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“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...

Regime rides above sanctions – Asia Times

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KH18Ae02.html BANGKOK – Despite some buffeting by the global economic downturn, revenues from gas, oil, hardwood and gemstones continue...

Webb Hints Suu Kyi May Favor Engagement – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddymedia.com/article.php?art_id=16582 BANGKOK—The fallout from US Senator Jim Webb’s controversial engagement with the Burmese junta continues. Today, Webb fuelled speculation...

Severity masks weakness – The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/14/severity-masks-weakness/ BANGKOK – It must be one of literary history’s deep ironies. George Orwell spent some of his formative...

Sentence Suspense in Burma – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=103928 The postponement of a verdict in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi is more likely due to...

Aung San Suu Kyi: Swimming Against the Tide – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=100283 Opposition hero Aung San Suu Kyi is faces five years in jail ahead of elections after visitor hands...