Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
World focus on Burma (2 April 2009)
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Day in Photos
Washington Post –
Many Burmese work in Thailand to make a better wage, but live across the border. April 1: Two clowns perform during a parade in central Kiev. …
Inside Out Reform? Obama’s Move to Lead Human Rights Council …
FOXNews –
… the only democracy in the Middle East, and its refusal to cite blatant rights abuses in places like Iran, Zimbabwe, Burma, Sudan and North Korea. …
Guatemala to receive 15 million Euros for Agriculture from …
FreshPlaza –
… Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, …
Japan’s Myanmar refugees rally
Straits Times –
… stop supporting the Burma Army Regime.’ Myanmar’s ruling generals say they plan to hold elections next year under a constitution approved last year, …
KNU demands international community rescue Burma
Mizzima.com –
… during Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya’s two-day visit to Burma, asked Thailand to persuade the KNU to contest the upcoming 2010 election. …
Obligations and aspirations: human rights report 2008 – David …
eGov monitor –
And the military junta continues to deny Burmese citizens the most basic of civil and political rights – around 2200 people, including Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Solutions for network riddles
Sydney Morning Herald –
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has urged people not to visit the country. We never picked the founders of Storm Financial as shy and …
Triumphs and disgraces of law and order
Sydney Morning Herald –
For the past three years Levine has been chairman of SORC, which sounds a bit like a Burmese junta but, in fact, is the NSW Serious Offenders Review Council …
US donates rice for Myanmar cyclone survivors
Reuters –
Over the years Washington has tightened sanctions on the military, which has ruled the former Burma for more than four decades, to try to push the regime …
Obama Takes Step to Broaden Chinese Relations
Smartmoney.com –
… the global financial crisis, climate change or what’s happening in Latin America, Africa, Burma and North Korea,” he said. Burma is also called Myanmar.
Medical specialist to launch private airline
Mizzima.com –
… private airline for operation inside Burma. It is envisioned that airplanes will be leased from Ukraine, as the doctor continues talks with the Myanmar …
New mine victims reinforce the need for treaty
ReliefWeb (press release) –
Worldwide in recent years only Myanmar (Burma) and a few rebel groups have laid significant numbers of antipersonnel mines. …
US advocates for a common approach to Burma
Mizzima.com –
“Viewing relations with a notorious authoritarian regime like Burma as a zero-sum game is in no nation’s interest,” Steinberg told the National Bureau of …
Visit to UNDP ends in Rangoon prison
United Press International, Asia –
How this happened illustrates the difficulties faced by people in Burma wanting to improve their society without putting themselves at risk. …
“Under the Table”: Michael Wilson and the Screenplay for The …
California Chronicle –
The story involved British prisoners of war in Burma during the Second World War who were forced to build a railway bridge by their Japanese captors. …
Nigeria: Norway Tasks FG on Landmine Ban Treaty
AllAfrica.com –
The Federal Government has been urged to domesticate and implement the Mine Ban Treaty as well as sign and follow up the Convention on Cluster Munitions. …
Hu Jintao – Given a rousing demonstration by, Tibetans, Burmese and Falung Gong
Tibetan Culture & News Online –
protest against Hu Jintao – April 1st – UK Hu Jintao was given a graphic example of democracy in action yesterday going on into today. …
Obama aims to broaden China relationship
Independent Online –
But Cossa said the new dialogue could allow the United States and China to tackle global issues and quietly discuss human rights – including US concerns …
‘We deserve better than Dlamini-Zuma’
Independent Online –
The same goes for South Africa’s embarrassing attitude towards Sudan, Burma (Pretoria calls it Myanmar) and the sabotage actions in the UN Security Council …
Lost, arrogant ANC needs kick
Dispatch Online –
Coupled with our reluctance to speak out on the human rights atrocities in Zimbabwe, Burma and Darfur, this amounts to a betrayal of our image as a champion …
RP urges Myanmar to protect human rights
GMA news.tv –
MANILA, Philippines — Myanmar should free all political detainees and fulfill a long-standing pledge to democratize to make a new Southeast Asian human …
Some Governments Want to Restrict Internet Activities
조선일보(영문판) –
Ko Htike is a Burmese political blogger based in London. Although Burma is not one of the countries examined in the report, its military government …
How a ‘G-2’ would hurt
Washington Post –
China’s latest vilification of the Dalai Lama underscores its poor record on human rights and religious freedom. And the Chinese harassment of a US Navy …
Laos, Thailand Hmong Refugee Crisis: Australian Author to Speak at …
Media Newswire (press release) –
“The Laotian and Hmong community in the United States, including political and religious dissidents and human rights activists, warmly welcome Kay Danes’ …
US singles out 8 nations for religious freedom violations
USA Today –
The State Department responded by sending the commission Rice’s designations of Burma (also known as Myanmar), China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, …
Offsetting perceptions: Firms use charitable giving to clean up …
EurekAlert (press release) –
… negative connotations related to the companies’ operations in controversial countries such as China, Burma, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ..
