Burma’s military leaders have declared that the National League for Democracy (NLD) will be banned from elections scheduled for this year unless the party expels its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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On March 16, 1968, 504 village civilians were slaughtered by members of the U.S. Army’s Charlie Company, because of alleged sympathies with the Viet Cong (VC).
Read MoreGolden Leaf wonderfully depicts the struggles and subsequent victories of a remarkable human being, and will inspire readers because it reaches deep into our souls.
Read MoreA Burmese court sentenced American democracy activist Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also know as Nyi Nyi Aung, to three years imprisonment in Rangoon on February 10.
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The people in Burma will continue until we have human rights, democracy and freedom in the country. If we don’t resist, our whole race could be destroyed.
Read MoreA billionaire tycoon who made his fortune in bringing credit cards to Chile during the Pinochet years now has the chance to bring his Midas touch for a nation that appears to have completely buried the ghosts of General Augusto Pinochet. But can Sebastián Piñera appease all of his coalition members?
Read MoreThe passing of Abdurrahman Wahid on Wednesday 30 December, 2009, marked a sad day in not just the short history of Indonesia’s democratic tenure, but also throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tin Tin Htwe was arrested in September 2007 along with 14 other activists for taking part in the Saffron Revolution.
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There are growing fears for the health of Kyaw Zaw Lwin, a Burmese-born American democracy activist on hunger strike since December 4.
Read MoreFit To Print should be on the reading list of anybody who wants to understand why news is filtered and cares for the direction that international news reporting is heading towards, especially in the Middle East.
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