Truemors
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.... 
created by Burma Democratic Concern | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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Ler Per Her refugee camp attacked by Burmese Army
In the mountainous jungles of the Karen State in eastern Burma, a small village of fragile bamboo huts sits poised on the idyllic banks of the Moei river at the border with Thailand. But the reality is far from...
Tibetans and Burmese refugees in solidarity with Tiananmen
Today, at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, Tibetans and Burmese refugees marked 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre to show solidarity with the Chinese people who are longing for freedom and democracy in China. 
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...
created by Burma Democratic Concern | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Burma's secret schools of dissent
READING, WRITING, MATH? Burmese monks are adopting teaching methods used in secret refugee schools in Thailand, to break out from robotic learning in state schools. " Mae Sot, Thailand; and Rangoon, Burma - Deep...
Bush in Thailand Ahead of Olympics
President Bush has arrived in Thailand ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. The president will also be meeting with Burmese exiles. "Mr. Bush and Mr. Samak are scheduled to have a working dinner in Bangkok Wednesday, the second leg of the president's...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Fifth of Burmese aid cash lost to exchange rate trick
The situation in Burma after getting hit by Cyclone Nargis is back in the headlines. This time, it has much to do with money issues. " International aid agencies helping the victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma are losing as much as a fifth of the money that they...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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38 dead after ferry sinks in Burmese delta
About 38 people are dead after a ferry sank in a river in Burma yesterday afternoon.It sank in Burma's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta."The motorized ship sank in the Yway river in Burma, also known as Myanmar, Tuesday after water entered its stern section, the New Light of...
Activists send female underwear to Burmese embassies
Allrighty then..." Activists exasperated at the failure of diplomacy to apply pressure on Burma's military regime are resorting to a new means of protest against the regime's recent crackdown: sending female...
Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors
As if things couldn`t get any worse for the survivors of the cyclone in Myanmar, now heavy rains are pelting the homelss people waiting for aid to arrive that is already delayed due to political matters. It is... 
Burma is on its own
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorI seriously for a rare time at a loss for words, Burma's misplaced pride after the fall of a hundred thousand of it's dead, pretty much says it all of a country who...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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First US Aid Plane Touches Down in Burma, Government Refuses Help After Cyclone
Amid increasing criticism, the ruling military junta in Burma continues to ignore aid agencies and refuses to fast track visas to allow aid to reach areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. The first US aid flight...
Burmese Name Dropping: "Gee "Who Didn't See That One Coming?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs I mentioned previously in posts, the only reason for Burmas Military Junta to not allow Aid workers to distribute food to the starving masses is one reason and one...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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