Date: 27 June 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 1 pm to 5 pm.
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University, Building No. (6), Shubuya 4?4?25, Tokyo, Japan (opposite of UN office) (more…)

Myanmar’s ruling generals have started a programme to build nuclear weapons. They are trying to develop long-range missiles. (more…)

You are invited to attend a public forum on “Myanmar/Burma – Domestic Developments and International Responses” on March 22nd. The forum will bring together voices from inside as well as outside Myanmar to consider the import of current developments such as the election law and the reported sell off of state properties.  The forum will also consider the U.S. policy of conditional engagement and other international approaches to the government in Naypyidaw and assess their prospects of influencing events. (more…)

The New York Open Center announces a contemporary art exhibition focusing on the talent and creative motivations of the Burmese diaspora.  In a show organized and curated by the artists themselves, “Contemporary Burmese Art: Ideas and Ideals” will explore the modern landscape in which Burmese diaspora artists find themselves today.  The artwork, and their creators, will bridge the gap between tradition and creativity, between one homeland and another.  A roster of sixteen Burmese artists from across the United States have come together to jump-start a dialogue on creativity, censorship, tradition, modernity, “stranger-hood,” identity, and the irreverent boundary-shattering power of art.   (more…)

Please note that from December 23, 2009 to January 4, 2010, the BurmaNet will release summary issues on the following days:

December 26, 2009
December 30, 2009
January 4, 2010

Thank you,
The BurmaNet Staff

Brussels, — The conference “We are Burma – A human response to a human disaster” due to be held in Brussels on 12 December at the KVS Flemish theatre will highlight the appalling human and trade union rights situation in the country. The ITUC, which has been active for many years in tackling the dramatic situation in Burma, will be fully involved in the conference. Guy Ryder, General Secretary of the ITUC, and Rudy de Leeuw, President of the Belgian national trade union centre the FGTB, will speak at the conference to present their organisations’ view. (more…)

Our first live-streaming debate on the weekend was such a success –  Intelligence Squared became the seventh most discussed topic on Twitter, with over 10,000 online viewers – that we are delighted to announce our next two debates will also be available to watch live on the internet. (more…)

Mizzima News Agency needs two skilled professional TV journalists to be based in India and Thailand offices. The applicants must have at least 2 years of professional working experience in the broadcast media. If selected, the contract will be for three months (October-December 2009) that can be extended to a year. (more…)

Former political prisoners and human rights activists have travelled to New York to deliver a global petition calling for the release of all political prisoners in Burma to UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon. (more…)

Dear friends,

As you are well aware, the Burmese democracy leader and winner of Jawaharlal Nehru International Outstanding Award, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was moved to the notorious Insein Prison from her house to face trial on trumped-up charges by the military authority on 14 May 2009. (more…)

On Tuesday, April 21, thousands of students and community members will come together to make history at the 3rd Annual Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert at UCLA, Benefit for Burma. This student-run nonprofit concert attracts about 2,000 attendees annually and is fast becoming a UCLA tradition. Last year, Mighty Mic raised over $20,000 for the refugees of the genocide in Darfur; this year’s event will highlight the struggle for human rights in Burma, a country that has been under the rule of an oppressive military junta for 43 years. Human rights violations in Burma include the abuse of ethnic minorities, mass rape of women, forced labor, mandatory relocations, and child soldiers. Benefit for Burma’s multimedia showcase will feature an eclectic mix of artists from a variety of genres. Blackalicious, Daphne Loves Derby, Audible Mainframe, Jarell Perry, and Brandon Contreras will be performing, and speakers Edith Mirante, Min Zin, Khin Omar, and the All-Burma Monks Alliance will deliver their messages of hope and inspiration. (more…)

An International and a Norwegian Responsibility to Protect

The situation in Burma calls for an international responsibility to protect: Burma’s people have suffered more than four decades of brutal military rule and civil conflict. Economic mismanagement has turned a country that once was the rice bowl of Asia into one of the world’s poorest and least developed. (more…)

You are cordially invited to join the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) 10th Anniversary Celebration on March 28, 2009. We would like to thank all our friends for your support over the past decade and for standing with us until today. Your support has strengthened our work for women’s rights and promoted justice for women in our struggle for social and political change in Burma. (more…)

In the past year, humanitarian assistance to Burma has been primarily focused on victims of Cyclone Nargis, which struck the Irrawaddy delta on May 2, 2008. Though the initial delivery of assistance was hampered by government obstruction, the aid programs that have since developed in the delta have benefited from an ease of operations unseen in other parts of the country. Relief work in the delta is progressing smoothly, but attempts to expand access to the rest of the country are struggling. Nonetheless, to capitalize on the existing gains, the U.S. should provide significant funding for programs throughout the country. (more…)

The Human Rights Center has partnered with NetSquared to sponsor the Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge. (more…)

The Alter-Ciné Foundation offers a yearly grant to young film and video makers born and living in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to direct a documentary film on the theme of rights and freedoms, including social and economic rights, women’s rights, the right to culture, and artistic creation. The Foundation will award a grant of CDN$10,000 to a video or filmmaker to assist in the production of a documentary project. The grant is aimed at young video and filmmakers who want to direct a film in the language of their choice that respects the aims of the Foundation. (more…)

“In This Dark and Closed Space”

14 December 2008; 6pm (more…)

On July 15, 2008, the EarthRights Burma School celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2008 with a ceremony and party attended by many friends, supporters, and network partners. Speeches were made by school staff and alumni, encouraging the graduates to continue their fight to bring about peace and democracy in their troubled country. This year’s group was particularly musical, so the 14 graduates treated guests to some beautiful singing in addition to poems and thank you speeches. (more…)

With: Nobel Prize laureate Orhan Pamuk, Booker Prize winners Salman Rushdie and Kiran Desai, the Venerable U Gawsita, Siri Hustvedt, Joseph Lelyveld, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, George Packer,  and other special guests (more…)

The Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a new fellowship to support journalists, activists, scholars, policy experts and others to work on projects that inspire public debate and shape policy. (more…)