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World News tagged with Burma

Ban Ki Moon Demands Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
World  (tags: world, burma, myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, human, rights, political, prisoners, military, junta, Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary-General )

Tom
- 168 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, asked the leader of Burmese junta to release the detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, today but was refused the chance to meet her in an unpromising start to an important two-day visit.
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Burma: UN Chief Denied Suu Kyi Visit
World  (tags: Burma, United Nations Impotence )

Ben
- 168 days ago - irrawaddy.org
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that Burma's junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe rejected his initial request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a rocky start to what he has called "a very tough mission" to win her freedom...
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Hopes and Fears Over Suu Kyi Trial
World  (tags: Government, Burma, Junta, myanmar, military, Suu Kyi, Trial, hope, Govtfearmongering, corruption, lies, dishonesty, conflict, 'HUMAN RIGHTS!', freedoms )

Dee
- 160 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A BBC correspondent in Burma spoke to people about their hopes and fears for Aung San Suu Kyi. Foreign journalists are barred from Burma, so our correspondent must remain anonymous for his own safety.
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Burma: Time to Match Words With Action!
World  (tags: Burma, ASEAN )

Ben
- 119 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Tell ASEAN to match words with actions! Help us send 10,000 postcards to the Thai government by September 1st to urge them to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and thousands of other political prisoners in Burma...
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Burma: Monk Leaders Call for Boycott
World  (tags: Burma, Military Dicktatorship, NO Democracy, NO Human Rights )

Ben
- 114 days ago - irrawaddy.org
Burmese monks across Burma are preparing to launch another boycott of military personnel and their families due to ongoing abuses against Buddhist doctrine and clergy by the ruling military junta...
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Burma: The Story of a Child Soldier
World  (tags: Burma, Child Soldiers )

Ben
- 119 days ago - irrawaddy.org
16 year old Htun Htun Oo, looked relieved and happy when he learned he would be leaving the conflict zone ... He escaped from the Burmese Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 341 in Papun District in northern Karen State in July, making his way through...
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Burma: Suu Kyi Trial Held in 'Climate of Censorship'
World  (tags: Burma, Dicktatorship, Censorship )

Ben
- 170 days ago - english.dvb.no
)-Media watchdogs have condemned the sentencing of a Burmese journalist reporting on the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, and said that coverage of the trial is "very much biased" with reporters subject to intimidation.
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US Campaign for Burma
World  (tags: Burma, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Military Dicktatorship )

Ben
- 168 days ago - uscampaignforburma.org
Free Aung San Suu Kyi! Free ALL political prisoners! Free Burma! Democracy! Free elections! If not NOW - WHEN???
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World Wants Suu Kyi Free!
World  (tags: Burma, Military Dicktatorship, NO Freedom, NO Justice, NO Human Rights )

Ben
- 141 days ago - irrawaddy.org
The international community wants to see Suu Kyi freed to enjoy freedom and liberty like anybody else in the world! Free Aung San Suu Kyi! Free all political prisoners! Free Burma! -If not NOW - WHEN???-
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Sign Petition: Call for the Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar
World  (tags: world, Aung, San, Suu, Kyi, nobel, peace, prize, justice, conscience, health, myanmar, military, junta, arrest, imprisonment, Insein, Prison, burma, human, rights, liberty, oppression, government, crime, politics, UnitedNations )

Tom
- 191 days ago - change.org
Suu Kyi has already spent much of the past 20 years under house arrest. Her prolonged imprisonment in Insein Prison, which has been referred to as the "darkest hell-hole in Burma," could effectively be a death sentence given her declining health.
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Suu Kyi Verdict 'Set for Friday'
World  (tags: government, Burma, Junta, Suu Kyi, trial verdict, Govtfearmongering, cover-up, corruption, dishonesty, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Dee
- 142 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The court presiding over the trial of Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver its verdict on Friday, her lawyer has said.
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Burma: The Dicktators Deliberately Depresses Economy
World  (tags: Burma, Military Dicktators, Absolute control, Corruption )

Ben
- 139 days ago - irrawaddy.org
The biggest sanction on Burma is the Burmese regime itself. The regime's "determined mismanagement" of the country's economy, including its refusal to respect property rights, is the main obstacle to Burma's economic development...
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Burma: Help Justice Defeat Tyranny! (Avaaz Petition)
World  (tags: Burma, Crimes against humanity, United Nations )

Ben
- 111 days ago - avaaz.org
The Burmese Junta have committed thousands of crimes against the Burmese people. With the UK and the US holding the Presidency of the UN Security Council, we have our best chance to get an international inquiry that could lead to the general's arrest...
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Burma: Detention Now 'Worse' for Suu Kyi
World  (tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi )

Ben
- 112 days ago - irrawaddy.org
The conditions of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's detention have gotten "worse" since her conviction this month for violating terms of her previous house arrest, her lawyer said...
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Brown and UN Chief Discuss Burma
World  (tags: government, Burma, Suu Kyi, United Nations, conflict, corruption, freedoms, 'HUMAN RIGHTS!' )

Dee
- 129 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have called Aung San Suu Kyi's conviction in Burma "profoundly disappointing".
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