Burma’s most well-know pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, celebrated her 62nd birthday under house arrest o­n Tuesday while her supporters celebrated in her National League for Democracy’s headquarters in Rangoon.
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Burma’s top generals have been holding a quarterly military meeting in Naypyidaw and have sparked speculation among Burmese military analysts of a possible major reshuffle in the regime.
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The Burmese authorities in Karen State are confiscating unlicensed cars and issuing ultimatums to local car owners to hand over their unregistered car to the police, according to car owners and residents.
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As the 26 June deadline drew near, farmers in southern Shan State under the sway of two allied ceasefire groups had appeared to have increased the size of their fields during the last poppy season that ended in March, according to a recent report filed by Ethnic Youth Network Group.
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India says it has no ambition to export ideologies and values to other countries, including Myanmar, saying that the people of each country should decide what type of government they want
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A group of eminent Indians yesterday called on the government of India to release 34 Burmese ethnic rebels, arrested and detained for the past nine years.
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Today, Thais join people in 16 other countries in commemorating the 62nd birthday of the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, by demanding that China modify its unquestioning support for the Burmese junta.
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Passengers traveling on the Japanese peace boat called Tuesday for the release of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after hanging a huge banner with birthday wishes for her on the side of the ship.
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More than 11 years of past 17 years, Daw Suu has been detained. A day before Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on the Burmese generals to release her.
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For the third year running Burma’s position on the annual Failed States Index rose, indicating declining conditions inside the country and strengthening claims that Burma is, in fact, a failed state.
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Today in Rangoon, Burma, a national hero celebrates her 62nd birthday — alone. She is separated from her children abroad; when her husband was dying from cancer, he was forbidden to be near her. Her only well-wishers today are armed guards, who hide her from the rest of the world.
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Today is the 62nd birthday of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Like so many previous years, she will mark the occasion alone in her lakeside prison.
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June 16, Last month the White House confirmed President Bush’s support for continued US sanctions against the Burmese military junta. (more…)

June 18, Despite incarceration and abuse by the Burmese junta, the opposition leader shows no sign of defeat
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On behalf of the People’s Justice Party (KeADILan), I would like to wish Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – “Happy Birthday, despite the outrageous circumstances of her being under indefinite house arrest.
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On May 25, the military junta of Burma (“Myanmar”), in defiance of the will of the international community expressed for years, extended the house arrest of democracy fighter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, which was due to expire, for another year. (more…)