4 months ago
Credibility Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjejiva proposes to visit neighbouring military-ruled Burma later this month, sources in the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The PM, according to a ministry official, has sounded out the Burmese junta on his...
Tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Embassy, Ban Ki-moon, political prisoners, legal team, Burmese
Protests to mark Suu Kyi birthday
Yangon :: Myanmar | 5 months ago
Credibility Activists across the world are preparing to mark the 64th birthday of Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with vigils and protests. Celebrities including author Salman Rushdie and actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts have signed an...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, 64th birthdays, European Union, Suu Kyi&rsquo, leaders aung, Myanmar Embassy, Burma, Burmese, opposition leaders, China
Myanmar lets diplomats visit Suu Kyi
Yangon :: Myanmar | 6 months ago
Credibility Myanmar activists participate during a rally demanding the immediate release of their pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, near the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. One of Suu Kyi's lawyers Tuesday said that Myanmar's...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Myanmar Embassy, U.S, leaders aung, military regime, house arrest, notorious insein, democracy leaders, Insein Prison
Year after crackdown, Myanmar junta flexes muscles
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Myanmar's junta put armed police and barbed wire barricades on the streets of its main city on Friday, the first anniversary of a bloody military crackdown on major anti-government protests. Security was especially tight near the house of detained...
Tags: myanmar, human rights, Myanmar Embassy, tight security, military crackdown, Rangoon, party leaders, myanmar protesters, detained party
Man arrested for extortion attempt over journalist killed in Burma
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility A man was arrested Monday for allegedly extorting cash from a reporter after the reporter refused a deal to hand over a video allegedly taken by video journalist Kenji Nagai, who was gunned down by Myanmar security troops last September, the Metropolitan...
Tags: Kenji Nagai, Myanmar Embassy
Nagai supporters renew protest
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility At the Foreign Ministry, Noriko Ogawa, 48, the slain journalist's younger sister, reiterated that Japan should demand that Myanmar return Nagai's video camera, tapes and other belongings he was carrying when he was shot from close range while filming...
Tags: Myanmar Embassy, Kenji Nagai, Japanese
'Peace panties' to take on Myanmar junta
Montreal :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Canadian women have launched a Panties for Peace! campaign to send their undergarments to the Myanmar military junta to frighten it into ending suppression. At a press conference in Montreal, feminists and civil groups, working under the Rights & Democracy...
Tags: Myanmar, myanmar embassy, Canadian, Montreal, Quebec Women's Federation, Ottawa
Fire hits Myanmar embassy in Thailand
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility A fire damaged the second floor of the Myanmar embassy in neighboring Thailand on Monday but there were no injuries, Thai fire department and police officials said. They said the fire, which occurred not long after sunrise, was brought under control within...
Tags: myanmar embassy, Bangkok, Thailand, Myanmar, hit myanmar
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