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The unquenchable fire in Burmese hearts (www.csmonitor.com)

Eleven hundred years and counting. That's the cumulative time in prison sentences given last month to a handful of people expressing political dissent in Burma.

Tags: burma,monks,prison,resistance movement,junta,democracy uprising

Submitted 4 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

Popular Burmese Hip-Hop Singer Gets 6 Years; Leader Monk Gets Another 15 years (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Burma' Jail News: Jailing of monks, musicians and activists.

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Submitted 14 days ago by achitkyithu on Burma | 0 Comments |

Prominent Monk, Others Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences (www.irrawaddy.org)

Ashin Gambira, one of the organizers of a monk-led uprising that captured international headlines last year, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on Tuesday by a special court convened behind closed... More

Tags: burma,monks,sanctions,resistance,prison,crackdown

Submitted 16 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

White House issues press release on Burma (www.whitehouse.gov)

The United States strongly condemns the regime's persistent repression of its people for exercising basic freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We further deplore the... More

Tags: burma,monks,junta,activists,prisons,resistance movement,88 generation

Submitted 16 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

The Joke’s on the Generals (www.irrawaddy.org)

BURMA is under siege and the crackdown on anti-regime monks and activists has intensified, continuing day and night. Yet through it all, the callous, stubborn general remained a figure of fun,... More

Tags: burma,comedians,junta,generals,resistance,monks,humor,88 generation

Submitted 29 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

Pope not averse to visit Burma (www.mizzima.com)

His highness Pope Benedict XVI told the Burmese Archbishop Charles Maung Bo that he is prepared to visit military-ruled Burma if he ever undertakes an Asian tour, reports said.

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Submitted 29 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

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