BIRTH OF A NEW BURMA
January 5, 1948, Monday
The world this week welcomed a new nation into the great global family. Free Burma has broken completely away from the bonds of the British Empire. But unlike our own secession, in 1776, the break was achieved by peaceful negotiation instead of war. Yet by yielding Britain does not lose all in Burma.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D14FD3C59157A93C7A9178AD85F4C8485F9
100,000 AT FUNERAL OF 9 SLAIN BURMESE
April 12, 1948, Monday
RANGOON, Burma, April 11 (AP) -- More than 100,000 persons bowed in homage today before the flag-draped coffins of Gen. U Aung San and eight other Burmese Government leaders who were slain last July. Most of them had been lying in state for nine months in Jubilee Hall.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D11FA345A107A93C0A8178FD85F4C8485F9
JEWISH COLONIES MAN 'BURMA ROAD';
New Settlements Dot Wider Jerusalem Corridor -- One Is Named for Morgenthau
October 28, 1948, Thursday
MORGENTHAU, Palestine, Oct. 27 -- Morgenthau is not yet on the map but its Hebrew equivalent soon will be. It is another Jewish settlement, founded today just inside the "Burma Road" corridor that the Israelis carved through Arab territory from Israel proper to Jerusalem.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2071FFB3E59157A93CAAB178BD95F4C8485F9
Burma, U. S. in Education Pact
December 23, 1947, Tuesday
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D10F83B58147B93C1AB1789D95F438485F9
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
December 15, 1851, Wednesday
Page 4, 1254 words
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04E1DA1738E334BC4D52DFB467838A649FDE
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Reading Interesting Old News
Friday, October 12, 2007
The Security Council remains seized of the matter.
SECURITY COUNCIL DEPLORES VIOLENCE USED AGAINST MYANMAR DEMONSTRATORS, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF EARLY RELEASE FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
Presidential Statement Reaffirms Strong Support
For Recent Good Offices Mission, Early Return to Facilitate Tangible Results
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sc9139.doc.htm
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
To file Law Suit on Than Shwe at International Criminal Court
A group of 88-Generation Students urge all Safaron Revolution Activists around the world (any nationality) to study this case in detail, to draft a well-informed document complaint, and to submit it to the International Criminal Court of the United Nations.
Please volunteer your time and expertise to save 1000s of murders in future and to justify thousands of victims in the past. This is just a part-time job. Full-timers from related NGOs are most welcomed. We are organizing people with good knowledge in international laws, political science, diplomacy, work experience in the UN, or any useful expertise.
PART-1: Analysis and Drafting to submit to Prosecutors of ICC
We need Team-1 to read rules, procedures jurisdiction requirements.
Useful references:-
- Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga1000.doc.htm - Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/prev_genocide/convention.htm - Victims' guide to the International Criminal Court (ebook: 109 pages)
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/guide_CPI_A4_en.pdf
http://www.reseau-damocles.org/IMG/pdf/doc-2255.pdf
PART-2: Reporting on Massive Violation of Laws by Burmese Junta
- We suggest Team-2 to work closely with Team-3, to write a proper report with information collected by Team-3. A long list of violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and existing laws needs to be documented, before forgotten. Witness references (including details such as victims' names, address, brief record, etc.) will be collected by the help of UNHCR and NLD network in Burma. (e.g. Shooting unarmed street demonstrators were simply murder. We need dates, time, place of shooting, evidence photos, estimated death toll, etc.)
- Useful references:-
http://aappb.org/
PART-3: Witness and Reference Collection
- Than Shwe's troops were practicing anarchy, violating so many laws (from UN's international conventions to their existing Burmese laws). We suggest Team-3 to collect any useful evidence on their violation of every article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and witness references (including details such as victims' names, address, brief record, etc.).
- Confirmed evidences of how many victims (or cases) for every article in the UN Declaration of Human Rights are now seriously needed. (This will sum up how many years Than Shwe has to go to jail.) Field interviews and data collection needs to be done. NLD people are willing to help on this.
