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Statement on the Current Situation in Burma, and Recommendations to European Governments
Elections held in Burma in November 2010 had no credibility. They did not meet any internationally accepted standards of being free and fair. Vote rigging on behalf of the main political party established by the military […]
• • •European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma (EPCB) Statement on Postelections Situation in Burma and the European Policy
The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma calls on the European Union to recognize that a powerless and rubber stamp Parliament which has been designed by the military dictatorship cannot be a path through which the people of Burma can reach their goal of a democratic and […]
• • •AAPP has Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners Detained with Violent Criminals
AAPP has received reports of violence and abuse in room (3), Ward (1), Insein prison. Ko Khaing Kyaw Moe, a member of the All Arakan Student Youth Congress (AASYC), fears for his life after a criminal prisoner violently attacked a prisoner he is friends with. The attack left the prisoner hospitalised […]
• • •AAPP Concerned About Denial of Family Visits for Sick Political Prisoners
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) is deeply concerned about the ban on family visits for sick political prisoner Daw Htet Htet Oo Wai. She has been placed in solitary confinement and her family have not been allowed to visit her for three months. Daw Htet Htet Oo Wai, a member of the National League for Democracy Party, is currently serving a 5 year sentence in […]
• • •Letter from Burma: Keepers of Conscience
Is the story of Pinocchio still popular with children? It is when such questions arise in my mind that I am made acutely aware of the peculiar gaps in my contact with the outside world. Had I been in constant touch with my grandchildren or even with other people’s grandchildren over the years, I would have known the answers. Fortunately a few days after Pinocchio had floated into my head, I had a meeting with the children of the United States Embassy staff in Rangoon […]
• • •Release over 2200 Political Prisoners NOW!
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners has released a report titled, “Release Over 2200 Political Prisoners NOW!” This report is an effort of 12 groups working inside Burma to promote democracy, human rights and national reconciliation. The 12 groups took a great risk and operated in secret to contribute to the release of this report due to the repressive and highly dangerous environment facing human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists in Burma […]
• • •AAPP Releases Political Prisoner Report on Behalf of 12 Groups Working Inside Burma
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners is releasing the report titled, “Release Over 2200 Political Prisoners NOW!” authored by 12 groups working inside Burma to promote democracy, human rights and national reconciliation. The 12 groups who contributed to this report operate in secret due to the repressive and highly dangerous environment facing human rights defenders and pro-‐democracy activists in Burma […]
• • •United Nations Court Condemns Burma’s Regime For Policy Of Arbitrary Detentions
As Burma’s new Parliament convenes for its first session, today sees the publication of a judgment from a United Nations court in which the court declared that in successive cases before it, the state of Burma had breached its obligations in international law and where citizens had been denied of their rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights […]
• • •AAPP 2010 Annual Report:Political Prisoners in Burma
The Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) today released a report, highlighting the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and the denial of fundamental freedoms faced by the countries pro-democracy activists during 2010 and the devastating consequences of engaging in political activism. ႏိုုင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသားမ်ား ကူညီေစာင့္ေ႐ွာက္ေရးအသင္း (ျမန္မာႏိုုင္ငံ) မွ ၂၀၁၀ ခုုႏွစ္ ႏွစ္ပတ္လည္ အစီရင္ခံစာကိုု ထုုတ္ေဝခဲ့ပါသည္ […]
• • •Repression Continues While Observers Naïvely Seek to “Wait and See”
More than six weeks following the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)’s elections to install a superficially civilian government dominated by the military and its allies, the reality on the ground in Burma has not changed for the better. The military regime continues to wage war against armed ethnic groups, the media, and the democratic forces working for progress. This repressive environment will undoubtedly remain in place as the same regime pursues identical oppressive policies from expensive new parliament buildings. Critics of the elections are asked again and again to “wait and see” before condemning the new parliament, but it begs the question: are the “pragmatic” supporters of the elections simply naïve? […]
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