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11 Dec 2022, 2:45 pm by Howard Friedman
The Presidential Proclamation reads in part:Around the world — from China to Burma, Afghanistan to Iran, Ethiopia to Ukraine, and beyond — courageous people are standing up to abuses of power, staying strong amid threats to their lives, and speaking out against violations of their fundamental freedoms. [read post]
29 Dec 2019, 8:18 am by Howard Friedman
State Department announced it designations for this year of countries which are the worst violators of religious freedom:On December 18, 2019, the Department of State re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 8:30 am by EEM
"Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 12, no. 3 (2014) [contents]- Mix of articles, including "Distress, Coping, and Posttraumatic Growth in Refugees from Burma" and "Factors Influencing the Acculturation of Burmese, Bhutanese, and Iraqi Refugees into American Society: Cross-Cultural Comparisons. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 6:40 am by EEM
Restricting the Freedom of Expression of Tibetan Refugees in Nepal, Thesis (University of Gothenburg, University of Roehampton & University of Tromsø, Spring 2013) [text] Liberian Refugee Women's Personal Narratives on the Effects of War on Motherhood, Dissertation (University of Chicago at Loyola, May 2013) [text] The Noble Sanctuary: Interpreting Islamic Traditions of Asylum in the Contemporary World, Dissertation (University of East London, Sept. 2012) [text] Reading Alien Lips:… [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 8:44 pm by JP Sarmiento
CASE: J-1 Waiver of the Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement, No Objection Statement  NATIONALITY: Burmese  LOCATION: East Lansing, MI Our client came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in September 2012 from Myanmar. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 5:00 am by EEM
"Untold Miseries": Wartime Abuses and Forced Displacement in Burma's Kachin State (Human Rights Watch, March 2012) [text]Tagged Publications. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 6:08 am by Dan
  After that lunch, I started talking about Burma, expecting people to mostly just laugh. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 6:08 am by Dan Harris
After that lunch, I started talking about Burma, expecting people to mostly just laugh. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 4:41 am by Sean Hayes
During a landmark visit to the United States by President Thein Sein of Myanmar to the United Nations General Assembly, the United States Government this week announced it would lift the last remaining sanctions that have been imposed on Myanmar (Burma) which have mostly been in effect since 1990 which adds impetus to the rapid and sweeping progressive reform over the past year of a resource rich albeit impoverished country. [read post]
On September 15, 2016, President Obama announced that U.S. economic sanctions on Myanmar (also known as Burma) would end, but the announcement left many questions as to what would change and what sanctions might remain. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 9:24 am by Kimberly M. Bennett
Approaching the three-year anniversary of the issuance of President Donald Trump’s “Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” on January 31, 2020, Trump added six new countries to the list of affected countries: Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 7:46 am by Miranda Bannister
  Those designated hail from Burma, Pakistan, Libya, Slovakia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and South Sudan, and have committed or presided over a range of human rights abuses in their respective countries. [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 7:46 am by Miranda Bannister
  Those designated hail from Burma, Pakistan, Libya, Slovakia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and South Sudan, and have committed or presided over a range of human rights abuses in their respective countries. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 4:45 pm by EEM
The Effects of Internal Displacement on Host Communities: A Case Study of Suba and Ciudad Bolívar Localities in Bogotá, Colombia (Brookings-LSE Project on International Displacement, Oct. 2011) [text]From Crisis to Community Development: Needs and Assets of Oakland’s Refugees from Burma (Burma Refugee Family Network, Nov. 2011) [text]Most Canadian Refugee Judges Fail Re-Appointment Test (The Asylumist, Nov. 2011) [text]South Africa: "Harsher Regime"… [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 12:00 am
Specifically, the Court held that because Congress had set forth its own legislative framework for dealing with Burma, the U.S. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 12:50 pm by The Editors
  My birthday wish for you and the people of Burma is that all prisoners of conscience still behind bars in Burma are released! [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 12:14 pm
I am sure this award will end tyranny nd bring liberty to Burma. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 8:05 pm by Govind Acharya
” Surely the sense of irony is lost on the victims of human rights in Burma. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 3:13 am
Burma Super Star Inc., Opposition No. 91226465 [Opposition to registration of BURMA SUPERSTAR for: "restaurants; non-alcoholic beverages, namely, carbonated beverages; ginger ale; ginger beer; ginger lemonade; ginger flavored beverages; salad dressing; tea leaf snack bars; coconut rice, namely, cooked rice prepared with coconut milk; tea leaf-based snack foods, namely, tea leaf clusters; tea leaf salads in the nature of vegetable salads; lotus chips in the nature of vegetable… [read post]
20 Dec 2022, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
"Title XXIX contains various provisions relating to access, preservation and protection of Native American cultural and religious sites within land used for bombing ranges and training areas.Section 5576 limits foreign aid funds allocated for Burma, providing that funds may not be made available to "to any individual or organization that has committed a gross violation of human rights or advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups or individuals in Burma. [read post]