Please contact burmanow at
.
Attempt to send Than Shwe to International Criminal Court
It is recently reported that a group of democratic activists are trying to find a way to file a law suit at International Criminal Court for this recent genocide committed by the Myanmar military.
Please see this for further information: http://www.un.org/law/icc/
If there are any lawyers out there, the activists need legal help. Please send us at burmanow<<@>>gmail.com.
ICJ (International Court of Justice) is only for arguments between countries.
http://www.icj-cij.org/
Friday, October 5, 2007
UN Security Council Meeting Minutes
SPEED UP MYANMAR RECONCILIATION PROCESS, URGES SECRETARY-GENERAL
AS HIS SPECIAL ADVISER BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT VISIT
- Deeply Concerned over Rights Violations,
- Members Call for End to Repression,
- Immediate Release of Political Prisoners
Full text here.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sc9136.doc.htm
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Restricting Foreign Media in Yangon
Admin: [Mizzima Burmese Breaking News on 4 Oct] Street vendors in Yangon were asked to sign an agreement stating that they would not talk to foreign media. Near Sule Pagoda area, SPDC supports were going around in cars with the pictures of protesters and announcing that they would capture anyone who let those protestants to hide in their houses.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Write to ICRC Yangon to save Dying Monks due to Lack of Medical Treatment
Write to ICRC Yangon to save Dying Monks due to Lack of Medical Treatment.
And then send CC to ICRC head office to push them too.
ICRC Yangon
No. 2 (C) - 5 Dr. Ba Han Lane
Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, 8th Mile
Mayangone Township
YANGON
Tel.: (+951) 662 613 / 664 524
Fax: (+951) 650 117
e-mail: yangon.yan@icrc.org
Head of delegation: Mr CONOD Pierre-André
Languages spoken: French/English
Media contact person: Mr RIBAUX Thierry
Languages spoken: English/French
YANGON
ICRC Head Office (For Asia & Pacific )
Carla HADDAD
Deputy spokesperson
Phone: (+41 22) 730 24 05
Mobile: (+41 79) 217 32 26
mail: chaddad.gva@icrc.org
Rep. of the Mass Murderers
Email him and ask him why he is part of the genocide and he should resign.
H.E Mr Kyaw Tint Swe.
Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative :
Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations
10 East 77th Street, New York NY 10021
Tel:(212) 744-1271/1275/1279
Fax:(212)744-1290
Email: myanmar@un.int , myanmarmission@verizon.net
http://www.un.org/members/missions.shtml#m
http://www.un.org/news/
US$ 200 to be free
MizzimaBurmese reports that those who got arrested by just watching the protests can go free if their homes come and pay a deposit of 200,000 kyats (about US$ 200).
Uncivilized way of Arresting People
T43: Uncivilized way of arresting people by the Burmese barbaric junta:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5mbmgyxdxt1
Brought to you by CNN.
Propose Nobel Peace Prize to Burmese Buddhist Monks
Admin: This is a link to sign petition to propose a Nobel Peace Prize to monks in Myanmar http://www.petitiononline.com/nobel007/petition.html
Call UN Hotlines to Find Missing Persons
Call the UN hotlines in Yangon, to search for missing persons.
(01) 554-597
(01) 554-625
Radio Free Asia hotline:
(001) 202 463 2148
08:13 AM
Admin: Burmese Actor, Kyaw Thu and his wife, have fled to the Thai border area. For details, pls read at this link: http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/2007/10/burmese-film-st.html
08:02 AM
Admin: Yangon's Brigadier General Hla Htay Win & family have been put under house arrest and all of their properties have been confiscated.
