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• Democracy, freedom in Asia under threat

  Published: September 22, 2007, 2:04 am

  Tags: Cross Border, Human Rights, In The News, Anwar Ibrahim, Asia, Authoritarian Regimes, Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, Military Junta, People Power, Philippines

  (This post was written with Philip Ney, a Canadian post-graduate student currently working on his internship at the PCIJ.) YESTERDAY marked the 35th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in the country that ushered in 14 brutal years of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1986, the Marcoses were toppled by a people power uprising on [...]

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• The Dictatorship of Dictatorships

  Published: October 5, 2007, 4:58 pm

  Tags: Military Junta, China, Dictatorship, Burma

  15-member body because the junta's crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners was an internal affair.U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari met U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday after a four-day visit to Myanmar in which he secured the junta's agreement to meet pro-democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi. But military leader Than Shwe set conditions for

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• Bush Sets New Sanctions Against Burmese Military Junta

  Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Sets, New, Sanctions, Against, Burmese, Military, Junta, Laura Bush, Myanmar, Derek Mitchell, Dick Durbin, United States, Yangon, China, India, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ban Ki Moon, Condoleezza Rice, George W Bush, Ibrahim Gambari, Joseph Biden, The White House, Center For Strat

  President Bush yesterday ratcheted up pressure on the military junta in Burma in response to its violent crackdown on democracy protests, imposing a new round of sanctions and calling on China, India and other regional powers to help force the ruling generals to "stop their vicious persecution."

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• Deceit, reprisal stalk referendum in Burma

  Published: May 11, 2008, 2:49 am

  Tags: Cross Border, In The News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Constitution, Military Junta, Nagris, Referendum

  10 a referendum on the military-sponsored constitution that was hailed as a democratic step to a possible change of government leaders in 2010. Most groups opposed to the military junta have encouraged vigorous public participation in the electoral exercise. While they are expecting for the best scenario of having a resounding no

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