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News Sources
ABC News
Asian Wall Street Journal
Asiaweek
Assist
Associated Press
Australian, The
Bangkok Post
BBC News
Burma Debate
Chin Human Rights Organisation
Christian Science Monitor
Daily Telegraph
Democratic Voice of Burma
Deutsche Press Agentur
Economist, The
Free Burma Rangers
Guardian
Independent
International Herald Tribune
Irrawaddy
Jane’s Defence Weekly
Kachin News Group
Mizzima
Narinjara
Nation, The
New Light of Myanmar, The
New York Times, The
Outlook (India)
Radio Free Asia
Reuters
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N)
The Times
Time
Times of India, The
United Press International
Voice of America
Washington Post
Working People’s Daily
Further Information
ADVOCACY ORGANISATIONS
The Alternative ASEAN Network for Burma (ALTSEAN)
ALTSEAN-Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma) is a network of organisations and individuals based in ASEAN member states working to support the movement for human rights and democracy in Burma. The network comprises human rights & social justice NGOs, political parties, think tanks, academics, journalists and student activists. The organisation was formed at the conclusion of the Alternative ASEAN Meeting on Burma held at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, in October 1996.
PO BOX 296
Lardprao Post Office
10310 Bangkok
Thailand
Tel: +66 81 850 9008
www.altsean.org
Burma
Campaign Australia
Burma Campaign Australia is a network of groups and individuals located around Australia campaigning for peace, democracy, good governance and human rights in Burma. Burma Campaign Australia includes human rights advocates, academics, aid agencies and a broad range of Australia-based ethnic and pro-democracy groups from Burma.
c/o Burma Office
Trades Hall
Suite 110
4 Goulburn St
Sydney
NSW 2000
Australia
Tel & Fax: 0061 9264 7694
www.aucampaignforburma.org
Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK works for the promotion of human rights, democracy and development in Burma.
28 Charles Square
London, N1 6HT
United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) (0)207 324 4710
www.burmacampaign.org.uk
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
CSW is a Christian organisation working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, in the pursuit of justice. An international human rights organisation, CSW has offices in London, Brussels and Washington, DC and affiliates and partners in Hong Kong, Nigeria, Norway, Denmark and India.
PO Box 99
New Malden
Surrey KT3 3YF
United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) (0)845 456 5464
www.csw.org.uk
The U.S. Campaign for Burma
The United States Campaign for Burma (USCB) is a US-based organisation dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to rally for human rights and to bring an end to the military dictatorship in Burma.
1444 N Street NW, Suite A2
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Tel: (+1) (202) 234-8022
www.uscampaignforburma.org
AID ORGANISATIONS
The Free Burma Rangers
The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma. Ethnic pro-democracy groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.
P.O. Box 14, Mae Jo
Chiang Mai 50290
Thailand
www.freeburmarangers.org
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust
HART works to provides targeted aid-work and international advocacy for those who are, or who have been, suffering oppression and persecution. The focus is on those who are trapped behind closed borders, not served by other major aid organisations, and largely neglected by the international media.
3 Arnellan House
144–146 Slough Lane
Kingsbury
London NW9 8XJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 208 204 7336
www.hart-uk.org
Partners Relief and Development
Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, working with communities impacted by war in Burma.
www.partnersworld.org
The Phan Foundation
The Phan Foundation was founded by the four children of Padoh Mahn Sha, the General Secretary of the Karen National Union, and Nant Kyin Shwe, in memory of their parents. The Foundation has four main objectives: to alleviate poverty; provide education; promote human rights; protect Karen culture.
Phan Foundation
28 Charles Sq
London N1 6HT
United Kingdom
www.phanfoundation.org
Prospect Burma
Prospect Burma is a non-political education charity dedicated to supporting the education of Burmese students.
Prospect Burma
Porters’ Lodge
Rivermead Court
Ranelagh Gardens
London SW6 3SF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7371 0887
www.prospectburma.org
Support for the Oppressed Peoples of Burma
SOPB is a small family-run charity which began in 2006. SOPB supports health and education projects in Chin, Kachin, Shan, and Karenni states and in Thailand, Mizoram (India) and Malaysia, including a clinic for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Karen State, a shelter for Burmese women and children at risk in Kuala Lumpur, and monastic schools in the Irrawaddy Delta.
