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Washington, D.C. A Press Release from FREEDOM NOW Today, Freedom Now released a strongly-worded ruling from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finding that Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained illegally by the military junta in Burma. The Working Group stated: “The unsubstantiated hints of the Government [of Burma] to [Ms. Suu Kyi’s] …
Burma’s brutal military dictatorship today defied calls from the UN, USA, EU and ASEAN to release Aung San Suu Kyi, instead extending her detention under house arrest. Her latest period of detention was due to expire on May 27th. As of today Aung San Suu Kyi has spent a total of 11 years and 213 …
Press Release The Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights Letter Calls on Military Regime to Respond to United Nations (Oslo and New York, May 15th) Today, former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, who is Founder and President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, released a letter that he organized from …
A press release by the Mon Youth Progressive Organization Over half a million city residents, farmers, and fisher folk living at the mouth of the Salween River in Burma stand to lose their major source of drinking water, agricultural productivity, and fish stocks if dams planned upstream go ahead. The report, In the Balance, released today …
Press Release by Women’s League of Chinland Chin women reveal further evidence of state-sanctioned rape in Burma, urge India to stop arming Burma’s junta A new report by the Women’s League of Chinland (WLC), Unsafe State, provides further evidence of state-sanctioned rape by the military regime’s troops, and urges India, where the majority of Chin refugees …
Click here for photo India today faces an international day of protest over its support for Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. Action will be taking place in 16 countries including, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Netherlands, Philippine, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA. In London, a protest will take place from 12:30-1.30pm, …