2009 Shortsfest Schedule
Glenwood Springs Post Independent –
Crossing Midnight — When a health crisis strikes the war-torn jungles along the Burmese-Thai border, refugee communities bravely respond in a uniquely …
—BG Burma VJ—Reporting from a Closed Country—In this triumphant achievement, director Andres Ostergaard stitches together stunning, smuggled footage filmed…
US Plans to Join UN Human Rights Council
Christian Post –
… of Palestinians while hardly mentioning or investigating the human rights violations of flagrant abusers such as Sudan, Zimbabwe, China, and Burma. …
NSCN calls for Public Scrutiny
MorungExpress –
He is from Namyong area in Burma. He was adopted by Manipur’s UNLF many years back and in the years that followed he was indoctrinated with anti-Naga and …
Does the Internet spread democracy?
Boston Review –
The shocking and powerful pictures that surfaced from Burma during the 2007 anti–government protests—many of them shot by local bloggers with cell …
US wants common Myanmar strategy with Asia
AFP –
President Barack Obama’s administration has launched a review of policy on Myanmar, also known as Burma, where a US official last week paid the first visit …
An Old piece On Cambodia As Khmer Rouge Trial Goes On
New America Media –
They are a testament to an ancient empire that once st retched westward across Thailand to Burma and eastward to include much of the Mekong Delta and South …
BEYOND THE G20 LONDON SUMMIT
Bay Area Indymedia –
The number of countries –Iraq, Venezuela, Burma, Algeria, Morocco, Rumania, Argentina, United States (Los Angeles)- where this type of explosion occurred …
When Burma Policy is Really China Policy
The Washington Independent –
H.) weighs in with a message for the White House: “Stay the course” on Burma policy, particularly as it pertains to support for Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Kerry seeks to restore diplomacy money
Boston Globe –
Economic support funds are vital to support those living inside countries with repressive regimes, like Burma and Zimbabwe. We know that refugees and …
Boat people cast adrift, admits PM
Daily Advertiser –
Their darker skin was evidence, he said, that they were not Burmese; it was not “fair and soft” like a “Myanmar gentleman”, he said. …
World Focus on Burma (12 Mar 08)
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Burmese junta tells un envoy gambari where to go |
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Awesome ancient sites off the beaten path |
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Veteran Journalist Calls for People Power to Oust Regime |
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Train collision in Rangoon, no fatalities |
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Internet, telephone connections in Burma sporadic during UN … |
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Burmese Gems Losing Their Luster? |
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UN envoy’s visit falls short of expectations |
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US report cites human rights abuses in other nations |
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Inside Report for March 12, 2008 |
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Myanmar’s Solution to Energy Crisis: Nuts |
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Chinese influx stirs age-old hatred in Myanmar |
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Myanmar’s nutty scheme to solve energy crisis |
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RIGHTS: US State Department Found Little to Cheer in 2007 |
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State Department deplores rights records of North Korea, Iran, in … |
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US says Myanmar’s human rights record getting worse |
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US says human rights in Pakistan got worse last year |
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Myanmar ’07 crackdown worsened bad rights record-US |
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Myanmar: Study chronicles 2007 protests and crackdown |
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Junta remains defiant as Gambari’s visit ends |
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Junta to make propaganda film on draft constitution |
Chinese presence in Myanmar uneasy
Mar 12, 2008 4:57 PM | Few people can claim justifiably to understand the relationship between Myanmar‘s secretive military rulers and China, their key trading partner, arms supplier and diplomatic ally. | But …
