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27 Jul 2023, 11:06 am
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) between Australia, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam recently became effective in the Philippines. [read post]
16 Jul 2023, 9:30 pm
It is a remarkable, guest-edited collection of articles on Law, Courts, and Constitutions in Twentieth-Century South Asia, four of them published open access.Law, Courts, and Constitutions in Twentieth-Century South AsiaSaumya Saxena, Alastair McClureThe Drafting of the Constitution of the Union of Burma in 1947: Dominion Status, Indo–Burmese Relations, and the Irish ExampleDonal K. [read post]
24 Jun 2023, 3:58 am
Wang Kelian was discovered to be the site of mass graves of people believed to be Rohingyas (an ethnic group) and Bangladeshis who were victims of human trafficking found in the jungles near Wang Burma. [read post]
19 Jun 2023, 7:20 am
” She is also the same woman who was prisoned from 1991 to 1995, from 2000 to 2002, from 2003 to 2010, from 2021 to today [https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/timeline-key-events-in-the-life-of-myanmars-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi.html]. [read post]
31 May 2023, 4:31 am
Certain groups in Iraq, Burma, El Salvador, Ethiopia, and Eritrea are exempted from certain bars and penalties. [read post]
29 May 2023, 7:18 am
As of May 2023, immigrants from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Cameroon, Ukraine, Nepal, Burma/Myanmar, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela are eligible for TPS. [read post]
26 May 2023, 6:15 am
In Congress and in statehouses throughout the United States, lawmakers continue to introduce legislation designed to bar citizens of foreign adversaries from being able to purchase real property. [read post]
24 May 2023, 4:33 pm
There are currently 16 countries that have TPS designations: Afghanistan Burma (Myanmar) Cameroon El Salvador Ethiopia Haiti Honduras Nepal Nicaragua Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Ukraine Venezuela Yemen Who is Eligible for TPS? [read post]
9 May 2023, 5:05 am
In this episode of The Geek in Review Podcast, hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer interview Richard Tromans, founder of Tromans Consulting and artificiallawyer.com. [read post]
3 May 2023, 4:00 am
These include 12 that the State Department designated as CPCs in November 2022: Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan—as well as five additional recommendations: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, Syria, and Vietnam....The 2023 Annual Report also recommends 11 countries for placement on the State Department’s SWL [Special Watch List] based on their governments’ perpetration or toleration of severe… [read post]
12 Apr 2023, 10:01 am
At the time the sanctions were announced, US Treasury officials said that “Burma’s military regime continues to inflict pain and suffering on its own people” and that the US “will continue to deny the military the materiel it uses to commit these atrocities. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 1:24 pm
” The US Department of the Treasury is also issuing sanctions and a Sanctions Alert on Burma jet fuel. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 4:00 am
And together with our partners, the United States stands in solidarity with Muslims who continue to face oppression—including Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China, Rohingya in Burma, and other Muslim communities facing persecution around the world. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 2:44 pm
However, to the extent the Biden Administration has been open to granting TPS to other countries, including Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ukraine and Venezuela, and has extended and redesignated TPS for Burma, Haiti, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria, it may be open to resolving this matter in a way more favorable to the class. [read post]
9 Feb 2023, 2:16 pm
This action follows other recent sanctions actions taken jointly by the U.S. and the U.K. including in the Russia and Burma programs, as well as last year’s multilateral action against the Kinahan Crime Group. [read post]
4 Feb 2023, 4:55 am
Since the coup, security forces in Myanmar, also known as Burma, have detained more than 17,600 pro-democracy activists, human rights defenders and their supporters and killed more than 2,900 civilians, according to the nongovernmental Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.The military has waged indiscriminate ground and air attacks on civilians in villages. [read post]
1 Feb 2023, 5:05 pm
In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken justified the new sanctions, reiterating that the US “will continue to support the pro-democracy movement and its efforts to advance peace and multiparty governance in Burma. [read post]
1 Feb 2023, 11:18 am
On January 31, the State Department announced additional sanctions on MOGE, Myanmar’s Ministry of Energy, the Union Electoral Commission and their Air Force, citing the junta’s “scorched-earth campaign [that] continues to inflict harm and claim the lives of innocent people, fueling a worsening armed conflict within Burma and insecurity beyond its borders. [read post]
30 Jan 2023, 12:43 pm
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma claims that about 17,500 people have been arrested by the regime since the coup, and 2,901 have been killed. [read post]
22 Dec 2022, 10:59 am
The UN Security Council Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the military junta in Myanmar, also known as Burma. [read post]
