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BURMA: U.N. Chief Comes Calling with Politics on His Mind
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The return this week of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to military-ruled Burma gives the mission an air of a high-stakes gamble. On the line is the world body’s credibility to make headway in a country where outside pressure to break a political deadlock is frequently ignored by the military junta.
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MALAYSIA: Blacklisted For Not Enforcing Trafficking Laws
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR - After years of lobbying by rights activists and the international community, Malaysia passed an effective and comprehensive law in 2007 against human trafficking with provisions for protection, shelter and return of trafficked person to their home countries.
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BURMA: Jurists Want Security Council to Open War Crimes Probe
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Thanks to support from China and Russia, Burma’s military regime has escaped harsh criticism at the U.N. Security Council. But this diplomatic deal could come under pressure following the release of a report commissioned by leading international jurists, accusing the regime of committing "war crimes."
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ASIA: Parliamentarians Turn Heat on Burma for Suu Kyi Trial
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - In a move reflecting growing anger towards Burma, parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia want the military-ruled country suspended from a 10-member regional bloc for the unjust treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s pro-democracy leader.
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ASIA: Burma Gives ASEAN a Black Eye with Suu Kyi Case
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - By pushing ahead with a sham trial to prosecute the country’s pro-democracy icon, Burma’s military regime appears set to shatter the credibility of the new, rules-based Southeast Asian regional bloc, of which it is a member.
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BURMA: US Citizen Helps Junta to Further Torment Aung San Suu Kyi
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - As if the torment she has endured at the hands of the country’s military regime were not bad enough, Burma’s pro-democracy icon may be condemned to more years of detention due to the foolhardy exploits of an oversized, middle-aged Vietnam War veteran from the United States.
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BURMA: Opposition Balks at Giving Legitimacy to 2010 Polls
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - With the hint of a general election in the air, the largest opposition party in military-ruled Burma is facing a dilemma about its future. Should it or should it not contest the planned poll in 2010?
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RIGHTS-BURMA: Junta Lets UN Continue Helping Muslim Rohingyas
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - For now, the United Nations’ refugee agency has been given breathing room to operate in a western corner of military-ruled Burma, where humanitarian programmes offer some comfort to the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority.
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BURMA: Free Political Prisoners Campaign Picks Up
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - It is a photograph from happier times. Nilar Thein and her husband Kyaw Min Yu look relaxed and free. They both sport warm smiles. Kyaw Min Yu, or ‘Jimmy’, is carrying the couple’s baby daughter.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Leaders Look to UN for Help With Burma
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHA-AM, Thailand - South-east Asian leaders ended a summit here on Sunday by placing greater faith in the United Nations, than their regional bloc in dealing with a member - military-ruled Burma.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Plans for Regional Rights Body Hit Realities
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHA-AM, Thailand - Plans to create a regional human rights body for the ten-nation South-east Asian bloc are threatening to expose the gulf that separates countries that seek to respect political and civil liberties and the notorious violators.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: 'Bali Process' May Address Rohingya Crisis
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHA-AM, Thailand - South-east Asian governments are examining the possibility of using a seven-year-old regional mechanism, known as the ‘’Bali Process,’’ to find an answer to minority Muslim Rohingyas fleeing ethnic cleansing in military-ruled Burma.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Civil Society Edges Deeper Into Regional Summit
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHA-AM, Thailand - In a nod towards greater engagement with people’s organisations, a summit of South-east Asian leaders in this resort town will slightly extend its customary face-to-face with civil society representatives.
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Labour in RSSTwenty years after the uprising, Burma's isolationist military regime continues to brutally stifle the opposition and restrict fundamental rights. The anniversary fell during the Olympic Games in Beijing -- the Chinese government maintains its support for the Burmese Junta. Meanwhile, the long-term effects of the devastating Cyclone Nargis and the bloody crackdown in September on Buddhist monks continue to plague this tormented nation.

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