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Entries tagged as burmaTuesday, August 11. 2009 burma's junta found another silly excusePosted by rita in culture is ordinaryComments (0) | Trackbacks (0)  because she had 'violated' the terms of her house arrest by letting someone in (IN not out!!!), the burmese junta found a perfect excuse to extend the duration that daw aung san suu kyi isn't allowed out her house. she now faces an extended arrest of another 18 months. they must be shitting bricks that once out she would win the elections. which are scheduled for next year. how jolly good then that she wanted to observe burmese hostility and opened hwe gate for a visitor (an american tourist who had swum onto her premises and is suffering from epileptic seizures and diabetes). because this makes as much sense as saying, 'you are hereby convicted of stealing from the government because you made a personal gift to a friend when you presented him with your own pair of shoes'.more on daw aung san suu kyi's own web page. Thursday, March 19. 2009
Saturday, May 17. 2008 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0) news from burma are appearing now on an almost daily basis. which is a good thing because now the world will not look into the other direction so quickly again as it did after the monks' protests. however, it is still very much unlikely that the world community will bring about very much of a change these days because in order to help the tsunami victims, they have to act cushy around the junta. what a waste of human life.edit: find a dossier from SPIEGELonline here. though the articles appear in german only, you still might find them quite illuminating on the subject of developments in burma over the past 18 years. Friday, May 16. 2008 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0) the burmese junta are out-doing themselves at present with killing their own people.ps. what do you think? should i open a new category under which i group all the entries on the blog that concern burma? Wednesday, May 7. 2008 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (2) | Trackbacks (0)
this is an article in english by SPIEGELonline about the catastrophe that has hit the burmese population and how their political leaders do everything in their power to destroy their own people by looking the other way. Wednesday, April 23. 2008 anna pagnacco toured burma and took a great number of stunningly beautiful. visit her gallery "i dreamt of burma" here. (however, let's not forget: things are plenty tight!)
Monday, March 24. 2008 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0) things are still plenty tight in burma. nonetheless, the burmese monks show open compassion for their tibetan brothers. ko htike has the whole story on his blog.
Wednesday, November 28. 2007 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
please, visit ko htike's blog to read up on the latest developments in burma. Thursday, October 4. 2007 Sunday, September 30. 2007 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0)  according to ko htike's blog, the outgoing internet connections from burma are back up. one witness said there was less fighting goin on in the past two days. however, the junta have begun burning the bodies of protesters shot during the demonstrations. more information can be found here, but be aware that some pictures are quite graphic!
Friday, September 28. 2007 to express their support for the democratic voices of burma, people all over the world have begun wearing red shirts.
Continue reading "red shirts for a democratic burma" Friday, September 28. 2007 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0)  the german blogger charming quark has compiled a helpful list of burmese bloggers. sadly, last night, the junta in burma has capped all internet connections. however, i am going to post the links anyway. the burmese bloggers need all the support they can get now. there are still some ways of leaking information although the situation for news coverage has become unbelievably difficult. the world continues to look towards burma and their fight for basic human rights and democracy.
http://seinkhalote.blogspot.com http://reporterdairy.blogspot.com (burmese) http://mmedwatch.blogspot.com (burmese and english) http://www.irrawaddy.org/protests/BurmaProtests.php#25-13Wednesday, September 26. 2007 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComment (1) | Trackbacks (0)  shots have been fired in burma. this was bound to spin out of control before long. the military has crossed an invisible boundary. even monks have been arrested.
Tuesday, September 25. 2007 Monday, September 24. 2007 random notes off the internetPosted by rita in random notes off the internetComments (0) | Trackbacks (0)  finally! i've been waiting and waiting for days for the english translation of an article on SPIEGELonline. it's about the monks' fight against the military dictaroship in burma, or myanmar, as the country is known today. after long years of oppression, thousands of the holy men have started walking the streets of burma in protest against the dictators who turned the country to ruins."burma the beautiful" used to be the richest asian country by the end of the 19th century. the burmese were a literate and wealthy people, even those on the lower end of the social scale lived in relative comfort and security in comparison to their neighbours. this all was to change when the british empire sent king thebaw and queen supalayat into indian exile. in the following years, burma was stipred of its riches: precious stones as big as apples and entire forests of treak. during WWII the country was ravished and lay in ruins after the war. instead of creating a democracy once the english had left the country, the military took over and expoilted their own people even further. today, burma lies in shambles. the opposition is hunted, jailed or killed. aung san suu kyi has not been able to set foot outside her home for ten years now. last week, articles about the buddhist monks' open protests have started floating around SPIEGELonline. ever since then i have been impatiently waiting for their translation. well, here it is. BAREFOOT AGAINST THE JUNTA: Buddhist Monks Lead Myanmar Protests. ps. if you have not done so yet, please, buy and read amitav gosh's the glass palace. he tells the story of an indian-burmese family from the first night of thebaw's exile to their contemporary lives in india. edit: meanwhile, china shuns chancellor merkel, because she met with the dalai lama. |
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here's a quick update on the goings-on in burma. the military junta have begun pulling their troops together and threaten to take forceful meassures against the protesters. click 
