Cables describe Than Shwe culture of fear – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22031 BANGKOK — Amid speculation about a power struggle in Naypyidaw between “reformists” such as Burma’s President Thein Sein...
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Burmese group launches campaign to free jailed reporters – PBS Mediashift
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/05/burmese-media-launch-campaign-to-free-jailed-reporters130.html Hla Hla Win, Sithu Zeya, Maung Maung Zeya, Ngwe Soe Lin and Win Maw are all undercover reporters...
Misplaced US optimism on Burma – Asia Sentinel
http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2883&Itemid=168 BANGKOK – Diplomatic cables by the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon show that American officials were optimistic about dialogue...
Standing Tall or Stepping Down? – ISN
What now for the opposition in Burma after Aung San Suu Kyi’s party refuses to take part in what...