ASEAN LEADERS ARE BARKING AT THE WRONG TREE WITH THE WRONG CAUSE AND WRONG OBJECTIVE

ASEAN LEADERS ARE BARKING AT THE WRONG TREE  WITH THE WRONG CAUSE AND WRONG OBJECTIVE   ASEAN leaders are complaining about the convenient way to solve the Rohingya problem. But for the Rohingyas or Burmese Muslims or Christian Chins/Karens/Kachins and Buddhist Mons/Shans/Burmese etc AND the NLDS  and political opponents and armed rebel groups_ Whether the SPDC would accept [...]

MIZZIMA:Nine years in prison for attempting to smuggle out letter

By:Than Htike Oo Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A cousin brother of 88 Generation Student Marki, held in prison, was sentenced to nine years in jail by Insein court for trying to smuggle out a letter from prison. Zaw Naing Htwe, met his cousin brother Marki a.k.a. Kyaw Kyaw Htwe during a prison visit nine months [...]

STOP HATRED, STOP TRYING TO DIVIDE; FOR A LONG LASTING PEACE, PROGRESS, AND PROSPERITY

 

Burma Eats Its Young

By : George Packer In a just world, the names Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi would be as well known as Steve Biko and Adam Michnik. These two leaders of Burma’s 88 Generation students, now in their forties, have spent almost their entire adult lives in prison for organizing pro-democracy demonstrations. After a [...]

The trial continues…. here, but the truth would be out on the judgement day in-front of Allah/God

The trial continues…. here, but the truth would be definitely out on the judgement day in-front of Allah/God Migrant workers support group Tenaganita’s Irene Fernandez was charged in 1996 under the Printing Presses and Publications Act (1984) for allegedly publishing false news in a memorandum to the federal government, “Abuse, Torture and Dehumanised Conditions of Migrant Workers [...]

WHY NEVER GIVE PRIORITY TO THE BURMESE MUSLIMS ESPECIALLY PROFESSIONALS FOR THE LEGAL MIGRATION TO MALAYSIA?

    World Refugee Survey 2008 – Malaysia  COMMENT: WHY NEVER GIVE PRIORITY TO THE BURMESE MUSLIMS ESPECIALLY PROFESSIONALS TO LEGALLY MIGRATE TO MALAYSIA? Malaysia government should consider the following upgrading process_  Undocumented migrants- to issue IMM13 Documented, WP/EP holders- to issue Red ICs Red IC holders- to issue Blue ICs

Please do not force the refugees in Malaysia to beg for money or to rob

Please do not force the refugees in Malaysia  to beg for money or to rob   The Right to a Basic Standard of Life in ISLAM Regarding the economic rights, the Holy Quran says: And in their wealth there is acknowledged right for the needy and destitute. (51:19) Anyone who needs help, irrespective of the race, religion [...]

Irrawaddy:88 Generation Activists Given 65 Years

Fourteen leading activists, including five women, from the 88 Generation Students group were each given 65-year sentences on Tuesday morning for their political activities during the monk-led uprising in Burma last year, according to sources close to their families.  The lengthy imprisonments were seen as an indication the Burmese military government was invoking harsher punishments [...]

Mizzima:Court sentenced blogger for over 20 years, poet for two years

By Than Htike Oo Chiang Mai – A court in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison on Monday has sentenced a popular Blogger Nay Phone Latt to over 20 years in prison. Nay Phone Latt, who was arrested on 29 January, on Monday was sentenced by the Insein prison court on three counts including charges under section [...]

Children in Burma: Money for molasses

Barbara L. Salisbury and Betsy Pisik Sunday, November 9, 2008 MANDALAY, Burma | As the sun breaks over the horizon on Mandalay Bay, a little boy with bulging ribs pulls on a pair of too-large shorts and grabs a plastic bowl. A young mother collects 2,200 kyat (a little more than two U.S. dollars) for [...]

Irrawaddy:Win Tin Congratulates Obama, Calls for Regime Change in Burma

By WAI MOE Prominent Burmese opposition leader Win Tin on Monday congratulated the citizens of the United States for electing Barack Obama as president. At the same time, he said that Burma too was in need of “regime change.” Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Monday, the National League for Democracy (NLD) executive member said, “I [...]

Can we Burmese live that dream too?

Can we Burmese live that dream too?    NOV 3 — On July 4th, 1774, a declaration was adopted by the Second Congress of Thirteen States of America, then at war with Great Britain. This was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and it was a formal declaration of independence. The preamble was as follows: When in [...]

‘Sickening’ Film on Plight of Burmese Migrant Fishermen

By Irrawaddy A documentary film showing how Burmese seamen aboard Thai fishing boats are abused, beaten and even murdered is now available for viewing on the Internet. The 10-minute film, titled “Abandoned, not Forgotten,” was released on the official Web site of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITWF), whose General Secretary, David Cockcroft, described it [...]

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