Handcuffed Than Shwe, the Genocide Criminal

Handcuffed Than Shwe, the Genocide Criminal   Than Shwe,                    Why did you arrest the Burmese Muslim leaders? This is the CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY amounting to a GENOCIDE. Do you understand the meaning of  Genocide? Just licking the BOOT of Obama could not erase your sins or AGAINST HUMANITY and GENOCIDE  If you fail to release [...]

Happy Merdeka, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Please use your liberty to promote ours and freedom of Daw Suu

    Happy Merdeka, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad  Please use your liberty to promote ours and freedom of Daw Suu    Merdeka means Independence but we Burmese and especially I have the pleasant memories once we heard the word Merdeka. We even had a “Pavlov” like reaction when we hear this word Merdeka.

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 [...]

Irrawaddy:Junta Orders Major Air Force Base Relocated

By:MINN LWIN The chief Air Force base in Burma, Mingalardon Air Force Base, has been ordered to relocate to Seikpyingone in Meiktila Township in central Burma, according to sources at Mingalardon Air Force Base.  “We got the order in late November to relocate to the new Air Force base from the military office in Naypyidaw,” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Irrawaddy:40 Burmese Dissidents Given Prison Terms of up to 65 Years

By SAW YAN NAING About 40 Burmese dissidents, including Buddhist monks, members of the 88 Generation Students group, a prominent labor activist and individual social activists were given prison sentences of up to 65 years by a court in Rangoon’s Insein Prison today, relatives reported. Fourteen members of the 88 Generation Students group, including Min [...]

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 [...]

AFP:Junta congratulates Obama

                                                                        CHANGE We never believe in YANGON – MYANMAR’S military leader General Than Shwe has sent a formal diplomatic note of congratulation to President-elect Barack Obama, state media reported on Saturday. ‘Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a congratulatory message to the [...]

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 [...]

Country Data Report for MYANMAR, 1996-2007

Country Data Report for MYANMAR, 1996-2007 Apology: Graphics and tables are defective here, so please read original web space linked above.  Relevant links:  www.govindicators.orgwww.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/  The data and research reported here do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent.  The WGI are not used by the [...]