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15 May 2009, 2:29 pm
The prison has been described as the “darkest hell-hole in Burma” and houses many of the country’s more than 2,100 political prisoners. [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 4:52 pm
In Burma yesterday, President Obama held a joint news conference (full text) with opposition politician Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 6:46 am
It will be interesting to see whether charges will also be laid pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada) and Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations. [read post]
7 May 2008, 7:03 pm
In order to support the humanitarian relief efforts in Burma (Myanmar) as a result of the devastation left by Cyclone Nargis, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued General License Number 14 under the Burmese Sanctions Regulations. [read post]
7 Oct 2004, 6:44 am
The European Union Thursday threatened a new set of sanctions against Burma - now officially called Myanmar - relating to the state of human rights in the country. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 9:00 am
Human rights - Two recent reports, one by the United Nations and one by the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), have pointed out continuing, serious human rights problems in Burma (Myanmar). [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 4:10 am
There is the Democratic Voice of Burma, a website based in Norway. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 4:53 am
But the future of access to information about Burma, and by people within Burma, looks bleak. [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 12:59 pm
Second, the new license does not authorize the import of rubies or jadeite mined in Burma or articles of jewelry containing rubies or jadeite mined in Burma. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 12:19 pm
Burma's Insein Prision, where Kyaw Zaw Lwin is held. [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 9:42 am
On November 13, 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in Burma (Myanmar). [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 5:35 pm
Members of the opposition to the military junta in Burma have long called for sanctions on foreign investors, most particularly oil and gas companies such as California's Unocal and France's Total, partners in the Yadana pipeline (map at right) and subject of suit under the Alien Tort Claims Act claiming these companies were accomplices to murder, rape and forced labor committed by Myanmar (i.e., junta) military personnel assigned to clear terrain and protect the project from… [read post]
3 Oct 2015, 8:20 pm
The complaint (full text) in Burma Task Force v. [read post]
18 Mar 2018, 3:58 am
The Chinese are now everywhere in Burma, pursuing developments that are all rather land-intensive. [read post]
19 Sep 2012, 8:40 am
Burma’s Hluttaw, or Parliament, passed a new Foreign Direct Investment Law on September 7. [read post]
16 Nov 2010, 10:03 am
According to this article (subscription required) in today’s Wall Street Journal, recently released Burmese human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi may reconsider her position that the international community should continue to impose sanctions on Burma and its current military regime. [read post]
7 May 2008, 7:20 pm
As a follow-up to yesterday's post about OFAC's issuance of a general license to assist relief efforts in Myanmar (Burma), the Treasury Department today issued a press release stating: The U.S. [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 10:02 pm
By Aug. 30, health department questionnaires identified a common exposure among the patients: eating at Burma Superstar on Aug. 16 and 17. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 12:37 pm
The Democratic Voice of Burma reports that Win Naing Kyaw and Thura Kyaw now face execution. [read post]
13 Sep 2013, 3:05 pm
The San Francisco Department of Public Health released an update on Friday to the Burma Superstar E. coli outbreak that occurred around August 16. [read post]
