Myanmar Gives Comedian 45-Year Sentence for Cyclone Comments (www.nytimes.com)

The comedian, U Maung Thura, 47, better known by his stage name Zarganar, or the Tweezers, was detained in June after he organized a private assistance effort to help victims of the May cyclone, which... More

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Popular Burmese Hip-Hop Singer Gets 6 Years; Leader Monk Gets Another 15 years (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Burma' Jail News: Jailing of monks, musicians and activists.

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Prominent Monk, Others Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences (www.irrawaddy.org)

Ashin Gambira, one of the organizers of a monk-led uprising that captured international headlines last year, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on Tuesday by a special court convened behind closed... More

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White House issues press release on Burma (www.whitehouse.gov)

The United States strongly condemns the regime's persistent repression of its people for exercising basic freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We further deplore the... More

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Burmese Daze (www.irrawaddy.org)

The decline of opium production in the Golden Triangle masks serious flaws in the effectiveness of drug eradication efforts in the region

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