Photos: Activists in Japan and Australia rallied on Int'l HR Day
Source: http://niknayman.blogspot.com/
Highlight
*International Federation for Human Rights and International Trade Union Confederation: Report: Burma’s “Saffron Revolution” is Not Over-Time for the International Community to Act
"...The joint report details four key principles for action and suggests the international community should focus on four main leverage points. The principles stress that Burma should be kept as a top priority on the international agenda; that increasing pressure on the junta now will be useful, not harmful to the reconciliation and democracy process; that the international community should accept “taking responsibility for Burma” rather than sticking to its “wait-and-see” attitude; and that it should implement a two-pronged approach of influencing the regime and encouraging the people by sending clear messages of international support...." Read More »
*APPPB Update: Burma Solidarity Actions on Int'l HR Day
"The world has started to celebrate this year’s International Human Rights Day – December 10. Yet, for the people inside Burma, to join the rest of the world to celebrate this day seems still far to realize. Democracy and human rights activists and Buddhist monks from September protests are still being searched, arrested, detained, and tortured in prisons, or still on the run and in hiding. As you will recall, Aung Zaw Oo, a member of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters, was arrested on Nov 26 in Rangoon, as he was planning for the celebration of International Human Rights Day. We have no doubt that Aung Zaw Oo, the '88 Generation Student leaders and other activists who are in detention will still try to celebrate this very special day in their own way in prisons at the very moment of their basic rights being violated and deprived..." Read More »
News from Burmese Media
Irrawaddy Magazine: Human Rights Day Coincides with UN Secretary-General's Visit to Thailand
Irrawaddy Magazine: UN Approves Budget to Fund Special Envoy to Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: UN Working Group Recommends Child Protection Proposals for Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: UN Secretary-General to Discuss Burma during SE Asia Tour
Mizzima News: Ban Ki-moon asked to initiate concrete steps on Burma on Human Rights Day
Kachin News Group: Burmese in exile demonstrate on Human Rights Day
News from Global Media
VOA: UN Secretary-General Says World Running Out of Patience With Burma's Generals
CNN.com/Asia: U.N. chief warns Myanmar
Business Day: Tutu, elder statesmen denounce rights abuses
Xinhua Online: China-Myanmar border trade fair to promote bilateral trade
FIDH: Burma's "Saffron revolution" is not over
OneWorld: Aung San Suu Kyi's Absence Marks Human Rights Day
Xinhua Online: Myanmar, DPRK outline sectors for re-starting bilateral co-op
Opinion/Other
Mizzima News: Burma's 'Golden Revolution,' the legacy of freedom - May Ng
The Nation: Ban must go to Burma
New Straits Times: OPINION: Force and fear the order of the day in Myanmar - Seth Mydans
Statement/Release
*Anti-Dictotorship People's Freedom Movement: Statement on International Human Rights Day
"...The United Nations’ half-hearted measures and lack of political will or rather specific policy on Burma has culminated in added woes in the country – more people and even Buddhist monks detained, not to mention killed – today..."
*Karen National Union: KNU Statement on SPDC Military Campaign
"The SPDC military clique did not suspend its military offensives even during the rainy season of 2007. It was carrying on its offensives while the Yellow Gold Color Mass Movement, led by the Buddhist monks was taking place, during September 2007..."
No comments:
Post a Comment