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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Congress: Renew the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act
World  (tags: BURMA, burma, myanmar, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, HumanRights, government, freedoms, conflict, society, world, news, asia )

Cal
- 1 day ago - secure3.convio.net
While Burma has taken some important steps toward democracy, its military continues to commit widespread human rights abuses -- particularly in Burma's ethnic states. We must encourage forward momentum but we cannot reward violent regimes -- we need to send
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Weaving Handicrafts and Hope for Displaced Women From Burma
World  (tags: world, Burma, freedoms, women, empowerment )

Rose
- 20 days ago - asafeworldforwomen.org
Celebrating 15 Years of Economic Empowerment
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Is Myanmar About to Rejoin the World?
World  (tags: goodnews, government, world, asia, Myanmar, Burma, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', politics, news, GoodNews )

Cal
- 26 days ago - csmonitor.com
One of the three most closed and isolated countries in the world is opening up. The long-repressed Burmese say it's unbelievable - but they want to believe in a new Myanmar.
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GOOD NEWS! Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Wins By-Election: NLD Party
World  (tags: world, asia, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', goodnews, BURMA, burma, GoodNews, humanrights, politics, news )

Cal
- 54 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Burma's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won a by-election for parliament, her party says, after a landmark vote which saw 45 seats contested.
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GOOD NEWS! BURMA---The Triumphal Rise of Aung San Suu Kyi
World  (tags: world, Burma, Myamar, Aung San Suu Kyj, politics, interesting, government, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, freedoms, goodnews, asia, society, news )

Cal
- 56 days ago - spiegel.de
A newfound optimism has infected much of Burma. The government has relaxed controls and might even make room for pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in the cabinet after this Sunday's by-elections
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Burma's Armed Ethnic Minorities Present Agenda for Successful Ceasefire
World  (tags: world, society, Myanmar, Burma, politics, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', asia )

Cal
- 75 days ago - ipsnews.net
Given the recent bout of skirmishes in Karen State and Shan State throughout the month of February, despite the signing of initial ceasefire agreements between these ethnic armed groups and the government, the UNFC reiterated its 'starting points' for any
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BURMA: Dismantling a Dictatorship - Peacefully
World  (tags: world, Burma, Myanmar, democracy, creating democracy, politics, interesting, goodnews, GoodNews, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, news, asia )

Cal
- 123 days ago - ipsnews.net
As he dismantles a 50-year military dictatorship without a shot being fired, Burmese President Thein Sein is resorting to the political art of compromise.
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ENCOURAGING NEWS! US to Exchange Ambassadors With Burma
World  (tags: humanrights, GoodNews, goodnews, Burma, world, politics, usa, news, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, government, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 133 days ago - bbc.co.uk
The announcement came hours after the country's most prominent political dissidents were released from jail. US President Barack Obama described the move as a "substantial step forward".
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Aung San Suu Kyi Foresees Change in Myanmar
World  (tags: world, humanrights, Myanmar, Burma, humans, HumanRights, freedoms, asia, society, politics, news, interesting, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 247 days ago - globalpost.com
Aung San Suu Kyi, foresees "signs of real change very soon" in Myanmar but has urged the world not to take its eye off her country.
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Stand With Aung San Suu Kyi ACTION
World  (tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights )

Nancy
- 329 days ago - avaaz.org
Suu Kyi has bravely called on the military regime to free the thousands of monks and peaceful activists still held in horrific prisons, some in cramped dog cages. Unprecedentedly, thousands of Burmese have risked their own safety to join her call for free
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TAKE ACTION! SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA--Stand With Aung San Suu Kyi
World  (tags: world, Burma, Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, repression, politics, asia, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, HumanRights, freedoms, government, violence, news )

Cal
- 330 days ago - avaaz.org
The future of Aung San Suu Kyi and her amazing movement for democracy in Burma is hanging in the balance this week, and we could make the difference.
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BURMA REFUGEES: Rohingyas Flee Burma By Boat to Thailand
World  (tags: humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', Myanmar, Burma, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', asia, world, interesting, Refugees&Relief, Refugees&Relief, society, politics, government, ethics, conflict, freedoms )

Cal
- 470 days ago - ipsnews.net
Rohingyas, the persecuted Muslim minority from Arakan state in western Burma are now considered Southeast Asia's newest "boat people", fleeing the Burmese military, activists say.The risks the Rohingyas take to escape persecution in Burma, or Myanmar, ha
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WikiLeaks Cables Suggest Burma Is Building Secret Nuclear Sites
World  (tags: world, conflict, Wikileaks, news, asia, Myanmar, Burma, North Korea, humans, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', violence, politics, corruption )

Cal
- 529 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Fears of bomb plan as witnesses tell US embassy that North Koreans are involved with underground facility in jungle
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BURMA Ethnic Rebels Resist Junta's March Toward Final Frontier
World  (tags: world, asia, conflict, Myanmar, Burma, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', government, politics, violence, news, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Cal
- 532 days ago - ipsnews.net
An ongoing clash along the Thai-Burma border, pitting Burmese troops against ethnic insurgents, is raising the spectre of more violence in areas that the Burmese military sees as the final frontier to putting the country under the grip of one army for the
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First Step for Myanmar?
World  (tags: humanrights, government, freedoms, asia, Myanmar, Burma, junta, general elections, views, first step, corrupt and brutal regime, democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, ASEAN )

Naoko
- 559 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
There are two ways to look at the parliamentary elections held Nov.7 in Myanmar, the first such vote in that country in 20 years. The first is that the vote is a cynical exercise designed to provide a veneer of legitimacy to a corrupt and brutal regime.
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