A New Mandala correspondent in Yangon has put together this account about Cyclone Nagris and the ongoing effort to bring aid to people in the Irrawaddy delta. The above picture was taken in Dedaye in the storm-affected area.
The images of destruction and devastation in and around Yangon after the cyclone will stay with me for a long time, [...]
A special report from Yangon
May 19th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 2 Comments
Tags: Burma · Cyclone Nargis
Time for AusAID to rethink Burma
May 19th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 23 Comments
Would I be willing to accept a son or daughter of a member of the Burmese junta into a course I teach?
Of course.
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting today that:
Children of some of the most senior members of the Burmese regime are studying at Australian universities… They include the son and daughter-in-law of a minister, [...]
Tags: Burma · Burma uprising
FACT on censoring free speech in Thailand
May 19th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
[New Mandala has received the following statement from C.J Hinke of Freedom Against Censorship Thailand.]
Censoring free speech in Thailand
C.J. Hinke
Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT)
Thailand’s military junta’s fifth order following its coup d’etat September 19, 2006 was to appoint an Official Censor of the Military Coup. The overthrown elected government had publicly stated that it intended [...]
Tags: Thailand