Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Myanmar tells Suu Kyi to halt political activities
YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar's new military-backed government has warned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party to halt all political activities, official media said Wednesday.
The home affairs ministry has written to the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying her party is breaking the law by maintaining party offices, holding meetings and issuing statements, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported.
Myanmar government warns Suu Kyi planned tour could cause riots
(Reuters) - A possible tour of Myanmar by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi could cause riots, state media warned on Wednesday, implying she would be responsible for her own safety.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi is planning her first trip outside the former capital Yangon since she was freed from home detention last year just after elections to end army rule.
The military still effectively controls the government.
"Her followers and supporters are gushing that the icon must keep in touch with the public. They seem willing to exploit the public. They also propagate that the government is responsible for security of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her trip," a commentary in all three official newspapers said.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi is planning her first trip outside the former capital Yangon since she was freed from home detention last year just after elections to end army rule.
The military still effectively controls the government.
"Her followers and supporters are gushing that the icon must keep in touch with the public. They seem willing to exploit the public. They also propagate that the government is responsible for security of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her trip," a commentary in all three official newspapers said.
ပါတီကို ေသြးသစ္ေလာင္းရန္ ေဒၚစု ဆႏၵရွိ
နယူးေဒလီ (မဇၥ်ိမ) (ကိုေပါက္)။ ။ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္အေနျဖင့္ အမ်ဳိးသား ဒီမိုကေရစီ အဖဲြ႔ခ်ဳပ္ NLD ကို လူငယ္မ်ားျဖင့္ ေသြးသစ္ ေလာင္းလိုေၾကာင္း အထက္ျမန္မာျပည္ ျပည္နယ္ႏွင့္ တုိင္း ၇ ခုမွ လူငယ္မ်ားႏွင့္ ေတြ႔ဆံုစဥ္ အဓိကထား ေျပာဆိုခဲ့သည္ဟု ဗဟိုလူငယ္လုပ္ငန္း ေဖာ္ေဆာင္ေရး တာဝန္ခံ (၁) ကိုမ်ဳိးညြန္႔က ေျပာသည္။
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Myanmar deports Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Officials in Myanmar say the military-backed government has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie.
Myanmar deports 'blacklisted' Michelle Yeoh
YANGON — Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh, who plays pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming film, has been deported by army-dominated Myanmar and blacklisted, an official said Tuesday.
Suu Kyi sees Myanmar parallels with Arab Spring
Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:37pm EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said there were "notable similarities" between December's revolution in Tunisia and the 1988 uprising in her own country that led to her original detention by military authorities.
Monday, June 27, 2011
India hedges its bets in Myanmar
By Sudha Ramachandran
BANGALORE - Under fire for its assiduous courting of Myanmar's generals, India appears to be setting in motion a strategy that will see it simultaneously engaging the Myanmarese people. During the recent visit of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to Myanmar, Indian unveiled initiatives aimed at enhancing food security, capacity building, etc - areas that will directly impact on the lives of millions in the country. Besides, in an attempt at an image makeover, it reached out to Aung San Suu Kyi. Though low-key, the meeting between Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Suu Kyi was the first high-level contact with the lead Myanmar's movement for democracy in many years.
Myanmar parliamentarian delegation in Russia on study tour
Jun 26, 2011, 10:29 GMT
Yangon - Myanmar's newly elected House Speaker has led a delegation to Russia to study its parliamentary system as part of a 'capacity building' exercise for the pro-military government.
People's Parliament speaker Shwe Mann led a delegation in a visit to the Russian parliament on Saturday at the invitation of B.V Gryzlov, chairman of the Duma federal assembly of Russian Federation, the New Light of Myanmar reported.
Yangon - Myanmar's newly elected House Speaker has led a delegation to Russia to study its parliamentary system as part of a 'capacity building' exercise for the pro-military government.
