democracy in south east asia

Amid Calls for ‘Panglong II,’ Ramos-Horta Offers to Mediate – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20195 As ethnic leaders called for new talks to end Burma’s political standoff, the president of Timor-Leste spoke to...

US’s Burma Policy Seems to be Floundering- The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=19039 Despite the US Senate vote to renew sanctions, America’s Burma policy seems to be floundering as Washington tries...

No textual healing for Thailand – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=119092 Two months after Thailand’s army routed the anti-Government redshirt protest movement from central Bangkok, sixteen provinces including Bangkok...

Mantras, Misperceptions and Mutual Acrimony in Thai MP Debate – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18602 BANGKOK — Despite a comfortable margin of victory in a parliamentary no-confidence vote held on Wednedsay, Thailand’s Prime...

Makeovers and Takeovers in Burma – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888caa0-b3db-1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4&lng=en&id=115893 Burma’s military elites are ditching their uniforms so they can run as civilians in elections scheduled for later...

Amid debate in Burma, US calls for electoral law changes – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18095 An official at the US embassy in Bangkok has said that Burma’s recently announced election law must be...

“Prison is the only place where we can speak freely” – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18077 Sounding resolute and appearing in good spirits, Kyaw Zaw Lwin walked through Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday a free...

Quintana recommends war crimes commission on Burma – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18013 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has recommended that the UN...

Ramos-Horta Launches Burma Petition – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17987 Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta has launched a worldwide petition for democracy in Burma, which also calls for the...

Nobel Laureates Urge Inquiry into Junta Crimes – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17937 After hearing testimony from 12 women who outlined abuses they suffered at the hands of the Burmese army...