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4 Burma - Post Cyclone Chronicle

As Irrawaddy went to report on Wednesday, June 11th 2008, despite the announcement of a major multilateral operation to determine the scope of cyclone Nargis on Burma, 18 cyclone victims (women and children) were arrested following their call for help at the UN's office in Rangoon. They walked there to complain about not receiving any government assistance.
On May 23rd the UN' Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, met General Than Shwe to secure free access ....

The Perfect Genocide Plan, Part 2

The Perfect Genocide Plan continues.

More than 2 weeks after Cyclone Nargis, Than Shwe and friends have decided to allow its South Asian neighbors to send medical personnel and an assessment team into Burma, in order to appease the continuing international outcry.

Just enough of a concession to avoid being invaded for the mass murder they are in the process of committing.

Burma’s trail of destruction

They have a saying in Burma that if the roof is not sound, the whole house is prone to leaks - and the recent cyclone has blown the country's roof right off, a catastrophe that could reach even greater proportions if the ruling junta keeps resisting foreign help.

Forced labour, sexual assaults continue in Burmese ethnic areas as report documents abuses

A report by CSW documents further abuses and far higher number figure of fatalities in September protests than official figures

Road To Rangoon: Democracy In Myanmar

Despite a military-imposed curfew, Buddhist monks and civilians continue to protest in the Myanmar city of Rangoon against it's country's rulers. Here, a Canadian Buddhist reflects on Myanmar's "best hope for democracy."

Protests Persist in Myanmar, Despite Arrests by Junta

A crackdown by the ruling military junta is failing to stop an apparently spontaneous wave of protests - triggered by a sharp increase in fuel prices, and sustained in part by photos and video transmitted over the Internet.

Burma In Clouds

Burma has one of the world's most odious governments, and accordingly Burmese have watched their standards of living, welfare and general situation decline progressively since the 1950s and 60s. On top of a military dictatorship, the country is wracked by civil war, poverty, corruption and diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS. While this has happened and happens, the world has looked and looks away. I wanted to see and feel it for myself...

Don't Force Democracy in Burma

We incorrectly see Myanmar as a democracy transition problem, sort of a Velvet Revolution gone wrong. But it actually represents a post-conflict challenge, more like Afghanistan or the war-torn societies of sub-Saharan Africa and therefore incredibly complex.

Generals in the Jungle: Junta Withdraws as Burma Suffers

Good read. While Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest, Burma's ruling junta is withdrawing to its new jungle capital and ravaging a country that should by all rights be one of Asia's wealthiest.

Asean gets tough with Burmese junta

After decades of turning a blind eye to the Burmese junta's authoritarian abuses, south-east Asian nations announced today that they could no longer defend the indefensible. "Asean now has reached a stage where it is not possible to defend its member when that member is not making an attempt to cooperate or help itself," Malaysia's foreign minister, Syed Hamid Albar, said in a speech at a conference of Asean legislators.

Myanmar minorities fear being dammed, and damned

The predominantly Christian Karen, who have been fighting for independence for more than 50 years, believe plans by Yangon's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), as the junta calls itself, to dam the Salween river are designed to destroy their jungle homeland and culture. "The dams are one of the weapons the SPDC is using to clear us out," said Nay Tha Blay, 33, of Karen Rivers Watch, a pressure group operating out of a bamboo hut in a secret valley in rebel-held territory near the Salween.

Burma extends Suu Kyi's detention

Ms Suu Kyi's latest period under house arrest expired on Saturday, raising hopes that she would be released. On Friday UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appealed to the head of Burma's military junta to free Ms Suu Kyi. But within hours Burma said Ms Suu Kyi, 60, would remain in detention.

Tutu Presses Rice for U.N. Resolution on Burma

He wants a binding U.N. Security Council resolution calling on the Burmese military junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners and halt a counterinsurgency campaign that is targeting civilians. "The secretary is very, very concerned about the situation in Burma. She said they really want to do all they can," Tutu said in an interview after the meeting. "The situation is deteriorating very, very greatly."

Is Burma the Next Iran?

The United States and its European allies worry that if they simply accept a nuclear Iran, other states will be encouraged to pursue nuclear ambitions of their own. But that ship may already have sailed. As the world watches the twists and turns of Iran's