People's Parliament speaker Shwe Mann led a delegation in a visit to the Russian parliament on Saturday at the invitation of B.V Gryzlov, chairman of the Duma federal assembly of Russian Federation, the New Light of Myanmar reported.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Kevin Rudd to visit Burma
By THE IRRAWADDY Saturday, June 25, 2011
Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd will visit Burma next week and he will meet Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and government leaders.
During the visit, Mr Rudd will have discussions with members of Burma's new government and opposition figures including Suu Kyi.
During the visit, Mr Rudd will have discussions with members of Burma's new government and opposition figures including Suu Kyi.
US will support UN-backed Myanmar rights prob
Jun 25, 2011
WASHINGTON - THE United States said on Saturday it is prepared to support a UN-backed human rights probe in Myanmar, after opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi urged such an investigation.
WASHINGTON - THE United States said on Saturday it is prepared to support a UN-backed human rights probe in Myanmar, after opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi urged such an investigation.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Russia Is Satisfied With Transition To Civilian Rule In Myanmar
MOSCOW, June 25 (Bernama) -- Russia has expressed its satisfaction with political reforms in Myanmar and the transition to civilian rule, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported.
The Russian Foreign Ministry made these remarks followed meetings and consultations between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin and Deputy Foreign Minister Maung Myint, Vice-President Thihathura Tin Aung Myint Oo, chairman of the Assembly of People's Representatives Thura Swe Mann, as well as with Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin held in Neypido on June 22.
The Russian Foreign Ministry made these remarks followed meetings and consultations between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin and Deputy Foreign Minister Maung Myint, Vice-President Thihathura Tin Aung Myint Oo, chairman of the Assembly of People's Representatives Thura Swe Mann, as well as with Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin held in Neypido on June 22.
Suu Kyi addresses US Congress
WASHINGTON: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week addressed the US Congress for the first time by video.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner used the occasion to ask US lawmakers to support efforts to encourage what she called "the real road to democracy".
Her address was part of a hearing discussing whether Myanmar's recent elections have improved political freedom in the country.
In 2008 Suu Kyi received the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal.
And now, her pre-recorded video message to a House of Representative sub-committee is the first time she has officially addressed the US Congress.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner used the occasion to ask US lawmakers to support efforts to encourage what she called "the real road to democracy".
Her address was part of a hearing discussing whether Myanmar's recent elections have improved political freedom in the country.
In 2008 Suu Kyi received the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal.
And now, her pre-recorded video message to a House of Representative sub-committee is the first time she has officially addressed the US Congress.
Brisbane Times - Suu Kyi to press Rudd on Burma inquiry
Ron Corben June 25, 2011 - 3:29AM
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to press Australia to take a more active role in the setting up of a United Nations commission of inquiry into human rights in Burma, rights groups say.
The call by Ms Suu Kyi is set to take place during talks with Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd during an official visit to Burma next week.
Mr Rudd, who on Friday announced plans to go to Burma, said the visit, the first by an Australian foreign minister since 2002, came at a "critical juncture in Burma's history".He said the trip would allow the Australian government to "assess how it can best support reform and economic development".
Besides meeting with Ms Suu Kyi, Mr Rudd will also meet with "members of the new Burmese government and leaders across the political spectrum".
A new civilian government took over from a military-led regime after general elections last year. But rights groups and analysts say former army leaders remain the main power in the country with the new parliament dominated by military-backed politicians.
Australia was one of the first countries to support calls by the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, for an independent commission into rights abuses in Burma.
Rights groups have accused Burma's military of crimes such as the forced displacement of people, murder, sexual violence including rape and sex trafficking, torture, and the persecution of people based on religious or ethnic identity, among others.
Ms Suu Kyi, during a special message to US lawmakers this week, urged the United States to support setting up of a Commission of Inquiry by the UN into alleged human rights violations in Burma.
Thailand-based Soe Aung, spokesman from the Forum for Democracy in Burma, said this is the message Ms Suu Kyi is set to convey to Mr Rudd during talks.
Establishing such a UN-led commission of inquiry was one of the key factors to bringing about change in Burma, Mr Aung told AAP.
