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 Obama to 
 Myanmar: 
 Free Suu Kyi 

First direct appeal for pro-democracy leader's release

Nov 15, 09 8:08 AM CST
(AP) - President Barack Obama today abandoned decades of Western avoidance and told Myanmar's prime minister to free opposition leader and fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare face-to-face meeting. The strong message, delivered during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, signals a further thawing in... More »

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diplomacy • Asia • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • ASEAN • military junta • Southeast Asia • President Obama

deja vu

Burmese Junta Says It Will Release Suu Kyi

Junta claims it will spring activist to 'organizer her party'

Nov 9, 09 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Pro-democracy activists are responding skeptically to news that Burma’s ruling junta is considering releasing Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader who has been under house arrest for 14 of the last 20 years. "There is a plan to release her soon so she can organize her party,... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • election • Burma Campaign UK

 US to Engage Burmese Junta 

Clinton announces change in policy, says sanctions will remain

Sep 24, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will directly engage with Burma's military leadership in addition to its current sanctions, Hillary Clinton said yesterday. The secretary of State acknowledged that sanctions alone had failed to change "the lack of democracy in Burma and the authorities’ abysmal record on human rights," and it was... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • human rights • economic sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta

OPINION

Buddhist Monks Are Key to Change in Burma

Diplomatic efforts to 'engage' generals won't lead to democracy

Aug 11, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The extension of Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest today serves as the latest reminder of the injustice at the core of the Burmese government. Past US policy revolves around sanctions, which further isolate the country and drive it into China’s economic embrace. Some congressional figures have called... More »

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democracy • dictatorship • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • Democratic Voice of Burma • military junta

 Suu Kyi Found Guilty 

Myanmar democracy activist gets another 18 months house arrest

Aug 11, 09 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty of violating a security law because an American swam to her house, and will again be placed in house detention for at least another 18 months, Reuters reports. The court handed down a sentence of three years hard labor,... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • John Yettaw • women's issues

 Zelaya Plans Honduras Return 


Jul 24, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya intends to cross from Nicaragua into Honduras today or tomorrow, a move that could land him in prison or worse, the Miami Herald reports. Honduras has stepped up its border security, with interim president Roberto Micheletti promising that the deposed leader will be arrested on sight and... More »

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Nicaragua • Honduras • junta • military junta • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

OAS Issues Ultimatum
to Honduras

President installed by coup says only invasion will depose him

Jul 1, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - If its deposed president isn’t reinstated within 72 hours, Honduras will be kicked out of the Organization of American States, the group’s secretary-general said today, in the latest sign of Manuel Zelaya’s overwhelming international support. Zelaya spoke before the UN yesterday, and the General Assembly voted by... More »

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United Nations • military coup • Honduras • junta • UN General Assembly • military junta • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Jose Miguel Insulza • Roberto Micheletti

(Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi feels no ill will toward the American who infiltrated her home in an act that could land her another 5 years of prison, the AP reports. “Suu Kyi said she bore no grudge against (John) Yettaw or his family,” her lawyer said after a... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • criminal trial • trespassing • John Yettaw

Suu Kyi Denies Breaking
Law in Testimony

She hasn't yet met with her lawyers

May 26, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi took the stand in her own defense today to deny she broke the terms of her house arrest when she allowed an American trespasser to stay overnight, reports the BBC. Some diplomats and local journalists were allowed to attend today's session amid signs the... More »

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Junta Again Boots Media, Diplomats From Suu Kyi Trial

After 1-day reprieve, observers ejected

May 21, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese military regime abruptly reversed a decision yesterday to allow diplomats to visit Aung San Suu Kyi, and once again ejected journalists from the democracy leader's trial. A British envoy allowed into the courtroom yesterday told CNN that Suu Kyi was in good spirits and "extremely in charge... More »

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trial • diplomat • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • John Yettaw

 Suu Kyi Moved 
 to Prison for Trial 

Pro-democracy leader faces charges over Yank's intrusion in home

May 14, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from her home to a Rangoon prison, the BBC reports. The country's military junta plans to put Suu Kyi—who has suffered ill health in recent days—on trial for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest after an... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Rangoon • military junta • John William Yeattaw • Jay-ZTV

