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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...

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Sri Lanka: West Appalled by Bloodbath but Action is Scarce

UNITED NATIONS - After the largest reported attack on civilians in Sri Lanka over the weekend, the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Austria condemned the "bloodbath" and appealed for the United Nations Security Council to put the conflict on its agenda....

created by thirukk | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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YouTube Campaign for Burma - Free Aung San Suu Kyi and Other Political Prisoners

Barbara McPherson

Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in poor health'

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi is reported to be in poor health. She has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 for agitating for a return to democratic government. The party that she...

created by Barbara McPherson | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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Myanmar Junta Still Wary of Foreign Help

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Myanmar Junta Still Wary of Foreign Help

According to The News International report on Monday, June 02, nearly a month after a cyclone tore through swathes of Myanmar, residents in this Irrawaddy Delta village are only now getting the plastic sheets and...

created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Monks lead huge protest in Yangon (Myanmar)

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MYANMAR: IT IS A MATTER OF HOURS...

Myanmar Monks Defy Junta Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks defied orders from the military junta to stay out of politics, relaunching mass protests Tuesday in the country's two...

created by astroleni | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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And this is why the children are far ahead.

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The Never-Ending Myanmar Nightmare

"For well over a decade, the military junta in Myanmar has been trying to bring the Karen ethnic minority under its thumb. This year, the offensive has intensified -- magnifying the ongoing refugee disaster in...

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Abuses spawn Myanmar 'Heart of Darkness' - report

One of the many overshadowed, horrific scenarios in the world. Why is this region ignored so much by the media?? Years of civil war and abuse of ethnic minorities in eastern Myanmar by the ruling military junta have left the region more like the grimmest corners of Africa or...