Apr 2, 2009 (DVB), A Burmese refugee family staged hunger strike outside a United Nations office in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka earlier this week in protest against the UN decision…
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U Gambira reportedly on hunger strike
Jan 19, 2009 (DVB), The family of high-profile monk activist U Gambira, who is being detained in Mandalay prison, said they had heard reports the monk had been staging a…
Food shortages drive Chin residents to Mizoram
Sep 17, 2008 (DVB), A man and a woman from Ngafaipee village in Htantalan township, Chin State, died from hunger and exhaustion on Monday after carrying food supplies from India’s…
Daw Suu accepts food deliveries
Sep 16, 2008 (DVB), National League for Democracy spokesperson U Nyan Win said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has begun receiving food deliveries again after refusing to accept supplies for…
Daw Suu agrees to accept food supplies
Sep 15, 2008 (AFP), Burma’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is malnourished after refusing most food supplies for four weeks, her lawyer said on Monday after meeting her…
Conflicting reports over Daw Suu hunger strike rumours
Sep 8, 2008 (DVB), The National League for Democracy and the Burmese regime have offered conflicting responses to rumours that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is staging a hunger strike.…