Category Archives: Human rights
Yellow journalism: all hype and no substance
A reader has just e-mailed me the following post from LAist, a blog specializing on Los Angeles, my hometown. The post “U.S. Media Blames Santa Monica College Professor for Burma … Continue reading
Speechless
Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. When I called her to tell her “Happy Birthday,” she had totally forgotten about her birthday. She was frantic and had been following news in … Continue reading
The clampdown in Burma
I have just returned to my dorm, after going on a bus to a medical appointment. Inside the bus, there was a news clip of the clampdown on protesters in … Continue reading
Interactive map of Burmese economic protests
Anyone curious about the extent of protests against fuel price increases in Burma will find this map, created by the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-BURMA) interesting. The map provides … Continue reading
Continuing Rangoon protests
A compiled map of general locations (sorry about the poor quality of the map; I scanned a small map, which shows a general picture of the Rangoon townships rather than … Continue reading
U.S. sanctions renewal, Burma’s first decade in ASEAN and UN intervention
How interesting. Several important developments regarding Burma today: (1) Burma celebrates its 10th anniversary in ASEAN, (2) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to renew sanctions against Burma, … Continue reading
UC Berkeley report on Burma’s crises
I became aware of a UC Berkeley Human Rights Center report on Burma through Burmanet and found the report, titled “The Gathering Storm” (The Johns Hopkins report is here). I … Continue reading
