Dear all Friends, ถึงเพื่อนทุกท่าน We would like to say again thank you very much for your solidarity with our movement of halting Karen refugee repatriation in Tha Song Yang, Thailand . At the moment we have 40 Thai organizations, 39 Burma organizations and 29 individuals. Since the process of repatriation was suspened since yesterday and jointly resolution process [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Burma’
Karen Deportations Put on Hold!
Posted: February 7, 2010 by bennetthaynes in AlliesTags: Burma, Human Rights, Refugees
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Press Conference: Stop Karen Refugees Repatriation
Posted: February 4, 2010 by nettingtvs in UncategorizedTags: Burma, Karen Refugees, Repatriation
Calling for an immediate halt of forced repatriation of Karen refugees At Nong Bua and Usuta temporally shelter, Mae Usu, Ta Song Yang district, Tak province 4 February 2010, at 11.00 AM4th floor, Thai Volunteer Service Foundation, Rachadapisek 14 Bangkok, Thailand Speakers: 1. Representative of Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) 2. Mr. Surapong Kongchantuk, Vice-chair of the Human Rights [...]
Friends of Burma: Stop the Karen refugee Deportation!
Posted: February 4, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth MovementTags: Burma, Refugees
Dear all Friends, ถึงเพื่อนทุกท่าน We are darfting the open letter to Thai government related to Karen refugee repatriation at Nong Bua, Tha Song Yang. We are calling for petition from your organizations/ individuals to stop this injustice. After this we will send to the media and take the next step for our movement. พวเรากำลังร่างจดหมายเปิดผนึกถึงรัฐบาลไทยเรื่องการส่งกลับผู้ลี้ภัยชาวกะเหรี่ยง ที่บ้านหนองบัว [...]
Youth Network Update From ActionAid in Burma
Posted: January 24, 2010 by bennetthaynes in AlliesTags: Alternative Education, Burma, HIV/AIDS
On 13th January 2010, AA UK country executive Mr. Richard Miller and AA UK chair Mr. Andrew Purkis together with AA Country Manager Mr. Shihab Uddin had a half-day meeting with some of the active youth groups and organizations at Local Resource Centre (LRC) in Yangon. Fivteen youth groups including Social Care Volunteer Group (SCVG), [...]
Can We Resolve Political Crisis in Burma?
Posted: January 21, 2010 by bennetthaynes in Allies, ASEAN Youth MovementTags: AASYC, Burma
From Aung Marm Oo – General Secretary of the All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress (AASYC) Burma, officially known as Myanmar, has an abundance of natural resources. It is the largest country on the mainland of Southeast Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand. It has a total [...]
Laboratorio Mondo
Villagers and Civil Society Petition Thailand PM and EGAT: Demand “Protect Human Rights in Burma – Cancel the Hutgyi Dam”
Posted: November 23, 2009 by nettingtvs in UncategorizedTags: Burma, human right, hutgyi
[Bangkok, Thailand] – Community representatives from villages whose lives will be affected by the proposed 1,360 megawatt Hatgyi Dam on the Salween River in Burma, accompanied by civil society and youth groups, will gather in front of Government House on Monday, November 23 at 10.00am, to deliver a petition signed by 189 organisations to H.E. [...]
More Than a Statement
Posted: November 15, 2009 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth Movement, Our WordsTags: Biofuels, Burma, Cambodia, Dams, EarthRights, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Youth and Democracy
We came together for two main reasons. First, we aimed to produce a new, comprehensive Youth Statement that represented our consensus on key issues in the ASEAN region. Second, we hoped to strengthen our youth network to facilitate communication and exchange of ideas, support youth activities and share information between youth working at the local-level. [...]
Report from Arakan State, Western Burma
Posted: November 14, 2009 by bennetthaynes in UncategorizedTags: Burma
Executive Summary of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project On April 2nd 2008 the Indian government signed an agreement with the Burmese military junta for the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project. The project will connect the landlocked area of Northeast India with the sea via Western Burma (Myanmar) and open up trade routes to Southeast [...]
Shwe Gas Movement: Global Day of Action
Posted: October 26, 2009 by bennetthaynes in UncategorizedTags: Action!, Burma
Dear Colleagues and friends, On October 28, the Shwe Gas Movement plans to facilitate a Global Day of Action, to suspend the Shwe gas Pipeline project in Burma. The project will, if allowed to go ahead, cut a 980 km corridor through Burma and have a devastating impact for the people of Burma and the [...]