UN visit shows momentum slipping on Myanmar
| By Charlie McDonald-Gibson | BANGKOK: UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari’s seeming failure to press the Myanmar junta toward reform has underlined the loss in diplomatic momentum since last year’s bloody crackdown on p…
Human rights abuses in Asia come under US fire –
| by Lachlan Carmichael 22 minutes ago | WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States ranked North Korea and Myanmar Tuesday among the world’s worst violators of human rights and took other Asian countries to task …
Bush Pays Tribute to Prominent Women
President Bush signs a proclamation for Women’s History Month in the East Room of the White House, 10 Mar 2008 President Bush presided at a White House ceremony Monday honoring women around the world who are fi…
World Focus on Burma (29 Jan 08)
- Myanmar junta charges leading protesters
Reuters UK, UK –The 10, most of whom were leaders of a 1988 student-led uprising suppressed bloodily by the army, are accused of violating the former Burma’s Printing and …
- European Union’s special envoy for Myanmar seeks Asian cooperation
Earthtimes, UK –
Bangkok – The European Union’s special envoy for Myanmar on Tuesday stressed the need for close cooperation with Asian governments in speeding up a solution … - ASEAN rights execs meet on framework of regional body
Inquirer.net, Philippines –
Rights groups have cautiously welcomed the move, but stressed that time was running out to reverse abuses in rogue state Myanmar, which continues to detain … - Federal probe of stolen art goes national
Los Angeles Times, CA –
“Passion for Form: Selections of Southeast Asian Art from the MacLean Collection” contains 53 of his best objects from Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, … - Stallone: Time right for another ‘Rambo’
Detroit Free Press, United States –
“Rambo,” the fourth in the series that began in 1982, takes place in present-day, war-torn Burma (called Myanmar by its current government), … - EU envoy calls for release of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
AFP –BANGKOK (AFP) — The EU’s special envoy for Myanmar on Tuesday urged the country’s military regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he kicked off …
- Myanmar migrants fear worst from new Thai government
Swissinfo, Switzerland –
So, hopefully, the TRT-influenced PPP will take migration issues into account,” said Myint Wai of the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma. - Sylvester Stallone is set to make a fifth ‘Rambo’ movie
The Cheers, Estonia –
The film, which Stallone directs and stars in, sees Rambo taking a group of mercenaries into war torn Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, in search of missing … - Irrawaddy Dam Construction Begins, Human Rights Abuses Begin
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
The Burmese state-run newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar, reported in May 2007 that seven hydropower projects on the Irrawaddy River had been designed to … - Myanmar Times CEO Supports Regime’s “Road Map”
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By Wai Moe Burma’s English language weekly newspaper, The Myanmar Times, threw its support unequivocally behind the regime’s seven-point “road map” in a … - EU urges new govt to promote democracy in Burma
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
“The EU wants to cooperate with Thailand’s government to promote a positive solution in Burma,” said Piero Fassino, EU Special Envoy to Burma. … - EU wants Thai help to pro¬mote democracy in Burma
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
“The EU wants to cooperate with Thailand’s government to promote a positive solution in Burma,” said Piero Fassino, EU Special Envoy to Burma. … - Blogger detained amid increased surveillance of Internet; more …
Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Thailand –
On 21 January, Mizzima reported that Blogger.com, the most popular blog provider to users inside Burma, has been completely blocked after Myanmar Post and … - Myanmar frees four Indians
| IMPHAL: Myanmar authorities have released four Indian nationals who were arrested six months ago for entering the neighbouring country without valid documents, official sources said on Monday. | They were han… - Man of War
| Rambo is back – bigger and bloodier. | By Peter Suderman | You can learn everything you need to know about from the title. It’s short, simple, and blunt. There are no Roman numerals, no colons, no hokey subti..
