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Minister says he thinks incident involving US citizen John Yettaw was made to intensify international, domestic pressure on military government
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SPECIAL FEATURE
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American in Spotlight at Suu Kyi Trial |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| The middle-aged American man whose nighttime swim to visit Suu Kyi may cost her a chance at freedom came into fuzzy focus as a court in Burma showed a home movie he allegedly shot at her lakeside residence. |
UN Fails to Investigate War Crimes in Burma: Harvard Report |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Potential crimes against humanity and war crimes should be investigated by the United Nations, says a Harvard University report. |
Burmese FM Says Yettaw Visit Part of Opposition Plot |
| By YENI |
| John W Yettaw’s visit to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi was part of a Burmese opposition plot to intensify international pressure on the government, according to Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win. |
EU-China Summit Fails to Agree on Burma Issue |
| By ARKAR MOE |
| China and the EU agree to disagree on a wide range of global and regional issues at EU-China summit in Prague. |
Regime Accused of Trying to Humiliate Suu Kyi |
| By WAI MOE |
| Burmese activists accuse the authorities of trying to humiliate opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by including in the prosecution evidence at her trial personal possessions taken from her home. |
Burmese Soldiers Torture Civilians in Shan State |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| One teenage girl was raped and a villager’s hands were cut off by Burmese soldiers, according to villagers. |
Junta denies framing case against Suu Kyi
Burma's Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, has denied allegations that the regime has framed its case against Aung San Suu Kyi, arguing instead that it was the synchronized foul play of...Time for international action: Suu Kyi’s lawyer
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s international lawyer has said the United Nations Security Council should convene an emergency meeting if the military regime convicts her,...Editorial, Opinion and Analysis
A "Charter 09" for Burma
(Commentary) Last December in China, a potentially revolutionary document began to spread through the web. The work of a group of activists, intellectuals and p...
News updates on 4th day of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial
The special court in Insein prison has fixed the next hearing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s case on May 22, the fifth continuous day since the trial began on...Ethnics draw inspiration from Aung San Suu Kyi
Expressing concern for democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, currently facing trial in Rangoon’s Insein prison, Burma’s ethnic nationalities have said that they look at her as a turning...| France wavers over full EU sanctions on Burma May 22, 2009 (DVB)–France has voiced concerns that the proposed ramping-up of EU sanctions on Burma would hit French oil company Total and therefore a significant proportion of the Burmese population who depend on it for natural gas. - more |
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| Yettaw visit the work of ‘anti-government elements’ May 22, 2009 (DVB)–Burma’s foreign minister has suggested that the visit by John Yettaw to Aung San Suu Kyi was engineered by opposition groups in Burma in order to capitalize on the mounting international pressure on the junta. - more |
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| Sales of state-run newspapers surge during trial May 22, 2009 (DVB)–Government-run newspapers in Burma have reported unusually high sales since the trials of Aung San Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw began on Monday. - more |
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| Burmese journalists restricted in trial reporting May 22, 2009 (DVB)–Burmese journalists reporting on the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi are being prevented from publishing detail other than that already being said in government media, according to a journal editor in Rangoon. - more |
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| Commentary: The brief charade of an open trial Francis Wade |
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| Harvard report claims Burma comparable to Darfur May 21, 2009 (DVB)–Human rights atrocities in Burma are comparable to those of Darfur and Yugoslavia and should be addressed more thoroughly through a UN Security Council commission, said a report by the Harvard Law School. - more |
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| UN chief says to visit Burma 'as soon as possible' May 21, 2009 (AFP)–United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply concerned" by the trial of Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and would visit Burma as soon as possible to urge the junta's chief to release her. - more |
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| Court access for diplomats merely ‘a gesture’ May 21, 2009 (DVB)–Burma opposition party, the National League for Democracy, have said that allowing diplomats to observe Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial was merely a “gesture” and still falls short of making it an open trial. - more |
Rare Access Granted at Trial
2009-05-20
After an international outcry, Burma's ruling generals let diplomats and a handful of reporters into a high-profile trial.
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