Dec 6, 2007 (DVB), The Burmese ruling State Peace and Development Council has been named one of the worst violators of housing rights by an international human rights organisation. Since 2002, the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions has nominated three governments or public institutions for its annual Housing Rights Violator Awards who have …
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Activists slam Chinese-backed dam projects
Dec 4, 2007 (DVB), About 30 Burmese ethnic environmental groups and Thai NGOs staged a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate in Chiang Mai yesterday to protest against Chinese-backed dam projects in Burma. The protest was timed to coincide with the launch of a report by the Palaung Youth Network Group exposing the military influence and …
Burmese regime defiant over protests
Dec 4, 2007 (DVB), A Burmese government official played down the importance of the recent protests and said the regime would not include opposition views in the new constitution, in a press conference held yesterday. Government representatives also blamed foreign powers and internal agitators for the public demonstrations staged in Burma in August and September. …
Tourism in Burma down after protests
Dec 3, 2007 (DVB), Tourism industry workers in Burma have noted a significant drop in the number of tourists visiting the country this year following the government's crackdown on protests in September. A hotel manager in Bagan, Mandalay, said that there had been a marked decrease in the number of tourists travelling to Burma compared …
Rights group condemns ongoing repression
Nov 29, 2007 (DVB), Amnesty International has condemned the ongoing arrests of political activists in Burma, two months on from the start of the government's violent crackdown on public demonstrations. In a statement published yesterday, the international human rights group noted that arrests have continued despite assurances given by Burmese prime minister Thein Sein to …
Activist arrested in Rangoon
Nov 27, 2007 (DVB), Aung Zaw Oo, an enthusiastic human rights campaigner and member of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters network, was arrested yesterday in Kyauktada township, Rangoon division. Aung Zaw Oo, who lives in Bokalay township in Irrawaddy division, was detained in a teashop at around 1pm yesterday by two men who were …