Category - junta

Burma's dictators make propaganda out of suffering

Agencies — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:29:01 +0100

Burma's military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.

Outrage at Burma junta's emergency aid obstruction

staff writers — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:39:54 +0100

Development agencies and United Nations officials are exasperated at the obstructiveness of the Burmese junta toward an international aid effort aimed at bringing desperately needed supplies to victims of the recent cyclone.

Updates on Burma

Simon Barrow — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:06:22 +0100

There is more information coming in all the time.

Burma monks maintain nonviolent resistance in the face of attacks

staff writers — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:50:34 +0100

Thousands of Burmese monks and other protesters have begun a new march with prayers and chants in Rangoon, despite a baton charge by police at the city's holiest shrine. Supporters say the tide of nonviolent resistance must continue.