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	<title>Burmanet &#187; Statement</title>
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	<description>A listserv covering Burma</description>
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		<title>The White House: Office of the Press Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/13/the-white-house-office-of-the-press-secretary-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/13/the-white-house-office-of-the-press-secretary-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement by the President on the Release of Burmese Political Prisoners President Thein Sein’s decision to release hundreds of prisoners of conscience is a substantial step forward for democratic reform. Two months ago, I spoke with Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein about how America’s engagement can help empower democratic reform, and improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Committee to Protect Journalists: In mass amnesty, nine journalists released in Burma</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/13/committee-to-protect-journalists-in-mass-amnesty-nine-journalists-released-in-burma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/13/committee-to-protect-journalists-in-mass-amnesty-nine-journalists-released-in-burma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok, The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of nine journalists who were freed as part of a mass release of at least 600 political prisoners in Burma on Friday, but calls on President Thein Sein to release reporters still being held in detention and to implement press reforms that would end the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar National Human Rights Commission via New Light of Myanmar: All prisoners express their ardent hope for granting of next general amnesty by President</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/30/myanmar-national-human-rights-commission-via-new-light-of-myanmar-all-prisoners-express-their-ardent-hope-for-granting-of-next-general-amnesty-by-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/30/myanmar-national-human-rights-commission-via-new-light-of-myanmar-all-prisoners-express-their-ardent-hope-for-granting-of-next-general-amnesty-by-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nay Pyi Taw, 30 Dec—The Chairman of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission and party visited the Insein Prison and Hlay-Hlaw-Inn Yebet Prison Labour Camp and issued a statement today. The full text of the statement is as follows:- Statement by the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission on its visits to the Insein Prison and Hlay-Hlaw-Inn [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>
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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>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/24/quote-of-the-day-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/24/quote-of-the-day-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We all were arrested for our consciousness and for our beliefs. The whole world, the whole country and including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have asked to release the political prisoners. They selectively released us. There are many prisoners left in the prisons, including ill people and the aged and hospitalized. They must be released…. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/14/quote-of-the-day-41/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/14/quote-of-the-day-41/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Statement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Burmese soldiers killed my parents, my brother and sister, and my uncle after they forced him to watch them rape his wife. If soldiers are able to use forced labor, sexual violence, forced relocation and other abuses as mechanisms of domination, why should President Obama reward President Thein Sein?&#8221; – Myra Dahgaypaw, Letter to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/12/quote-of-the-day-40/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/12/quote-of-the-day-40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Statement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“I am not happy at all, as none of my 14 so-called political prisoner friends from Myitkyina prison are among those freed today…. I will be happy and I will thank the government only when all of my friends are freed.” – Zaganar (Associated Press)]]></description>
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		<title>National League for Democracy: NLD Statement No-16/09/11 released on its 23rd anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/27/national-league-for-democracy-nld-statement-no-160911-released-on-its-23rd-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/27/national-league-for-democracy-nld-statement-no-160911-released-on-its-23rd-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the unprecedented uprising in 1988, the monks, laity, students and other people of Burma, by sacrificing lives, blood and sweat, demanded human rights and democracy for the country and the people. It is now 23 years since the National League for Democracy (NLD) was formed according to the Political Parties Registration Act to fulfill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Department of State: Burma: Foreign Minister meeting (taken question)</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/27/us-department-of-state-burma-foreign-minister-meeting-taken-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/27/us-department-of-state-burma-foreign-minister-meeting-taken-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – Question: Can you please provide a read-out of Assistant Secretary Campbell’s meeting with Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin?Answer: Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma Ambassador Derek Mitchell met with Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/02/quote-of-the-day-39/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/02/quote-of-the-day-39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=28636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Many people have given genuine support to my call for peace. It is not surprising that we are not seeing results immediately, but if everyone works as best as they can, peace will eventually come about. As I stated in the press release regarding my meeting with Minister U Aung Kyi, I see that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swedish Trade Unions: Google translation: Human rights violations in Burma must be investigated</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/08/03/swedish-trade-unions-google-translation-human-rights-violations-in-burma-must-be-investigated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/08/03/swedish-trade-unions-google-translation-human-rights-violations-in-burma-must-be-investigated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=28008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That the government of Burma does not respect international law is very serious. Both the Burmese and the legitimacy of the international system. Ethnic minorities in the country is attacked by the military to get them to move to forced labor elsewhere. Human rights are violated deeply by processes outside the legal system as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Labor Organisation: Transcript of the video message from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered to the 100th International Labour Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/06/14/international-labor-organisation-transcript-of-the-video-message-from-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-delivered-to-the-100th-international-labour-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/06/14/international-labor-organisation-transcript-of-the-video-message-from-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-delivered-to-the-100th-international-labour-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=27052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar appeals to the ILO to expand its activities in Myanmar.The Preamble to the Constitution of the International Labour Organization starts with the very strong and simple statement that universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Department of State: Block Burmese JADE Act and recent policy developments – Joe Yun</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/06/02/us-department-of-state-block-burmese-jade-act-and-recent-policy-developments-%e2%80%93-joe-yun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/06/02/us-department-of-state-block-burmese-jade-act-and-recent-policy-developments-%e2%80%93-joe-yun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business / Trade]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=26842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Testimony Joe Yun Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Washington, DC – Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Berman, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss the central aspects of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCCT, Bangkok via Mizzima News: Statement of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/05/24/fcct-bangkok-via-mizzima-news-statement-of-the-special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-myanmar-mr-tomas-ojea-quintana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/05/24/fcct-bangkok-via-mizzima-news-statement-of-the-special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-myanmar-mr-tomas-ojea-quintana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Statement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=26662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the final day of my mission to Thailand which began on 16 May 2011. I visited Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son and Bangkok this time in my efforts to gather information about the situation inside Myanmar where I have not been able to visit. This information is important for preparation of my next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/05/18/quote-of-the-day-38/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/05/18/quote-of-the-day-38/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 19:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=26591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Our brothers and sisters are yet to be released. It would be very sad for future generations if we, the youth, cannot fulfill the responsibility of pulling our country out of this downward spiral&#8230; It would be hard for us to call this government a truly democratic one without releasing the prisoners of conscience.” – [...]]]></description>
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