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Douglas Alexander Calls on Government to Campaign for Burma Inquiry
Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, has called on the Government to work with other EU members to campaign for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma […]
• • •AAPP Requests the Early Release of Terminally Ill Political Prisoner
AAPP strongly urges the U Thein Sein government the immediate and unconditional release of a critically ill political prisoner. Ko Zaw Lin Tun, a leading member of the All Burma Student Federation Union (ABSFU), is currently suffering from a barrage of grave health conditions, including: tuberculosis […]
• • •Save Irrawaddy, No Dam on Burma’s Vital River:Protest At the Chinese Consulate
The 88 Generation Students’ group in Burma has recently made an action call to help save Irrawaddy. In order to support their call and numerous concerns expressed by many including that of Daw Augn San Suu Kyi, the activists and Burma supporters in the San Francisco Bay Area are organizing this protest […]
• • •Press Statement of Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma
Mingalaba. Good Morning. Let me read a brief prepared statement. I have just completed my first visit to Burma as U.S. Special Representative and Policy Coordinator. I have spent the past five days in intensive consultations with a full spectrum of interlocutors […]
• • •18th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Panel Discussion on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests: Oral Statement Delivered by Ms. Pooja Patel
Thank you, Madam President. FORUM]ASIA welcomes the holding of this important panel discussion which reaffirms the rights of individuals and peoples to publicly express their grievances and aspirations for change. It is our deep concern […]
• • •Commissioner Georgieva discusses ways to step up support for the most vulnerable people in Burma/Myanmar
Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, has just completed a two-day humanitarian mission to Burma/Myanmar. In Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon the Commissioner discussed the challenges of managing disasters and humanitarian problems
• • •World Wide Protest for Hla Hla Win’s Release
The Free Burma VJ campaign on 9 September protested in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok to call for the release of jailed Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) video-journalist (VJ), Hla Hla Win […]
• • •Burma’s Chief Minister of Chin State Orders Forced Labour
The Chief Minister of Burma’s Chin State has ordered forced labour in the capital Hakha, the Chin Human Rights Organization has learned. For the past month civil servants in Hakha have been forced to perform manual labour to clear various areas around the town, including the site of a Union Government guesthouse which is being rebuilt […]
• • •Five Laureates Urge Secretary of State Clinton on Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry on Burma
Five Nobel Peace Prize Laureates – Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, and Wangari Maathai – have sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urging public and unequivocal support […]
• • •Civil Society Groups Call on Asian Governments to Support the Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry for Burma
In letters to their respective governments, civil society groups from Cambodia, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand stressed that: “A Commission of Inquiry would be an impartial investigation to establish the truth about serious international crimes in the country.” […]
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