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Burma: Nuclear wannabe
by Daniel Pedersen on Jan.31, 2010, under Frontline Reports, Twitter
Suspicious links to North Korea and high-tech procurements to enigmatic facilities
Institute for Science and International Security
Rangoon, BurmaJanuary 31, 2010
For several years, suspicions have swirled about the nuclear intentions of Burma’s secretive military dictatorship. Burma is cooperating with North Korea on possible nuclear procurements and appears to be misleading overseas suppliers in obtaining top-of-the-line equipment. Certain equipment, which could be used in a nuclear or missile program, went to isolated Burmese manufacturing compounds of unknown purpose. Although evidence does not exist to make a compelling case that Burma is building secret nuclear reactors or fuel cycle facilities, as has been reported, the information does warrant governments and companies taking extreme caution in any dealings with Burma. The military regime’s suspicious links to North Korea, and apparent willingness to illegally procure high technology goods, make a priority convincing the military government to accept greater transparency >>> Nuclear wannabe, suspicious links to North Korea and high-tech procurements to enigmatic facilities
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Poisoned flowers
by Daniel Pedersen on Jan.31, 2010, under Frontline Reports
The impacts of spiralling drug addiction on Palaung women in Burma
The Palaung Women’s Organisation
Northern Shan State, BurmaJanuary 31, 2010
Once renowed throughout Burma as prosperous tea farmers, the Palaung in northern Shan State are increasingly succumbing to high rates of drug addiction. The addiction is devasting Palaung communities, with particularly harsh consequences for women, for whom the addiction of husbands and sons compounds the existing burdens of severe gender discrimition >>> Poisoned flowers
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The gathering storm
by Daniel Pedersen on Jan.31, 2010, under Frontline Reports
Infectious diseases and human rights in Burma
Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
Rangoon, BurmaDecember 12, 2009
Decades of repressive military rule, civil war, corruption, bad governance, isolation, and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have rendered Burma’s1 health care system incapable of responding effectively to endemic and emerging infectious diseases.2 Burma’s major infectious diseases—malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis (TB)—are severe health problems in many areas of the country >>> The gathering storm
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New Year greetings & KNU call for National Unity
by Daniel Pedersen on Jan.03, 2010, under Frontline Reports
Leave a Comment more...Report: Military engagements in KNLA areas
by Daniel Pedersen on Dec.16, 2009, under Frontline Reports, Twitter
Summary report on military engagements in KNLA areas
September 1 to 30, 2009
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Housing, land and property rights in Burma
by Daniel Pedersen on Dec.11, 2009, under Frontline Reports, Twitter
Understanding the present, preparing for the future
Displacement Solutions & The HLP Institute
Geneva, SwitzerlandDecember 12, 2009
The deplorable human rights record of Burma’s military junta has been a key focus of
international attention for many years. The military has ruled the country for half a century, and has presided over a collapse of the economy and of social services.
A combination of deliberate abuse, a general climate of impunity, and out-dated and ineffective social policies all contribute to a fundamental absence of basic human rights in this country of 55 million people.
To date, the bulk of attention has focused on important questions of political prisoners, denial of basic freedoms, forced labour, forced displacement, as well as the other abuses related to the army’s brutal counter-insurgency policies.
However, there are additional types of rights abuses that are not as frequently mentioned, but that have a critical impact on the daily lives of millions of people across Burma. And it is these – housing, land and property (HLP) rights – that form the contents of this important new book.
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SPDC documents reveal fascist regime [English]
by Daniel Pedersen on Nov.30, 2009, under Frontline Reports, Twitter
Leave a Comment more...SPDC documents reveal fascist regime [Burmese]
by Daniel Pedersen on Nov.30, 2009, under Frontline Reports, Twitter
Leave a Comment more...Getting it wrong
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.28, 2009, under Frontline Reports
Leave a Comment more...DKBA, KNU groups hold talks
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.27, 2009, under Frontline Reports
Euro-Burma office election monitor
Mae Sot, ThailandOctober 27, 2009
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NDF statement rejecting SPDC’s 2010 elections
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.15, 2009, under Frontline Reports
The National Democratic Front has issued a statement reaffirming its position of rejecting the SPDC’s 2010 elections which will implement the 2008 Constitution, adopted by force and fraudulent means. The NDF has already declared its total rejection of the SPDC road map. The ethnic political organizations inside of Burma such as the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), the Committee Representing People’s Parliament (CRPP) and other similar organizations have already issued statements rejecting the SPDC 2008 Constitution and the 2010 elections
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NDF website at http://www.ndf-burma.org”
KNU policy on Burma’s 2010 elections
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.15, 2009, under Burma reportage, Frontline Reports, Northern Thailand, The Karen
OFFICE OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
KAREN NATIONAL UNION
KAWTHOOLEI
October15, 2009
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Military engagements in KNLA areas
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.15, 2009, under Battles, Frontline Reports
Summary report
August 1 to 31, 2009
Between KNLA, SPDC and DKBA troops
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Crimes in Burma
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.01, 2009, under Frontline Reports
World’s leading jurists call for investigation into crimes against humanity, war crimes in Burma
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MANew report from Harvard Law School finds that UN documents on Burma provide grounds for investigation into international crimes; calls for more concerted UN action on Burma.
Five of the world’s leading international jurists have commissioned a report from the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, calling for the UN Security Council to act on more than fifteen years of condemnation from other UN bodies on human rights abuses in Burma
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Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School
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