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		<title>Human Rights Watch: Burma: Promises of change, but abuses continue</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/24/human-rights-watch-burma-promises-of-change-but-abuses-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York – Burma’s new government showed signs of change in 2011, but failed to seriously address the still dire human rights situation in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2012 [3]. The government followed up on this progress in early 2012 by releasing several hundred political prisoners.The new government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma Campaign UK: EU – More caution needed on Burma sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/24/burma-campaign-uk-eu-%e2%80%93-more-caution-needed-on-burma-sanctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the EU suspending the application of the visa ban against senior government officials as an appropriate and proportional measure in response to changes that have taken place in Burma. However, Burma Campaign UK is deeply concerned by proposals being made privately by some EU member states and the External Action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arakan Project: Myanmar blacklists babies as oppression of the Rohingya continues</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/19/the-arakan-project-myanmar-blacklists-babies-as-oppression-of-the-rohingya-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/19/the-arakan-project-myanmar-blacklists-babies-as-oppression-of-the-rohingya-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Myanmar blacklists Rohingya babies as part of its continuing oppression of this stateless minority, The Arakan Project said today as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) meets to review the situation of children’s rights in Myanmar, a State party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Despite signs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Asian Legal Resource Centre: An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of Myanmar (Burma)</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/22/the-asian-legal-resource-centre-an-open-letter-to-the-chief-justice-of-myanmar-burma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/22/the-asian-legal-resource-centre-an-open-letter-to-the-chief-justice-of-myanmar-burma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Legal Resource Centre: An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of Myanmar (Burma) ALRC-OLT-009-2011 December 22, 2011 U Tun Tun Oo Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel: + 95 67 404 080/ 071/ 078/ 067 or + 95 1 372 145 Fax: + 95 67 404 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International (UK): Burma: Clinton&#8217;s visit should be measured in human rights improvement</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/29/amnesty-international-uk-burma-clintons-visit-should-be-measured-in-human-rights-improvement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/29/amnesty-international-uk-burma-clintons-visit-should-be-measured-in-human-rights-improvement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The success of the US Secretary of State’s visit to Burma should be measured on whether the authorities respond immediately by undertaking bold and far-reaching human rights reforms, Amnesty International said in a statement today.On Thursday, Hillary Clinton will begin a two-day visit to Burma, the highest-level visit by a US official in over 50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Union: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the decision of NLD to re-register as a political party in Myanmar (Burma)</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/18/european-union-statement-by-high-representative-catherine-ashton-on-the-decision-of-nld-to-re-register-as-a-political-party-in-myanmar-burma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/18/european-union-statement-by-high-representative-catherine-ashton-on-the-decision-of-nld-to-re-register-as-a-political-party-in-myanmar-burma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels – Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement:&#8220;I am delighted at the announcement by the National League for Democracy (NLD) that they are going to join forthcoming by-elections in Myanmar (Burma). This is a courageous and welcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White House: Briefing on Burma by Senior Administration Officials</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/18/the-white-house-briefing-on-burma-by-senior-administration-officials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/18/the-white-house-briefing-on-burma-by-senior-administration-officials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Office of the Press Secretary: Grand Hyatt, Bali, Indonesia SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Just to give you a bit of background &#8212; this comes after many months of engagement between the United States and Burma, which we can speak to.The President, of course, had a policy of maintaining the very strong pressure that we apply on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International: Myanmar political prisoners held in dog cells and denied water</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/04/amnesty-international-myanmar-political-prisoners-held-in-dog-cells-and-denied-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/04/amnesty-international-myanmar-political-prisoners-held-in-dog-cells-and-denied-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Myanmar authorities must act immediately to end the ill-treatment of some15 political prisoners in Yangon’s Insein Prison, where they have been denied water and some reportedly held in “dog” cells, Amnesty International said today. The prisoners started a hunger strike on 26 October in protest over being denied the reductions in their sentences which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Solidarity Worldwide: Burma: Kachin churches attacked, women raped and civilians killed by military while regime talks of reform</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/21/christian-solidarity-worldwide-burma-kachin-churches-attacked-women-raped-and-civilians-killed-by-military-while-regime-talks-of-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/21/christian-solidarity-worldwide-burma-kachin-churches-attacked-women-raped-and-civilians-killed-by-military-while-regime-talks-of-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is deeply concerned by reports that the Burma Army are directly attacking churches in Kachin State, beating pastors and church members, setting homes alight and raping, torturing and killing civilians.According to CSW’s sources, on 16 October soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion 438 seized control of a Roman Catholic Church in Namsan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch: Japan: Press Burma’s Foreign Minister on rights</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/20/human-rights-watch-japan-press-burma%e2%80%99s-foreign-minister-on-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/20/human-rights-watch-japan-press-burma%e2%80%99s-foreign-minister-on-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo – Japanese officials should press Burma’s visiting foreign minister on the need for genuine reforms to improve human rights in Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin will visit Tokyo from October 20 to 22, 2011.Wunna Maung Lwin’s visit to Japan is the first by a foreign minister from Burma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch: Burma: Army committing abuses in Kachin State</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/18/human-rights-watch-burma-army-committing-abuses-in-kachin-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/18/human-rights-watch-burma-army-committing-abuses-in-kachin-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York – Burma’s armed forces have committed serious abuses against ethnic Kachin civilians in renewed fighting in Kachin State, Human Rights Watch said today. Since hostilities began over five months ago against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Burmese armed forces have been responsible for killings and attacks on civilians, using forced labor, and pillaging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma: Burma political prisoner releases not enough to justify lifting of sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/european-parliamentary-caucus-on-burma-burma-political-prisoner-releases-not-enough-to-justify-lifting-of-sanctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/european-parliamentary-caucus-on-burma-burma-political-prisoner-releases-not-enough-to-justify-lifting-of-sanctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma (EPCB) welcomes the release of around 200 political prisoners in Burma. The release of all political prisoners, along with the implementation of a nationwide ceasefire, are essential first steps in creating a climate in which there can be a genuine dialogue process to solve political problems in the country.However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Solidarity Worldwide: CSW urges international community to address impunity and maintain pressure for real change</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/christian-solidarity-worldwide-csw-urges-international-communicty-to-address-impunity-and-maintain-pressure-for-real-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/christian-solidarity-worldwide-csw-urges-international-communicty-to-address-impunity-and-maintain-pressure-for-real-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today called on the international community to maintain pressure on the regime in Burma to implement significant and substantial change, release all political prisoners, stop war crimes and crimes against humanity and end impunity. CSW also urges the United Nations to adopt measures to address violations of international law and ensure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International: Political prisoner release should prompt continued pressure on Myanmar</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/amnesty-international-political-prisoner-release-should-prompt-continued-pressure-on-myanmar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/amnesty-international-political-prisoner-release-should-prompt-continued-pressure-on-myanmar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prisoners of conscience Zarganar, Su Su Nway and Zaw Htet Ko Ko have been released in Myanmar’s latest mass prisoner amnesty, after sustained campaigning by human rights organisations including Amnesty International. Amnesty International’s membership across the world has been campaigning for the release of the three political prisoners by writing letters, signing petitions and lobbying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma: Prisoner release lacks sincerity</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/13/assistance-association-for-political-prisoners-burma-prisoner-release-lacks-sincerity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/13/assistance-association-for-political-prisoners-burma-prisoner-release-lacks-sincerity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the U Thein Sein administration attempted to appease the international community by offering its second so-called amnesty. Though the announcement was made on the 11th of October that 6,359 prisoners would be released, no public information about the actual numbers released has been made accessible. AAPP has been monitoring the October 12 prisoner release [...]]]></description>
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