World Focus on Burma (7 Jan 08)
- What is there to celebrate in Burma?
Bangkok Post, Thailand – 10 hours ago
Those are the words of Burma’s first president, Sao Shwe Thaike, in his independence message on Jan 4, 1948 when the country gained its independence after … (If the URL is not working, click here.) - Dhaka postpones BIMSTEC ministerial meet
Hindu, India –
After the inclusion of Myanmar in December 1997, the grouping was renamed as BIMST-EC or Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Economic … - Free to celebrate new year
Akron Beacon Journal, OH –
… freedom for the members of the Karen (pronounced Kahr-en) community, who have fled the military regime in Burma, now called Myanmar, in Southeast Asia. … - A digitally enhanced Myanmar opposition
Los Angeles Times, CA –
… photographs and blog reports posted on the Internet played a key role in breaking the wall of silence surrounding Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. … - Bird flu still a threat 10 years after leap to humans
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD –
“Just in 2007, we’ve seen the first reports of human cases in Laos, Nigeria and Burma (Myanmar),” he says. Cases tend to coincide with poultry outbreaks and … - Karen community grateful for escaping violence, dictatorship
The Chronicle Journal, Canada –
The second phase of the group crossed into Burma – called Myanmar by the country‘s current military rulers – and arrived in 739 BC, explained Saw Winning, …
- TOTAL petrol station demo in Chester
Indymedia UK, UK –
On Saturday 5 January, in solidarity with NLD, the Burmese monks and the oppressed people of Burma, members and supporters of Wrexham Women for Peace held a …
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Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
“The licence fee is 500000 kyat a year with an additional 50000 kyat monthly, which you have to give to the Myanmar Info-Tech Corporation,” the café owner … - Sense of loss as Burma marks independence without hero
Hong Kong Standard Pausing in front of the fence around Rangoon’s main park, a man points through the iron bars to show… - New ASEAN chief upbeat on charter’s full ratification
Reuters India, India –JAKARTA (Reuters) – The new Association of Southeast Asian Nations chief expressed confidence on Monday the grouping’s landmark charter aimed at paving the …
- Singapore ratifies Asean Charter
The Nation/ANN | Bangkok : Singapore is taking the lead and becoming the first member to ratify the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Charter, barely seven weeks after it was signed by the g..
Pulling the Plug: A Technical Review of the Internet Shutdown in Burma
OpenNet Initiative
To view this bulletin as a pdf, click here
Executive Summary
This bulletin examines the role of information technology, citizen journalists, and bloggers in Burma and presents a technical analysis of the abrupt shutdown of Internet connectivity by the Burmese government on September 29, 2007, following its violent crackdown on protesters there. Completely cutting international Internet links is rare. Nepal, which severed all international Internet connections when the King declared martial law in February 2005, is the only other state to take such drastic action. Although extreme, the measures taken by the Burmese government to limit citizens’ use of the Internet during this crisis are consistent with previous OpenNet Initiative (ONI) findings in Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Tajikistan, where authorities controlled access to communication technologies as a way to limit social mobilization around key political events. What makes the Burmese junta stand out, however, is its apparent goal of also preventing information from reaching a wider international audience.
The shutdown of Internet connectivity was precipitated by its use by citizens to send photographs, updates and videos that documented the violent suppression of protests in Burma, information that contributed to widespread international condemnation of the Burmese military rulers’ gross violations of human rights.