The Butcher of Depayin dies
Mizzima reports: Burma's ailing Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win has died at the military hospital in Mingalardon, Rangoon on Tuesday, sources said. Soe Win, who returned to Burma on Monday from a secret medical treatment in Singapore, died at about 5:00 p.m (local time), sources added. The Burmese Prime Minister is known to have been suffering from Leukemia and had secretly received medical treatment in Singapore. Soe Win, who is a Senior General Than Shwe loyalist, is also known as "the Butcher of Depayin" for orchestrating the Depayin massacre in 2003 by ordering mobs to attack on pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's motorcade. Sources said Soe Win will be replaced by Lt-Gen Thein Sein and Tin Aung Myint Oo will be promoted to Thein Sein's position as Secretary-I.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
People who Recently Died during Protests
List of people who died during protests in Burma:
http://aappb.org/died_sept_07.html
11:09 PM
NikNayman: 17 truck loads of prisoners were taken away from Insein GTI. It was dark, and detail of the prisoners is unknown.
10:00 PM
NikNayman: Dictator's lawless troops raided Bahan 3rd-Street tonight at 10pm. Arrested all men between 20 and 70. Only women and children were left.
7:00 PM Gambari met with Than Shwe and ASSK
AP: UN representative Mr.Gambari met with Than Shwe today. However, he also met Suu Kyi for the second time on this trip this afternoon. Diplomats comment that this is some progress. He has left Burma, rushing back to New York en route Singapore. Activist groups estimate that 200 people died and 6000 got arrested.
6:11 PM
Admin: SPDC supporters are informing their friend protesters in their area that the military regime will go around detaining those people at nights.
5:16 PM
Ko Hla: Australia has rejected Myanmar's nomination of an army general as envoy to Canberra in response to the crackdown on Buddhist monks and pro-democracy supporters in the country, the Australian government said on Tuesday. Brigadier-General Thura U Thet Oo Maung, a former member of the Myanmar Army Command, was nominated several months ago to fill the vacant ambassador position at the heavily protected mission near Australia's parliament.
4:00 PM
MizzimaBurmese: Chinese government has issued an order to Buddhist monasteries in the Burma-China border areas, not to accept Burmese Buddhist monks, if they come to stay.
A friendly tip from UN delegation group in NY
A Burmese delegate, who is discreetly democratic, in NewYork, who arrived to NY recently, told one of his buddies that Burmese democratic activists need to understand how to push the UNSC, which button to push to make it work. There is something called "UN diplomacy". There is a lot to understand.
For example, activists needs to understand
- how UNSC authorized UN troops to send to East Timor
- how UNSC may send UN troops without permission of Sudan government, so on.. so on..
http://www.etan.org/et99c/october/24-31/25unsc.htm
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/304770/understanding_the_un_security_council.pdf
3:00 PM
MizzimaBurmese: Recent unconfirmed news mentioned that all government technical colleges will be closed down for a month.
2:00 PM
MizzimaBurmese: Burmese junta has removed barbed-wire barriers around Sule Pagoda, however 250 members of the junta's troops remains in the area.
14:33
Admin: Democratic activists sent out warnings that supporters of military regime are trying to hack into emails, forums and websites. Be warned.
10:45 PM
Admin: Boycotting Junta News - From 8 PM to 8:15 PM every night, when the military-run TV station is broadcasting news, Myanmar people show a sign of silent protest by turning off their TVs and lights in the house.
10:45 PM
Admin: Boycotting Junta News - From 8 PM to 8:15 PM every night, when the military-run TV station is broadcasting news, Myanmar people show a sign of silent protest by turning off their TVs and lights in the house.
1974 Monks and Nuns to send to Bawathit Prison
minzaw: 1974 monks and nuns being arrested at Insein GTI are now scheduled to be sent to Bawathit Prison, Kabaw Valley, Sagaing Division. Details unknown. Activists encourage for possible reporters to keep an aye on all these detention centers. Current satellite images requested.
10:57 AM
Ko Hla: All Light Infantry Division (LID) commanders are detained in NayPyiTaw by Than Shwe. Only battalion commanders are left in the battalions. LID 33 Commander, Brigadier-General Min Zaw and LID 99 Commander, Brigadier-General Hla Tun Ooo are reportedly removed from the post for not accepting his order. The commanders are in favor of restraint while Than Shwe is in favor of opening fire on the protestors.
