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Election Watch Bulletin #1
It is almost likely that general elections will take place in fall 2010 in Burma. Many political parties, including NLD, Democratic Party, USDA and ethnic organizations, are looking forward to seeing the electoral law, which will set up the criteria for submitting the candidatures. Democratic leaders have publicly expressed positions closed to the NLD Shwegondaing […]
• • •Weekly Political Events Regarding the SPDC’s Election (001/2010)
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments […]
• • •Burma Strengthens Relations with Asean Chair Vietnam
Irrawaddy The Burmese military junta has recently stepped up military, trading and social relations with Vietnam, Asean’s current chair. State-run newspapers ran stories about the relationship over the weekend, highlighting Burmese Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein’s meeting on Jan. 15 with Vietnamese deputy ministers of foreign affairs and defense in Naypyidaw. Few details were given, […]
•AICHR: ASEAN’s journey to human rights
Jakarta Post The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights’ (AICHR) was established at a time when the human rights situation in Southeast Asia has deteriorated, with the recent attacks on churches in Indonesia and Malaysia, the killing of journalists in the Philippines and the jailing of political activists and bloggers in countries such as Myanmar […]
• •Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
This preliminary report of Arakan Rivers Network (ARN) titled Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project highlights the human rights and environmental concerns such as loss of livelihoods, Human Rights abuses, environmental damages etc. over […]
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