We examine the impact of communication technology in shaping these key political events in Burma, the limitations of these tools, and the prospects ………………………
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Figure 1. Timeline of Events, Aug. 19-Oct. 13, 2007
Figure 2. Blockpage found while surfing the Internet in Burma
Figure 3. Internet Shutdown Times in Burma
World Focus on Burma (27-11-2007)
- Former Annapolis High athlete aids Myanmar protesters
Annapolis Capital, MD –
On the air, the 22-year-old smoothly expounded as an authority on conditions inside Myanmar, also called Burma, where a military junta has held the country … - UN Envoy Discusses Burma Crisis With Vietnam
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand –
The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar is meeting with officials in Viet Nam as part of his consultations with regional leaders on the situation … - Burmese Government Disconnect Fails
ThreatsWatch.Org –
The will to overcome such restrictions however, triumphed to a degree: Savvy young bloggers in Myanmar are breaking through the military junta’s tight … - Myanmar mid-year gems emporium ends in Yangon
Xinhua, China –
27 (Xinhua) — A total of 3618 lots of jade, gems and pearls were sold at the 13-day mid-year Myanmar gems emporium which ended here Monday evening, .. - Vietnam expects a stable Myanmar: PM
Nhan Dan, Vietnam –
As an ASEAN member and a neighbour of Myanmar, Vietnam expects the situation in the Southeast Asian country to become stable, contributing to the stability … - Search for 50 boat passengers called off
Brisbane Times, Australia – 8 hours ago
Jasimuddin said the passengers were Bangladeshi and also Burma refugees from camps at Cox’s Bazar, 300 km south of the national capital, Dhaka. … - New Images from Rambo!
IESB.NET, CA –
… aid workers recruit John Rambo to guide them up the Salween River to deliver medical supplies to the Karen tribe of neighboring Burma (aka Myanmar). … - Myanmar gem auction wrapped up regime says amid boycott calls
AFP –
YANGON (AFP) — Military-run Myanmar has wrapped up a gem auction, a major money-spinner for the junta, state media said Tuesday, despite sanctions and calls …
- Vietnam can help Myanmar: envoy
Gulf Times, Qatar –
… in the country formerly called Burma. Vietnam’s leaders “are listened to by Myanmar, because I think they are among the countries closest to Myanmar, … - Myanmar junta frees ethnic Chin leader
Reuters India, India –
Critics have accused the regime of seeking to exploit ethnic divisions in the former Burma, home to a dizzying array of rival tribes, religions, … - Myanmar concludes gems auction with foreign merchants
International Herald Tribune, France –
AP YANGON, Myanmar: More than 2000 foreign merchants attended Myanmar’s major gems auction, state-media reported Tuesday, despite international calls to … - CBS 5 Journalist Ventures Inside Burma
CBS 5, CA –
Many in the nation that was called Burma hope 45 years of military rule will end. Sandwiched between China and India, Myanmar is closed to journalists. … - Missed opportunity on Burma
ISN, Switzerland –
… in Burma. But no aversion to EU sanctions could deter ASEAN from talking trade with Brussels. Summit host Lee Hsien Loong said that “while Myanmar is … - ‘Our’ dictator gets away with it
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong –
“Even Burma [Myanmar] is ahead. On the other hand in 2006, Pakistan spent US$ 5.1 billion on arms.” Khan, now released, says he’s in favor of boycotting the … - Junta soldier shot Nagai from 1 meter away : MPD Kyodo News: The Japanese video journalist gunned down in September while covering an antigovernment rally in Myanmar was shot from a meter away by the nearest soldier, Tokyo police said Monday.
- Myanmar sells $150 mln of gems at auction: official
AFP –
YANGON (AFP) — Military-run Myanmar has sold precious stones worth 150 million dollars during this month’s gem auction, an official said Tuesday, … - Burmese Gem Auction Concludes
IDEX Online, Israel –
Myanmar’s (Burma) gem auction ended Monday, after more than 2000 foreign merchants from 16 countries had attended and more than 3500 lots of precious stones … - Panties with Power
RH Reality Check, DC –
Currently, activists exasperated at the failure of diplomacy to apply pressure on Burma’s military regime are resorting to a new means of protest against … - Burma’s weekly journals faced with declining readership
Mizzima.com, India –
With more publishing license issued by the Burmese junta’s Information Ministry, sources said, new journals such as the Myanmar Times and Mann Daw Yeik will …
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