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Than Shwe's election labyrinth
Monday, August 23, 2010
HARN LAY / THE IRRAWADDY |
Border Closure Violates Spirit of Asean Free Trade |
| By WILLIAM BOOT |
| Six-week closure of Thai-Burmese border robs both countries of trade, jobs, goods and income, and contravenes the spirit of the new Asean rules on closer economic ties. |
Cyclone Than Shwe Hits Naypyidaw |
| By AUNG ZAW |
| A military purge or a simple change of uniforms? No one yet knows why Than Shwe is uprooting his colleagues. |
88 Generation Leaders Remain Defiant |
| By BA KAUNG |
| Min Ko Naing and other students group leaders say they will not accept the election unless it is all-inclusive and all political prisoners are released. |
EIU: No Chance of Fair Election in Burma |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| In it latest report on Burma, the Economist Intelligence Unit says it sees little likelihood of a free, fair or inclusive election in November. |
Mon Cease-fire Group Says Election Not the Solution |
| By LAWI WENG |
| Without political dialogue, the New Mon State Party vows to fight for ethnic rights and democracy. |
KIO to Hold Congress |
| By LAWI WENG |
| The Kachin cease-fire group will discuss its future role as a political party and a militia, as well as the junta's border guard force proposal. |
Mono-crop Plantations Threaten Tiger Reserve |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| A wealthy Burmese businessmen, Htay Myint, is establishing a massive mono-crop plantation in the world’s largest tiger reserve in the Hugawng Valley in Kachin State in northern Burma. |
Bureaucratic roadblocks by the junta’s electoral watchdog have forced the Union Karen League party ... NDF leader gives up on polls citing bureaucratic obstacles
National Democratic Force party central executive committee member Khin Maung Swe announced ... Burmese refugees suffer scabies in New Delhi
Burmese refugees in New Delhi, India have been suffering from an outbreak of skin diseases since early ... Labour activists released
Two activists who had assisted farmers in central Burma in filing legal proceedings against the seizure of ... Parents forced into USDP in return for polio shots
Parents of children vaccinated against polio in the former Burmese capital have been pressured into ... 
UN aid has ‘limited impact’ in Burma
Report by internal UN Development Programme watchdog paints modest picture of aid efficacy in Burma, particularly in health and education
Southeast Asia rich-poor gap ‘widening’
Discrepancy is 'wide' between rich and poor and could undermine efforts to create a single market and manufacturing base in Southeast Asia
Int’l rights framework ‘meaningless’ for Burma
Hong Kong-based legal group warns that continued human rights rhetoric without action is misleading and will keep Burma 'closed forever'
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