Zetty Brake, a coordinator with Burma Campaign Australia, agreed that Australia had to be more active in the formation of the UN commission.
Ms Brake said Australia should go beyond just supporting the commission, by actively looking to ensure that it is established to look at potential crimes against humanity and war crimes that have been happening in Burma.
She also called on Mr Rudd to press Australian companies investing in Burma to ensure investment funds were not supporting the military regime.
"What Australia can do is to ensure that Australian businesses aren't helping fund the military regime in Burma and that's specifically around the oil and gas industry and the revenues from those industries that do go back into the coffers of the military regime," Ms Brake told AAP.
Australian mining magnate Bill Clough has a $US30 million ($A28.57 million) investment through Twinza Oil Co, exploring oil reserves off Burma's southern coast.
Mr Aung said Mr Rudd should urge the regime "to release all political prisoners, which will pave the way to national reconciliation and the real genuine dialogue".
Burma continues to detain more than 2000 political prisoners.
Mr Aung said Ms Suu Kyi will also call on Australia to press Burma for "genuine dialogue between the military regime and the opposition including the (Suu Kyi's) National League for Democracy".
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to press Australia to take a more active role in the setting up of a United Nations commission of inquiry into human rights in Burma, rights groups say.
The call by Ms Suu Kyi is set to take place during talks with Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd during an official visit to Burma next week.
Mr Rudd, who on Friday announced plans to go to Burma, said the visit, the first by an Australian foreign minister since 2002, came at a "critical juncture in Burma's history".He said the trip would allow the Australian government to "assess how it can best support reform and economic development".
Besides meeting with Ms Suu Kyi, Mr Rudd will also meet with "members of the new Burmese government and leaders across the political spectrum".
A new civilian government took over from a military-led regime after general elections last year. But rights groups and analysts say former army leaders remain the main power in the country with the new parliament dominated by military-backed politicians.
Australia was one of the first countries to support calls by the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, for an independent commission into rights abuses in Burma.
Rights groups have accused Burma's military of crimes such as the forced displacement of people, murder, sexual violence including rape and sex trafficking, torture, and the persecution of people based on religious or ethnic identity, among others.
Ms Suu Kyi, during a special message to US lawmakers this week, urged the United States to support setting up of a Commission of Inquiry by the UN into alleged human rights violations in Burma.
Thailand-based Soe Aung, spokesman from the Forum for Democracy in Burma, said this is the message Ms Suu Kyi is set to convey to Mr Rudd during talks.
Establishing such a UN-led commission of inquiry was one of the key factors to bringing about change in Burma, Mr Aung told AAP.
Zetty Brake, a coordinator with Burma Campaign Australia, agreed that Australia had to be more active in the formation of the UN commission.
Ms Brake said Australia should go beyond just supporting the commission, by actively looking to ensure that it is established to look at potential crimes against humanity and war crimes that have been happening in Burma.
She also called on Mr Rudd to press Australian companies investing in Burma to ensure investment funds were not supporting the military regime.
"What Australia can do is to ensure that Australian businesses aren't helping fund the military regime in Burma and that's specifically around the oil and gas industry and the revenues from those industries that do go back into the coffers of the military regime," Ms Brake told AAP.
Australian mining magnate Bill Clough has a $US30 million ($A28.57 million) investment through Twinza Oil Co, exploring oil reserves off Burma's southern coast.
Mr Aung said Mr Rudd should urge the regime "to release all political prisoners, which will pave the way to national reconciliation and the real genuine dialogue".
Burma continues to detain more than 2000 political prisoners.
Mr Aung said Ms Suu Kyi will also call on Australia to press Burma for "genuine dialogue between the military regime and the opposition including the (Suu Kyi's) National League for Democracy".
Friday, June 24, 2011
Explosions rock three Myanmar cities Click
Japan envoy to meet Suu Kyi, Myanmar government Click
Bomb blasts rattle two Myanmar cities Click
Drop the pretence on Myanmar Click
Myanmar's beautiful game loses its luster Click
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