AAPPB Media Statement
on Nov 7, 2009Media Statement - for immediate release November 7, 2009 Political Prisoner Ma Ni Mo Hlaing in critical condition The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learned that Ma Ni Mo Hlaing, who is currently being held in Thayet pr...

Getting to Know Burma's Ruling General
on Nov 1, 2009By Andrew Marshall Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 (TIME)Among Manchester United Football Club's 300 million or so supporters worldwide are two Burmese men whose love of the game spans generations. One is a stout, bespectacled, betel nut — chewing septuagena...

AIPMC Statement on 15th ASEAN Summit in Hua Hin, Thailand
on Oct 25, 200924 October 2009 The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) calls on the ASEAN leaders attending the 15th ASEAN Summit in Hua Hin, Thailand to employ the ASEAN Charter to address the on-going human rights violations and lack of democratic r...

Real life in focus
on Oct 20, 2009Desperate measures: Greg Constantine took this picutre of a 22-year-old Mon refugee crouching in thick undergrowth to try and evade a raid.Making do: A photograph by Simon Wheatley showing Burmese refugees in an apartment in the Pudu neighborhood.By...

WILL ASEAN FAIL TO CONFRONT THE SPDC, AGAIN?
on Oct 16, 2009Altsean Burma With its new Charter, ASEAN now has the necessary tools to insist on democratic reform and national reconciliation in Burma. However, since the 14th ASEAN Summit in February 2009, the SPDC’s relations with ASEAN and the international...

WILL ASEAN FAIL TO CONFRONT THE SPDC, AGAIN?
on Oct 16, 2009Altsean Burma With its new Charter, ASEAN now has the necessary tools to insist on democratic reform and national reconciliation in Burma. However, since the 14th ASEAN Summit in February 2009, the SPDC’s relations with ASEAN and the international...

Sudan and Burma agree to boost relations
on Oct 16, 2009October 12, 2009 (YANGON) — Sudan and Myanmar (also known as Burma) agreed to boost bilateral relations and to foster international cooperation s well as economic exchange the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.Myanmar is the l...

Sudan and Burma agree to boost relations
on Oct 16, 2009October 12, 2009 (YANGON) — Sudan and Myanmar (also known as Burma) agreed to boost bilateral relations and to foster international cooperation s well as economic exchange the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.Myanmar is the l...

Many Burmese Monks Arrested
on Oct 15, 2009A Burmese Buddhist Monk makes a protest to 'Free Burma' during the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in May in Cannes, France. (Photo: Getty Images)By THE IRRAWADDY Thursday, October 15, 2009 At least 30 monks were arrested in Burma in September and Octob...

Elderly Face Lonely Challenges
on Oct 15, 2009A woman walks down a dirt road near Laputta Township in Irrawaddy delta. Cyclone Nargis, the worst natural disaster recorded in Burma's history, slammed into it's delta in May, 2008, killing more then 130,000 people and leaving 2.4 million destitute.