World focus on Burma (11 July 2009)
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Ban to brief UNSC on Myanmar
Press Trust Of India
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would brief Security Council on his recent visit to Myanmar on Monday, a UN spokeswoman said on Saturday.
UK – PM – G8 press briefing – day two
ISRIA -
We also discussed Burma. I’ve talked to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, this morning. There is a very clear statement being issued about Burma. The Secretary General has my total support. He’s reporting to the Security Council on Monday. We are prepared to consider sanctions against the regime. We must do all we can to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained unfairly and is now on trial.
UK – Delay in trial of Aung San Suu Kyi
ISRIA –
The release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the over 2100 other political prisoners is a pre-requisite to any improvement in relations between the Burmese regime…
Hopes and fears over Suu Kyi trial
BBC News –
The trial of Burma’s pro-democracy leader on charges of breaking the terms of her house arrest has been proceeding in fits and starts at a court inside …
Backstage action at the UN
Irish Times –
To bolster his argument, Ban talks of rushing to Burma (he refers to it as Myanmar as per UN style) after last year’s cyclone to persuade the junta to allow …
Richard Gere backs Burma campaign
İxtanbul –
After seeing Burma VJ, Gere said: “It’s desperately important that people see this film and get involved in the movement to help Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi. …
A round-up of other world news in brief
Irish Times –
(Reuters) RANGOON – The trial of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (64) resumed yesterday, a week after the country’s military rulers ignored a …
WMD on Board
Wall Street Journal –
… runs Burma said the ship would not be welcome. Perhaps the generals feared more bad global PR during the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Suu Kyi trial restarts after Burma snubs plea by UN
Independent – Aung Hla Tun –
The widely condemned trial of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed yesterday, a week after the country’s …
Burma VJ: Breaking the story
Scotsman – Stephen Applebaum –
Little wonder, then, that in Burma (also known as Myanmar), where the military have ruled with an iron fist since 1962, attempts to report the truth outside …
Suu Kyi Stands Trial in Myanmar
findingDulcinea – Liz Colville –
Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a small country in Asia bordered by Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand. A military junta has ruled Myanmar since a military coup …
The Precarious Fate of Myanmar Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Wall Street Journal Blogs – Dionne Searcey –
That’s the fate of Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is charged with violating terms of her house arrest after …
G8 urges release of Aung San Suu Kyi
Mizzima.com –
But the group in a statement reiterated their “call on the Government of Myanmar [Burma] to release all political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Aung San Suu Kyi Trial Witnesses: 22 to 2
Politics Daily –
Secretary Ban’s special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, has visited Burma eight times in three years, most recently to lay the foundation for his boss’ s visit. …
Russia-Burma mine shrouded in secrecy
Blogger News Network –
A military camp was set up on the mountain. in the design and construction in Myanmar of a centre for nuclear research… including a nuclear reactor. …
Burma’s Suu Kyi charged under defunct constitution: trial witness
CBC.ca –
… including the past six, in detention and house arrest without trial for her non-violent promotion of democracy in Burma, also known as Myanmar. …
Aung San Suu Kyi Trial Witnesses: 22 to 2
Politics Daily –
Burmese freedom fighter, democratic leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi went back on “trial” Friday, nearly a month after the ruling military regime …
Defense witness: the law used to charge Aung San Suu Kyi has been …
AsiaNews.it –
In the morning Myanmar papers had reported that the trial had been postponed again till 17 July. But in fact the trial went ahead as scheduled in the …
Former Canadian PM urged to withdraw from Ivanhoe
Mizzima.com –
… Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited (MICCL), with which Ivanhoe has a 50-50 joint venture in a copper mine in Burma, from the US sanctions list. …
Burmese Gem traders throng Kunming Gem Emporium
Mizzima.com – Myo Gyi –
“We are from Myanmar [Burma] Gem Traders’ Association, led by Chairman Tay Za. About 20 traders from different companies attended the emporium,” Mi Mi Nge …
Suu Kyi trial nears end in Myanmar
CNN International -
(CNN) — The trial in Myanmar of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi drew closer to an end Friday with testimony from the last witness and the scheduling …
Misinformation circulated on Suu Kyi’s trial
Mizzima.com –
In the court on Friday, Khin Moe Moe argued that the 1974 Constitution of Burma is no longer effective and that the charges against the Burmese…
Nobel Peace
Suu Kyi Trial Shows Signs of Winding Down
Wall Street Journal –
By A WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed briefly in Yangon, with final arguments set for later in …
Aung San Suu Kyi (File photo)
Voice of America – Daniel Schearf –
After some weeks of delay, the trial of Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has heard testimony from the last of only two allowed defense witnesses. …
Pic of the Day: How Do You Say ‘Hope’ in Burmese?
Flavorwire – Heather Schwedel –
… clearly angling to create his very own cottage industry for iconic images of political figures, today unveiled his portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Mr Ban Ki-moon’s speech must not end just in Rangoon
OpEdNews – Zin Linn –
In addition, Beijing has no desire to allow the Security Council to impose sanctions on Myanmar/Burma. Burma’s seaside provides China with easy access to …
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I think it’s a shame. In this ay and age, we are tolerant of such tyrants who would jail a woman in her house for more tha a decade, she has lived in a prison..i think , she should have never ever gone to trial in the first place, she was already serving a sentence..the men are petty tyrants..they are using her as a symbol..an identity which they have held as a hostage for too long.. I am quite sure that the myanmar leaders are going to have individual experiences and will realise that they are nothing but a bunch of thugs..who would drag a woman from her family and lock her up..it’s not about ideology, IT’S ABOUT BEING A MAN..AND BEING A WOMAN ABUSE..WHICH IS WHAT YOU ALL ARE..AND I HOPE AND PRAY AND PLAY THAT YOUR DAMN COUNTRY DROWNS IN HAIL AND YOU WILL EVER SLEEP AGAIN IN PEACE..IF SHE DIES, YOU ALL DIE!.
Omar Haleem
July 11, 2009 at 5:17 pm