Tutti i temi: Myanmar

23.11.2007 Kaakkois-Aasian valtioiden yhteistyöjärjestön Aseanin äskettäin allekirjoitettu peruskirja vahvisti linjaa, etteivät muut maat puutu Burman sisäisiin kysymyksiin.

20.11.2007 Burman tilanne syyskuun mielenosoitusten väkivaltaisen tukahduttamisen jälkeen on lukkiutunut. Helsingissä järjestetyssä seminaarissa pohdittiin positiivisen kehityksen mahdollisuuksia.

16.11.2007 Bangkok-based author and photojournalist Thierry Falise documents the September events that rocked Burma and shook the world as the monks went marching on the streets of Rangoon.

16.11.2007 The Human Rights Watch has called for a ban on the import of Burma’s precious stones, saying the trade helps finance its military rulers to stay in power. The country is in deep political turmoil following the military junta crackdown against Buddhist monks and other civil protesters, who are being subject to severe human rights abuses.

15.11.2007 State-run Burmese gemstone companies took in nearly $300 million profit last year, which helped fund the military regime and its human rights violations, said a human rights watchdog, urging wider sanctions than those already imposed by Europe and the United States.
From: Human Rights Watch

15.11.2007 Arvioiden mukaan Burman juntan ja kotiarestissa pidetyn oppositiojohtajan Aung San Suu Kyin väliset neuvottelut tuskin johtavat demokratian edistymiseen Burmassa. Neuvotteluja pidetään juntan taktiikkana vaimentaa kansainvälistä painostusta.

14.11.2007 Burma's detained opposition leader was allowed to meet with her party and negotiate with a junta representative this weekend, in what is largely being seen as a political spectacle unlikely to result in a return to democracy.

09.11.2007 Disappointment that UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari failed to achieve any significant breakthrough during his latest visit to Burma has been voiced by the Burma Campaign UK.

02.11.2007 After more than a month laying low, roughly 100 Burmese monks have taken to the streets to continue their peaceful protest against the country's repressive military regime.

01.11.2007 With a decreasing number of voluntary soldiers, Burmese military recruiters are targeting children as young as 10 for use in warfare. Child soldiers speak out in interviews with Human Rights Watch about being forced into combat by the government.
From: Human Rights Watch