What is it with the Burmese generals and their sense of priority?  Even when the death toll from Cyclone Nargis is now over 22,000 people and more than 40,000 people are missing and a million left homeless and starving, they still had the gall to delay the visas of officials from international agencies who are visiting Burma to help. (more…)

This is not the time to wait for visas to provide aid to the people who are dying from starvation and lack of water in Burma’s Delta areas.
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On May 3rd, 2008 Cyclone Nargis hit Rangoon, Irrawaddy, and Pegu divisions, and Karen and Mon State in Burma. It is estimated that 50,000 people have lost their lives and hundreds of thousands of people are now homeless.
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The people of Burma have long awaited the opportunity to live in a true democracy. The referendum vote scheduled for May 10, 2008 could have been that opportunity. However, Than Shwe and his regime are ensuring that the referendum vote will be on a dangerously flawed constitution, and will not be free, fair, or credible. They continue to ignore calls from the Burmese people and the international community for a genuine process that could result in a legitimate constitution reflecting the will of the people, and they continue to carry out a campaign to intimidate voters, and to arrest those who dare speak out against the flaws of the referendum and draft constitution. (more…)