Burma

William Hague: UK will reward Burma for further signs of reform | World news | The Guardian

Emerson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:11:43 +0000

The UK will continue to reward further signs of political reform in Burma with closer ties, William Hague has said at the start of the first visit to the country by a British foreign secretary in more than half a century.

Source: William Hague: UK will reward Burma for further signs of reform | World news | The Guardian

Burma photo petition

coureur — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:56:12 +0100

Aung San Suu Kyi Amnesty Birthday Message

SamSam — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:49:13 +0100

BURMA VJ, a film by Anders Østergaard

Noémie — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:45:37 +0000

Armed with videos cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country

Source: BURMA VJ, a film by Anders Østergaard

Radios for Burma

fionamc — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:00:57 +0000

Burma Elections 2010

SamSam — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:34:22 +0000

burma

SamSam — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:32:55 +0000

Burma Elections 2010

SamSam — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:31:03 +0000

CATS students campaign for Burma

mingko — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:47:13 +0100

Amnesty Stirling University - Be Bold, Go Bald for Burma 30.04.10

banjokingbenice — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:34:27 +0100

Amnesty Stirling University - Be Bold, Go Bald for Burma

banjokingbenice — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:12:21 +0100

Glasgow Universities Burma Photo Petition

Glasgow Uni Amnesty — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:05:29 +0100

Graffiti art event at the Edinburgh festival

MaryAlex — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:44:32 +0100

Live graffiti art event at Edinburgh

MaryAlex — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:58:58 +0100

It's a funny old game: comedians take on critics at festival football

fionamc — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:00:09 +0100

In support of Amnesty International's campaign to free imprisoned Burmese comic Zarganar, critics and comedians gathered at Edinburgh's Meadowbank stadium for a football showdown.

Source: It's a funny old game: comedians take on critics at festival football

Keep making noise about Burma

SamSam — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:48:10 +0100

In this article for The Guardian, former Foreign Secretary David Miliband argues that the international community must maintain pressure on the Burmese junta if basic human rights are to be restored there.

Source: Keep making noise about Burma

Comedians vs. Critics: The Match

fionamc — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:39:01 +0100

Urban art at the Edinburgh Festival

MaryAlex — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:36:12 +0100

Break the silence, Buy radios for Burma

SamSam — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:41:24 +0100

Journalism under Threat - Burma

MaryAlex — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:27:41 +0100

Amnesty's Special Award for Journalism Under Threat goes to...

cat — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:56:32 +0100

Human Rights in Burma

juliaringler — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:16:24 +0100

Simon goes on a perilous covert journey into Burma, where western journalists are banned.

Biggs — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:22:01 +0100

Filming for Tropic of Cancer, presenter Simon Reeve and a two man BBC crew became some of the first western journalists to have visited the area. Risking capture and arrest at the hands of the Burmese army, who have around 50 bases in Chin State, they trekked through the jungle to a remote village where many people had never seen westerners before. “It was an extraordinary journey,” said Reeve. “The villagers I met gave me horrifying accounts of the abuses they suffer at the hands of Burmese troops.”

Source: Simon goes on a perilous covert journey into Burma, where western journalists are banned.

Burma looks bleak as the National League for Democracy decides not to stand

SamSam — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:29:03 +0100

The decision by the National League for Democracy (NLD) not to stand in this year’s elections in Burma is not unexpected.

Ever since the ruling military junta passed the constitution two years ago, the party led by Aung San Suu Kyi has been trapped between a rock and a hard place. The new election laws passed just a few weeks ago appear to have been the final straw.

Source: Burma looks bleak as the National League for Democracy decides not to stand

UK backs move to refer Burma's leaders to war crimes tribunal

DrPot — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:52:29 +0000

Britain is backing moves to refer Burma's military leaders to the international criminal court for investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move is part of a heightened campaign to force the junta to embrace genuine democratic reforms, diplomatic and government sources told the Guardian today.

In a tough démarche that will increase pressure on the isolated regime ahead of planned elections this autumn, Britain's ambassador to the UN said the UK supported a recommendation by the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma that The Hague-based international court opens a war crimes investigation.

Source: UK backs move to refer Burma's leaders to war crimes tribunal

UN calls for war crimes investigation in Burma

DrPot — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:07:18 +0000

A senior UN official has called for Burma's military rulers to be investigated over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated against Burmese civilians, in a move that will sharply increase pressure on the isolated regime ahead of controversial national elections due later this year.
In a draft report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Tomás Ojea Quintana, special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, described "a pattern of gross and systematic violation of human rights" <snip>
"There is an indication that those human rights violations are the result of a state policy that involves authorities in the executive, military and judiciary at all levels," he said.

Source: UN calls for war crimes investigation in Burma

Burma law formally bars Aung San Suu Kyi from election

DrPot — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:27 +0000

Burma has issued a law which will bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in planned elections and could force her party to expel her.
The new law prohibits anyone with a criminal conviction from belonging to a political party.
Ms Suu Kyi has been detained on various charges for most of the past 20 years, after winning the last polls in 1990.
She was already excluded from political office by a constitutional bar on people with foreign spouses.

Source: Burma law formally bars Aung San Suu Kyi from election

Burma rulers to 'hand-pick' election commission

DrPot — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:40 +0000

The first details of Burma's newly enacted election laws have been published in state-controlled media.
Burma's military government announced on Monday that the long awaited laws had been passed - a crucial step.
No date for the poll has been set, but the ruling generals have promised that it will be sometime this year.

Source: Burma rulers to 'hand-pick' election commission

Internet access is 'a fundamental right'

DrPot — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:37:54 +0000

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide.
Countries such as Finland and Estonia have already ruled that access is a human right for their citizens.
International bodies such as the UN are also pushing for universal net access.
"The right to communicate cannot be ignored," Dr Hamadoun Toure, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), told BBC News.

Source: Internet access is 'a fundamental right'

Test Video

SamSam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:50:05 +0000