10:57 AM
Ko Hla: All of the Light Infantry Division (LID) commanders are now detained in NayPyiTaw by Than Shwe. Only battalion commanders are left in the battalions. LID 33 Commander, Brigadier-General Min Zaw and LID 99 Commander, Brigadier-General Hla Tun Ooo are reportedly removed from the post for not accepting his orders. The commanders are in favor of restraint while Than Shwe is in favor of opening fire on the demonstrators.
List of 344 People who were Arrested
NikNayman: List of 344 people being arrested by the forces of tyrant junta. There still are much more not listed yet. Download the Excel file here: http://www.mediafire.com/?24pg4yxnjti
Write to United Nations Information Centre
Mr. Charles Petrie (UNDP Resident Representative)
Director
UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE
6 Natmauk Road
Yangon, Myanmar
Telephone Number : (95-1) 542-910
Fax Number: (95-1) 542-634
E-mail Address : unic.myanmar@undp.org
Dead body of a monk floating in Yangon River
NikNayman: Dead body of a monk floating in Yangon River:
http://niknayman.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post_01.html
8:00 AM
XXX: Junta has ordered all government employees (except guards) to move away from Yangon to Naypyidaw. It also announced that government officials will be considered responsible if their subordinate staffs go on strike.
Monday, October 1, 2007
11:00 AM
There are fewer security forces in downtown, however they are there at almost every main junctions. Roads are open again, and military trucks are patrolling around frequently.
06:20 AM
Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI of Vatican has expressed that he'd like to be close and friendly with the Burmese people, and that he's worriedly watching situation in Myanmar.
Thousand of Deaths said Burmese Colonel
MMedWatch: From The Daily Mail and updated Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed.
The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: 'Many more people have been killed in recent days than you've heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand.'
Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand.
Reports from other exiles along the frontier confirmed that hundreds of monks had simply ' disappeared' as 20,000 troops swarmed around Rangoon yesterday to prevent further demonstrations by religious groups and civilians.
Khin Ohmar, the head of the Thailand-based Asia-Pacific People's Partnership on Burma, said she had heard from witnesses that "more than 100 were shot down at Tam We high school in Rangoon" but the number of deaths could not be confirmed.
A Burmese Colonel seeking Asylum
A Norway media web site reported that a Burmese colonel is now seeking asylum at Norway government. http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=104499
3:00 PM
Admin: Today at around 3pm, on San Pya Road, the soldiers were checking everyone who carried bags and arrested 2 perons, who are in their 20s, though they did not carry any camera/mobile phone.
3:00 PM
Admin: Today at around 3pm, on San Pya Road, the soldiers were checking everyone who carried bags and arrested 2 perons, who are in their 20s, though they did not carry any camera/mobile phone.
3:00 PM Gambari visiting Shan State
Gambari has been visiting Shan State, and at present he is at 105-mile trading centre. He has flew from Yangon to Larshao with a special plane, and from Lashao by helicopter. He will have to go and see the pro-government rallies, arranged as forced participation. 105-mile trading centre is at 7 miles southwest of Muse near China borders.
2:00 PM
Admin: Today at around 2pm, 20 students (youths) were arrested near Sule area. They were locals from 15th South Oakkalar township and went to Sule area (downtown) to demonstrate.
1:45 PM
Today, 11 Thai monks and 45 Thai nationals protested in front of Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok.
1:00 PM
Pro-dictator forces changed their approach. THey are now formed by 3 groups: soldiers, police, and Swanarrshin members. They say that they will arrest if more than 4 people group together.
12:08 PM
A corpse of a dead monk was found in Yangon River.
http://img134.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=08648_Monk_Floating_123_185lo.JPG
12:00 Noon Mandalay
Peaceful demonstrations are scheduled to start at 2:00 PM today. Junta is organizing people to join their site for 3000 kyats per day. Brigade-11 has newly arrived to Mandalay. Now all three (Brigade-33, 11, and police) groups are in stand-by duty positions.
