Burma

Source: www.cbc.ca --- 30 minutes ago
Washington's efforts to engage the military junta of Burma in dialogue aren't working, a senior U.S. official says, citing the regime's decision to bar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming elections. ...

Source: thegovmonitor.com --- 34 minutes ago
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement expressing Canada’s concern about the new electoral laws promulgated by the Burmese regime: “Canada is deeply concerned by the new election laws unveiled by the Burmese regime this week. While Canada continues to study the new laws carefully as they are promulgated, what [...] ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 5 hours ago
The US calls Burma's new election laws a setback for dialogue, as a UN envoy condemns 'gross' human rights violations. ...

Source: www.radioaustralia.net.au --- 7 hours ago
A senior United Nations official has called for Burma's military to be investigated over allegations of human rights crimes and war crimes against civilians. ...

Source: www.indiatalkies.com --- 8 hours ago
Geneva, Mar. 12 : Ahead of this year's controversial Burmese elections, a senior UN official has called for an inquiry against the country's military rulers into allegations of war crimes perpetrated against Burmese civilians. UN's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has described "a pattern of gross and systematic violation of human rights" which he said has been in place for many years and still continued. Related posts: Myanmar junta hikes salaries ahead of election BJP demands ‘effective measures’ to stop attacks on Indians Myanmar junta chief confirms election to be held this year ...

Source: sanooaung.wordpress.com --- 8 hours ago
Burma VJ: Despite Loss at Oscars, Film A Testament to Courage BANGKOK, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) – It may have not won an Oscar, but its having been a final contender for the prestigious statue at the U.S. Academy Awards on Mar. 7 has taken ‘Burma VJ’ to heights never achieved by previous films depicting the [...] ...

Source: www.myanmarnews.net --- 8 hours ago
Ahead of this year's controversial Burmese elections, a senior UN official has called for an inquiry against the country's military rulers into allegations of war crimes perpetrated against Burmese civilians. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 9 hours ago
PRESIDENT OBAMA took office hoping that constructive diplomacy could yield progress on some of the thorniest foreign-policy challenges facing the United States. Among these was Burma, a Southeast Asian nation of 50 million people that has been misruled into poverty, decline and perpetual warfare by a benighted military dictatorship. Mr. Obama did not abandon economic sanctions against the regime, but he did hold out the prospect of warmer relations if Burma's regime would show some sign of easing up on its people. ...

Source: www.myanmarnews.net --- 9 hours ago
(Mizzima) – The United States on Wednesday said it is ‘deeply disappointed’ with the junta’s electoral law, as it bars detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the more than 2,100 polit... ...

Source: www.myanmarnews.net --- 11 hours ago
(Mizzima) – The U.S. Embassy in Burma has confirmed it is discussing a possible trip to the country by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, who is presently ... ...

Source: www.inspiremagazine.org.uk --- 11 hours ago
A team which has just returned from a fact-finding visit to the Thai-Burmese border heard accounts of forced labour, torture and murder ... ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 13 hours ago
Human rights violations in Burma may amount to crimes against humanity and could warrant a UN inquiry, a UN expert said in a report to be examined next Monday at the Human Rights Council. 'According to consistent reports, the possibility exists that some ...

Source: www.independent.co.uk --- 16 hours ago
For those harbouring any hopes that the military regime in Burma was moving towards some kind of real democracy, this week's announcement of the laws for the forthcoming elections must have come as a rude shock. Under the new rules, no one who is a member of religious order or anyone with a criminal conviction can stand. ...

Source: www.wikio.com --- 21 hours ago
... entail categories of crimes against humanity, or war crimes, under the terms of the statute of the international criminal court ." In this context, Quintana said the UN security council should consider setting up a "commission of inquiry with a specific, fact-finding mandate to address the question of international crimes". The unusually tough assessment came as the... Source : The Guardian ( subscribe ) Explore : Asia , International Justice , Myanmar , Switzerland , World ...

Source: www.guardian.co.uk --- 21 hours ago
Special rapporteur on human rights details 'pattern of gross abuses' as junta unveils restrictive electoral laws A senior UN official has called for Burma's military rulers to be investigated over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated against Burmese civilians, in a move that will sharply increase pressure on the isolated regime ahead of controversial national elections due later this year. In a draft report to the UN Human Rights Council [pdf] in Geneva, Tomás Ojea Quintana, special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, described "a pattern of gross and systematic violation of human rights" which he said has been in place for many years and still continued. "There is an indication that those human rights violations are the result of a state policy that involves authorities in the executive, military and judiciary at all levels," he said. The draft, published on the council's website, goes on: "The possibility exists that some of these [violations] may entail categories of crimes against humanity, or war crimes, under the terms of the statute of the international criminal court." In this context, Quintana said the UN security council should consider setting up a "commission of inquiry with a specific, fact-finding mandate to address the question of international crimes". The unusually tough assessment came as the junta today published a tranche of new electoral laws that restrict the ability of opposition ...

Source: www.beijingnews.net --- 21 hours ago
, and cited abuses around the world - including in Iran, China, Afghanistan and Burma.In the report released Thursday, the department says the Iranian government severely limited citizens' right to pe... ...