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To mark International Human Rights Day, Burma Campaign UK and Christian Solidarity Worldwide organized a demonstration at the Chinese embassy in London on Monday, calling for the Chinese government to use its influence to establish human rights in both countries. Demonstrators call for human rights in Burma and North Korea in front of the the Chinese Embassy in London. Photo: Burma Campaign UK Since last year’s election in Burma, many people consider Burma’s situation has improved, but in reality little has changed considering there are more rapes, murders and conflicts in ethnic areas, said Burma Campaign UK. Most political prisoners remain in prison, it said. In North Korea, there are more than 200,000 political prisoners locked away in several prison camps all over the country with terrible conditions and slave labour, it said. “It is very important to remember that there are many human rights abuses happening in Burma and North Korea. People in both countries have known little f

By Irrawaddy Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra (left) shakes hands with Burma's President Thein Sein on her first trip to Burma in October. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will meet Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday in Rangoon, becoming the first Thai premier to meet the Burmese opposition leader. Win Htein, a prominent member of Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), told  The Irrawaddy  on Monday that the Nobel Peace prize laureate has an appointment to meet with the Thai prime minister on Tuesday evening. Yingluck is scheduled to travel to Burma’s capital Naypyidaw on Monday for a Greater Mekong Subregion summit before heading to Rangoon. It will be her second trip to Burma since she was sworn in. Yingluck’s first visit to Burma was in early October when she met with President Thein Sein in Naypyidaw, but didn’t meet Suu Kyi at that time. Suu Kyi earlier congratulated Yingluck on becoming Thailand’s first female prime minister after her Pheu Thai Party

Introduction The Rohingya are one of the most forgotten, persecuted, voiceless, and underrepresented peoples on earth. Their population is estimated to be more than 3 millions. Of them about 1.5 millions are in diasporas particularly in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Malaysia, Thailand etc. They are still willing to return to their ancestral homeland of Arakan in Burma. Their settlement in Arakan dates back to latter part of 7th century A.D. Download PDF   here Read more   here

MIZZIMA NEWS Rangoon (Mizzima) – Tin Oo and Aung San Suu Kyi will be nominated first leader and second leader, respectively, of the re-formed National League for Democracy (NLD) when it registers in Naypyitaw. Aung San Suu Kyi leaves a meeting of the 21 founders of the reformed National League for Democracy on Monday, December 19, 2011, in Rangoon. The party nominated Tin Oo and her as first leader and second leader, respectively. They will go to Naypyitaw soon to re-register the party. Photo: Mizzima The decision was announced on Monday following a meeting in Rangoon of the 21 founders of the new NLD. The two senior leaders will go to Naypyitaw soon to register the party with the Union Election Commission (UEC), according to NLD spokesman Nyan Win. “The first leader is Tin Oo and the second leader is Aung San Suu Kyi,” he said. He declined to say when they would go to Naypyitaw. The NLD has not yet selected candidates to run in the by-election, he said, because the UEC has not fix

MIZZIMA NEWS New Delhi (Mizzima) – Candidates can start campaigning freely now for the by-election, Union Election Commission (UEC) chairman Tin Aye said on Friday. The date of the election has not been set, but it is expected to be about 90 days after the start of campaigning. Union Election Commission chairman Tin Aye. Photo: Mizzima A total of 48 seats at the union or regional level are open. Political parties are free to campaign without informing the EC of their plans, according to sources. There are some constituencies in which there may be no election due to fighting in ethnic areas. EC chairman Tin Aye said this election would be free and fair. The commission will spend 700 million kyat (US$ 897,436) in comparison to nearly 1,100 million kyat (US$ 1.41 million) for the 2010 election, according to the EU announcement. UEC member Myint Oo said an education campaign would begin on the procedure for absentee ballots and the regular voting process. A local editor told Mizzima: “

MIZZIMA NEWS (Mizzima) – The Naypyitaw International Airport was inaugurated on Monday, the Xinhua news agency reported. A miniature model of the expanded international airport in Naypyitaw, which is designed to promote more tourism in the capital. Photo: Mizzima The new international airport was put into operation in a bid to ensure accommodation of what is hoped to be a sharp increase of tourists from around the world in the years ahead, said Xinhua. Located 16 kilometers south of Naypyitaw and next to the old Ayelar Airport, the opening was attended by Vice President Sai Mauk Kham and visiting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, who is in Naypyitaw to attend the 4th Summit of the six-country Greater Mekong Subregion-Economic Cooperation (GMS) which opens Tuesday. The new airport was partly designed to accommodate events such as the Southeast Asian Games and Asean summit to be hosted in Naypyitaw in 2013 and 2014 respectively. The project involved a credit of nearly US$ 200 milli

carlowpeople Tuesday December 13 2011 CARLOW RUGBY Club has been shortlisted for the Diverse Ireland Awards 2011. Seamus O'leary, Participatory Projects Officer for Southeast with The Integration Centre said 'County Carlow Football Club, also known as the Carlow Rugby Club, has worked closely with members of Carlow Interagency Integration Forum, sub group of the Carlow County Development Board and the Rohingya Community in Carlow to reestablish the Cricket Club as a way of both recognizing the interests of Carlow's newest residents and of using sport to promote integration. It is thoroughly deserves to be shortlisted for the Diverse Ireland Awards 2011.'