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17 Aug 2007, 10:00 pm
The lawsuit was originally filed in 1994 by former Drug Enforcement Administration official Richard Horn who alleged that the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency had unlawfully eavesdropped on his communications while he was stationed in Rangoon, Burma. [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]
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 Sep 2014, 12:57 am
Hugo provided an overview of Myanmar’s historical context (including explaining that, in deference to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the British Government calls Myanmar Burma) and current UK government actions to support its development and reintegration with the international community, in particular giving examples of how the UK is working to improve the business environment as a whole by strengthening the Myanmar government’s capacity for economic governance,… [read post]
30 Mar 2021, 8:47 am
With the Biden administration recently adding Venezuela and Burma TPS list, there are now 12 countries and over 400,000 individuals on the list. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 10:57 am
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was ruled by a military dictatorship for decades. [read post]
2 May 2013, 4:00 am
I can remember traveling along the highway and reading the Burma Shave signs. [read post]
24 Dec 2007, 11:44 pm
Anders, as they orbited the moon in 1968 (reading from Genesis), Houston sent this reply:Twas the night before Christmas and way out in space,the Apollo 8 crew had just won the moon race.The headsets were hung by the consoles with care,in hopes that Chris Kraft soon would be there.Frank Borman was nestled all snug in his bed,while visions of REFSMMAT's danced in his head;and Jim Lovell, in his couch, and Anders, in the bay,were racking their brains over a computer display.When out of the DSKY,… [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 12:36 pm
(“ING”) relating to potential liability under various U.S. sanctions against Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Libya, and Sudan. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 1:30 pm
The individuals sanctioned “are all responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, and for repressive decisions and serious human rights violations. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 12:56 pm
Until Ban Ki-moon's appointment in 2006, only one Asian had served as UN Secretary-General, U Thant of Burma (left), who served from 1961 to 1971. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 4:15 am
They are the same nations that were named previously: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 12:42 pm
In Gaza – as well as hundreds of other global human rights hot spots like China and Myanmar (also called Burma), Amnesty International’s work at its core is about people – the people we aim to protect, the people who believe in us and the people who lift our cause up for the world to witness, and act on. [read post]
27 Feb 2010, 8:05 am
Perhaps this 21st Century aggregation says less about "Asia" than it does about our mindset -- about how some in the West seem already resigned to an object status.That resignation may prove premature.The final panelist, Tom Ginsburg, reminded that other such prognostications have fallen flat; for instance, past predictions that Japan, Egypt, even Sri Lanka or Burma, would win dominance. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 5:46 pm
And he pointed his big tripod telescope into space in our backyard, fascinating assembled neighbors with tales of the solar system, and coached the high school chess team to championships, learned to play contract bridge well enough to win tournament trophies and be acclaimed a "master," studied Japanese and Chinese culture and language, became in retirement the head of the China-Burma-India World War II veterans group in Austin, Texas. [read post]
15 May 2008, 12:09 pm
Even in places where the Net barely reaches - places like Burma, North Korea, and Cuba - its influence is beginning to be felt. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 1:01 am
But when we come to the possible sequence of events, the loss of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Peninsula, and Indonesia following, now you begin to talk about areas that not only multiply the disadvantages that you would suffer through loss of materials, sources of materials, but now you are talking really about millions and millions and millions of people. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 7:26 pm
Bangladesh is beginning to industrialize; even Myanmar, or Burma, may possibly follow the road to prosperity through global economic integration that has made East and South Asia growth rates the envy of the world. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 5:00 am
Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for an investigation into the violence allegedly targeting Muslims in a region in Burma last month. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 8:19 am
BriertonStinchcombe: Crown Disclosure of Criminal Evidence Human Rights LawLinda McKay-PanosAge Discrimination in Alberta Human Rights Legislation: New Developments Law and LiteratureRob NormeyOrwell on Law, Order and Corruption in Burma Not-for-Profit Peter BroderRegistered Charity Rights and Privileges The post LawNow Vol. 42-3 Jan/Feb 2018 appeared first on CPLEA.CA. [read post]