UN Calls on Burma Junta to Release Suu Kyi

Rare critical report labels detention illegal under country's laws

Mar 24, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burma's continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi violates both international law and the country's own criminal code, according to a UN report obtained by the AP. The pro-democracy leader has been under house arrest for 13 of last 19 years since her party won a landslide victory in the... More »

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United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta

 Guinea Coup Chiefs 
 Promise Elections 

US, Europe condemn coup

Dec 26, 08 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Rebel army officers who led a revolt in the West African nation of Guinea will meet with foreign diplomats tomorrow to reassure the international community about their future plans, reports BBC. A military junta seized control hours after the death of despotic ruler Lansana Conte. The US, European Union and... More »

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European Union • United States • African Union • military junta • coup d'etat • Guinea • Lansana Conte • Ahmed Tidiane Souare • National Council for Democracy and Development • Moussa Dadis Camara

ANALYSIS

 Suu Kyi's Silence 
 Troubles Followers 

Nobel peace prize winner doing nothing as country slides further into squalor

Nov 11, 08 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi, who’s spent 20 years under house arrest, is an almost sainted symbol of democracy to the people of Burma, the Guardian writes. But since 2003, the Nobel Peace Prize winner has  offered no practical leadership for her party, the National League for Democracy, and has... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • political prisoner • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • military junta

Glossies

Out of the Cyclone, Seeds
of Change in Burma


Aug 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of the ruling junta's efforts to waylay foreign aid following May's Cyclone Nargis, Burmese citizens—including former political prisoners—created a grass-roots relief effort to help the embattled populace. In doing so, writes George Packer in the New Yorker, they may have created the catalyst for long-awaited... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • political prisoner • Burma protest • Democratic Voice of Burma • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

Burma Indicts Dissident Comedian

Leading opposition figure faces prison for aiding cyclone victims

Aug 7, 08 9:54 AM CDT
(AP) - A popular comedian who became one of the most prominent critics of Burma's military government has been formally charged with several political offenses. Zarganar, who had been leading a citizen effort to aid victims of Cyclone Nargis, has been indicted on five counts, including unlawful association and creating public unrest. More »

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cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • dissidents • military junta • Cyclone Nargis • Zarganar

Blocked US Ships Will Abandon Myanmar Aid

Junta refuses aid 15 times

Jun 4, 08 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - US warships laden with aid for Burmese cyclone survivors will sail out of the region tomorrow still carrying their loads, Reuters reports. Burma's military junta has refused 15 requests to allow American forces to deliver aid supplies to the disaster zone, according to the admiral in charge of the operation. More »

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aid • relief • Myanmar • Burma • military junta • disaster zones • warship • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

 Junta Closing Cyclone Shelters 

UN official denounces coerced moves

May 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese junta has reportedly begun closing shelters and telling cyclone victims to return to their decimated villages, a move that drew strong condemnation from a UN official, the BBC reports. Military leaders, apparently worried that the camps will become permanent aid centers, have given victims tents and bamboo poles... More »

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homeless • shelter • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

 Burma Rips 'Chocolate Bar' Aid; US Ships Threaten to Sail

Junta rails on stingy pace of int'l donations

May 29, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burma's military junta ripped international cyclone relief efforts today, slamming demands for access to the disaster zone and proclaiming "The people from Irrawaddy can survive without chocolate bars donated by foreign countries," Reuters reports. The slam comes a day after a US admiral threatened to yank warships from... More »

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cyclone • relief • Myanmar • Burma • military junta • disaster zones • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

Canadians Bully Burmese Junta With... Panties?

Women mail skivvies
to embassy to spook superstitious tyrants

May 28, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - When international pressure fails, try… underwear? Canadian women think they can change the Myanmar junta’s ways by mailing a steady stream of panties to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa, Sify reports. The military dictators apparently harbor a superstitious fear that touching a woman’s undergarment will “rob them... More »

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Canada • protests • Myanmar • Burma • superstition • military junta • underwear

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