Sham constitution of Burma!

People of Burma had suffered enough since the military government came to power. More than half the decade that Burmese people struggling for freedom.In 1988 ,Current military Junta gunned down the innocent 3000...

Aung San Suu Kyi to be Released, said Burmese Diplomat (Again)

A senior Burmese diplomat said Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's opposition leader, may be released soon. Pro-democracy activists question if Burma's junta will honor the claim, as the repressive regime is known for breaking promises. Campaigners thought the promise as a mean to have...

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) raising awarnesss at Zimfest 2009

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) raised the awareness of Burma at Zimbabwe festival in which thousands of people attended the festival in UK. Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) hold the stall where everyone can get the...

Insult to Injury

When Senator Jim Webb flew to Burma and bartered for the release of John William Yettaw he condoned torture, rape and genocide. Also, Webb offered a hint of legitimization to the criminal regime of Than Shwe....

BURMA: Review of the junta’s 2008 sham constitution is a MUST

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for the international community to pay close attention to what the democratic forces are saying especially the “Shwe-Gone-Dine” declaration by the National League for Democracy (NLD).Aung San Suu Kyi and her party the National League...

Aung San Suu Kyi 64th Birthday Marked by Protests Worldwide

On the day of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday, supporters are protesting around the world against her continued detainment by the Myanmar government. Aung San Suu Kyi turned 64 on Friday, while facing new charges...

Burma Regime Says Aung San Suu Kyi Incident Was Staged

Burma's government said the incident that led to the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi was staged by 'anti-government elements'. The foreign minister stated that a visit to Suu Kyi by a US national was a stunt designed to embarrass the government. Witnesses are continuing to...

Aung San Suu Kyi Faces New Charges in Myanmar Over House Arrest

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning democracy activist and Prime Minister-elect in Myanmar, now faces new charges of violating her house arrest, despite being scheduled to be freed on May 27, 2009. Suu...

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is committed to Aung San Suu Kyi

French first lady, former top model and accomplished musician, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was also his opinion in diplomacy, international relations and women's rights. Wife of the President of the Republic took the pen...

Aung San Suu Kyi Framed

According to the *taxi driver who picked John William Yettaw up at the airport on May 2nd “John did not swim to Aung San Suu Kyi’s home”,  John was dropped off at the gate of Suu Kyi’s home. Then the cabbie witnessed as John showed the guards a red document then was...

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held in Insein jail

Burma's pro-democracy leader and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained at Insein prison in Rangoon and has been charged under section 22 of the State Protection...

SOS : Myo Yan Naung Thein's Health is Deteriorating

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) expressed very seriously concerned and worried over military government denial of giving medical treatment to political prisoner Myo Yan Naung Thein who become paralysed in 2007 as the result of the severe tortured he received during...

UN must press junta to embrace the NLD’s gesture of goodwill

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes the National League for Democracy (NLD)’s Shwegondaing Declaration issued on 29 April 2009. We embrace the NLD’s gesture of goodwill in an effort to resolve the...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Illegally Detained, UN Says

Aung San Suu Kyi, the renowned pro-democracy leader in Myanmar who has been held under house arrest for the past 13 years, is being detained illegally a U.N. ruling revealed Monday.The working group that made the...

Cartoon: Junta's Holy Steps of Democracy

Burma Review's new post: burmareview.org - Cartoon by India's ace young cartoonist Pawan on Burma's recent award of inhuman prison terms to non-violent democracy activists entitled"Junta's Holy Steps of Democracy"

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