Can we elect the ex-military men to rule us again? Tue 16 Mar 2010,By: Min Ko Mon, Moulmein Cit, Mon State, Burma is to hold a new election yet again in 2010. This election is about the military’s po power to rule Burma under the 2008 constitution. The new constitution was approved without public debate or consent in 2008. Can we elect the ex-military...
The 2010 General Election: A discourse on civil and constitutional rights in Burma Mon 15 Feb 2010,Banya Hong Sar, Canberra Governmental elections are the foundation of democracy and government in modern world politics. The foundation of a nation is in its upholding of a constitution that guarantees civil and political rights for its citizens. Each clause of the...
The Students’ Revolutionary Spirit Sat 08 Aug 2009,By Nai Saing (Commentary remembering 8-8-88)
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Demonstrations for democracy, blood on the streets, brutal regimes, gunfire and another generation of military rule – that is what we have had since 1988....
Exploiting the Quintana factor Thu 26 Feb 2009,By Shyamal Sarkar The Burmese military junta has pulled off what seems like another elaborate farce; though 6,313 prisoners were released after a recent six-day visit by the United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana, only a handful were...
Burmese migrants in dire straits post meltdown Mon 08 Dec 2008, Shyamal Sarkar
At the best of times Burmese migrant workers in Thailand and elsewhere are paid poor wages, made to stay long hours at the work site and meted out ill treatment in the hands of employers to name only a few of the indignities they face. Now the...
Burma-Bangladesh "gas war" Wed 12 Nov 2008,Shyamal Sarkar
The unthinkable has happened. Neighbours Burma and Bangladesh, who shared a friendly relation till the other day are today at loggerheads. And that is an understatement given that the two have positioned naval warships and stationed troops along...
UN banging head against bamboo curtain Thu 25 Sep 2008, Shyamal Sarkar
Not many in Burma view the impending visit of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with any degree of hope leave alone fervour. This is simply because his Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari had near dry runs over his last four...
Electoral Dilemmas: Mon 04 Aug 2008,by Ashley South With the referendum process now completed, the Burmese military government
is preparing for elections in 2010. The obviously manipulated nature of the
referendum in May (according to which, over 92% of the population endorsed
the military-drafted...
Caught between the devil and the deep sea Mon 04 Aug 2008,By Shyamal Sarkar Residents in southern Mon state are in a Catch-22 situation. They are caught between the Burmese Army and Mon rebels of the Monland Restoration Party (MRP). While the rebels collect food and tax from the villagers, the troops of the Burmese Army hit...
Making money from death Fri 11 Jul 2008,By Shyamal Sarkar Nothing can be more despicable than making money from the dead. But that is precisely what Burmese junta administrators and a section of police personnel in Mon state did in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, when scores of bodies in various stages of...
Despicable pallor of the junta's skin Thu 19 Jun 2008,By Shyamal Sarkar ugly shades of the brutal face of the Burmese military junta were once more in evidence – stark and frightening in its insensitivity before and in the aftermath of the killer Cyclone Nargis. Here was a clutch of generals ruling an impoverished co...
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Demonstrations for democracy, blood on the streets, brutal regimes, gunfire and another generation of military rule – that is what we have had since 1988....
