Media Release from Burma Campaign UKFor Immediate Release Tuesday 4th September 2007Activists in 21 countries are today taking part in a 24 hour hunger strikein solidarity with 41 detained protestors who are on hunger strike in Burma.The detained protestors, now on...
Written by Aung Khaing The Sittwe prison in Arakan state in Burma is a hell hole. Conditions in the prison are appalling and have been deteriorating by the day with prison wardens continuing to torture, maim and kill inmates. Prisoners are used as beasts of...
By Razali IsmailFormer UN Special Envoy Razali Ismail sought to negotiate between the opposition party and the military regime from 2000 until 2005. He recalls his meetings with Burma’s most famous prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi.In early 2006, I resigned as the...
Zin Linn People of Burma were shocked by the sudden death of a 34-year old student leader Thet Wing Aung in Mandalay prison. He had played an active role in the 1988 anti-military demonstrations. Arrested in 1998, Thet Win was 'awarded' a 59-year jail...
Jonathan Head Burma has been ruled by the military for 44 years, but that could be about to change if the lofty goals set by the country's National Convention are met. Delegates to the convention, which has been meeting for most of this month, said...
John Aglionby “As Burma's assembly pushes closer to a final constitution, is the country really on the brink of a new democratic age.” Burma's ruling junta today reconvened its constitution-drafting convention, for what is being billed as one...
