Mosques in Burma or Myanmar

Mosques in Burma or Myanmar
From Wikipedia
Konyoe Mosque, Mandalay, Burma

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has slammed the blocking of the Malaysian popular blog site

  The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has slammed
the blocking of the Malaysian popular blog site
Malaysiakini news
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Malaysia 124 out of 169 on its worldwide press freedom index, and says the main media are “often compelled to ignore or to play down the many events organised by the opposition”.
The government has [...]

DVB:88 Student leaders appear in court

Aug 28, 2008 (DVB)–Min Ko Naing, Ko Mya Aye and other 88 generation student leaders appeared yesterday for the first time at a court hearing at Insein prison’s special court where they have been charged with several offences.
Central court lawyer U Aung Thein and two other lawyers, U Kyi Win and U Nyaung, will act [...]

Irrawaddy:Global, Asean Intervention Needed on Suu Kyi Case: AIPMC

By SAW YAN NAING
Wednesday,August 27,2008
Influential international and regional leaders should act immediately to help detained Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi get her message out to the world, according to a leading rights group.
Speaking with The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, Roshan Jason, executive director and spokesperson for Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC), said, “We don’t [...]

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Al Jazeera

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Al Jazeera 101 East
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will appear on 101 East this week
(all times GMT+8).
Al Jazeera programmes can be viewed online here.

28/8 – 8:30 PM;
29/8 –

3:30 AM,
11:00 AM,
2:30 PM,
10:00 PM

30/8 – 1:30 PM;
1/9 – 9:30 AM;
2/9 – 6:30 PM;
3/9 – [...]

George Orwell’s Animal Farm

Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950) was an English writer, who wrote under the pseudonym George Orwell.
His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense dislike of totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language. He wrote in many different forms, including memoirs, histories, critical essays, opinion [...]

Tributes to DSAI even by his foes

 
Tributes to DSAI even by his foes
Star news, “Dr Mahathir fires a salvo at Anwar.”
PUTRAJAYA: Just a day after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won the Permatang Pauh Parliamentary seat, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad fired his first salvo at him by claiming the PKR adviser could “convince even the devil to follow him”.
Dr Mahathir predicted that [...]

Concept of Good Government Free of Corruption

21,05,2006
from Burma Digest
The characteristics of a good government free of corruption, which we should aim for our future Secular Democratic Federal Union Burma, are —
Political, Civil, Human Rights & Economic Reform, including though not limited to:

Freedom of speech.
Freedom of association.
True, full democracy.
Separation of Powers between Government, Judiciary, Police & Military. Independent, competitive [...]