St Edward’s Chantry
75 Bimport
Shaftesbury
Dorset SP78BA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1747 852789
www.sopb.org
Index
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à Kempis, Thomas 218
Afghanistan 137, 222
All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) 152
All Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA) 160, 175, 176
All Burma Monks’ Representative Committee (ABMRC) 172
All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) 32–3, 42, 48
All Burma Students’ Democratic Movement Organization (ABSDMO) 33
al-Qaeda xxvi, 137
Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN) 68, 167
Amnesty International 83
Anglo-Burmese wars 3
Animists xviii, 54, 55, 78
Ant Bwe Kyaw 173
Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (AFPFL) 4
Arakan (Rakhine) people xix, 3, 78, 106, 134, 209–10, 214
oppression 138
relationship with Rohingyas 127–8, 133, 134, 138
Arakan Project 136
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) 133
Arakan State 127–38, 139, 159, 174, 185, 209–10
Aris, Michael 27, 28, 44
death 46
Ashin Thi La Na Da 184
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) 204
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) 152, 159–60, 161–2, 165, 167
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) xxii, 72, 191, 197, 222
Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus 221
astrology 1, 19, 149
Attlee, Clement 3, 5
Aung Gyi 22–3, 31, 34–5
Aung Hlaing Win 159–60
Aung Htoo 32
Aung Lynn Htut 145, 146
Aung San xx, 1–5, 227
assassination 1–2, 5, 6–7, 27
Aung San Suu Kyi xiv xx–xxi, xxx, 2, 5, 27–30, 44–7, 113, 139, 145, 155, 156, 157, 175, 187, 206
call for ethnic resolution 102–3
character and inner steel 36–40, 45
communist allegations 34–5
Danubyu incident 35–6
democracy obstacles warning 218
Depayin assassination attempt 47, 204
desire for dialogue and reconciliation xxxii, 40, 45, 211
election to Parliament 215–16
favourite films and music 45–6
house arrests and releases xx, 40, 44–5, 47, 212, 214
hunger strike 40
as inspirational leader 29–30, 225
John Yettaw incident xxii–xxiii, 211–12
Kachin State speech 227
leads NLD 34
meeting with author xxviii, xxxi–xxxii
meeting with David Cameron 69, 219
meeting with David Eubank 77
meeting with Glenys Kinnock 220
meeting with Hillary Clinton 219
meeting with William Hague 219
meeting with Thein Sein xxiii, 215
Myaynigone incident 38–9
Nobel Peace Prize xx, 2, 44
Pathein incident 38
post-release speech 214–15
publi
c meetings 45, 46
rejection of ‘interim’ government 31–2
return to Burma 27–8
Saffron Revolution walk-by 172–3
Shwedagon speech 29–30, 39, 214
tours of Burma 45, 47
trial xxii–xxiii, 144, 212
views on National Convention 205
views on Visit Myanmar Year 44
vision for the future 227–8
Aung Saw Oo 9, 14, 15
Aung Than Lay 60–1
Aung Thein 158
Aung Tun Thet 214
Back Pack Health Workers 75–6
Bago xxiii, 180, 183
Bai Souqian 101
Ban Ki-moon xxii, 191, 195, 197, 208
Bangkok 42, 71–2, 156, 186, 189, 194
Bangladesh xxiii, 105, 123, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 184, 185, 210
Bangladesh-Burma border xix, xxi, 137, 138, 172
BBC 142, 153, 187, 189–90, 201, 216
Bellamy, June Rose 12
Ben Ali, Zine al-Abidine 223
Benedict XVI, Pope 221
Benson, Louisa 12
Bercow, John 220
Beyrer, Chris 62, 65, 75, 76
Biak Lian, Victor 19, 122–3, 125
Bo Htet Min 145
Bo Kyi 161, 166, 170–1
Bo Min Yu Ko 152
Bo Mya, General 53–4
Bondevik, Kjell Magne xxi
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich xxiv, 104
Bono xx
Brang Seng 88
Britain/UK 12, 26, 51, 72–4, 148, 151, 191, 198, 221
annexation of Kachin Hills 86
betrayal of Burma 52–3
Department for International Development (DFID) 116–17
invasion of Chin Hills 105
British colonial rule xix, 1, 3, 5, 52–3, 58, 105–6, 107, 114
Brown, Gordon xxi, 151, 194
Buddhism 5, 10, 37, 87, 95, 106, 108, 109–10, 114, 124, 129
as state religion 87
Buddhist monks 30, 54, 110, 160
disenfranchisement 209
escapes following Saffron revolution 182–5
Saffron revolution xxi, xxiii, 143, 144, 172–82, 187–8
Buddhists xviii, 4, 30, 54–5, 62–3, 77, 78, 87, 111, 119, 128, 131, 184
Buncombe, Andrew 157
Burma Army (Tatmadaw)
Aung San’s vision 2
Aung San Suu Kyi declares loyalty 29
border guard force proposals 100, 210–11
brutality of punishment in 120
call for national ceasefire 216
Chin ethnicity rumours 23–4
Chin oppression 104, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113–14, 119
Burma- a Nation at the Crossroads Page 34