publicradiointernational: From years of house arrest to a position of power: Pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to Myanmar’s parliament in a landmark vote over the weekend. (Photo: A man shows a phone with a picture of Aung San Suu Kyi as election results are revealed in Yangon on April 1, 2012. By DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS) It’s a historic moment for Myanmar, with democracy appearing to be advancing in leaps and bounds — and with relatively little violence. Do events in Myanmar offer a model for democratic transitions elsewhere? More.

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From years of house arrest to a position of power: Pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to Myanmar’s parliament in a landmark vote over the weekend. (Photo: A man shows a phone with a picture of Aung San Suu Kyi as election results are revealed in Yangon on April 1, 2012. By DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS)

It’s a historic moment for Myanmar, with democracy appearing to be advancing in leaps and bounds — and with relatively little violence. Do events in Myanmar offer a model for democratic transitions elsewhere? More.

newshour: Opposition Rallies in Myanmar Thousands gathered recently at a rally for the opposition party National League of Democracy candidates outside the town of Mawlamyine in southern Myanmar. In the past year, Myanmar’s government has loosened restrictions on political campaigning and implemented other reforms. [Image: Kira Kay]

newshour:

Opposition Rallies in Myanmar

Thousands gathered recently at a rally for the opposition party National League of Democracy candidates outside the town of Mawlamyine in southern Myanmar. In the past year, Myanmar’s government has loosened restrictions on political campaigning and implemented other reforms.

[Image: Kira Kay]

doctorswithoutborders: Myanmar: Urgent Action Needed Against HIV and TB Between 15,000 and 20,000 people living with HIV die every year in Myanmar because of lack of access to lifesaving ART. TB prevalence in Myanmar is more than three times the global average and Myanmar is among the 27 countries with the highest MDR-TB rates in the world. Like non-resistant TB, MDR-TB is easily transmitted through the air and can infect perfectly healthy people, but requires far more complex and lengthy treatment.MSF currently treats more than 23,000 HIV patients in Myanmar. An additional 6,000 people will be enrolled in MSF clinics in 2012. Worlwide, MSF treats more than 170,000 people living with HIV. Photo: Myanmar 2012 © Greg Constantine A young man co-infected with HIV and TB at MSF’s clinic in Yangon.

doctorswithoutborders:

Myanmar: Urgent Action Needed Against HIV and TB

Between 15,000 and 20,000 people living with HIV die every year in Myanmar because of lack of access to lifesaving ART. TB prevalence in Myanmar is more than three times the global average and Myanmar is among the 27 countries with the highest MDR-TB rates in the world. Like non-resistant TB, MDR-TB is easily transmitted through the air and can infect perfectly healthy people, but requires far more complex and lengthy treatment.

MSF currently treats more than 23,000 HIV patients in Myanmar. An additional 6,000 people will be enrolled in MSF clinics in 2012. Worlwide, MSF treats more than 170,000 people living with HIV.

Photo: Myanmar 2012 © Greg Constantine A young man co-infected with HIV and TB at MSF’s clinic in Yangon.

Burma

Burma

Workers brought into US and 'exploited'

A US federal agency has filed lawsuits over the unequal treatment of more than 500 migrant workers from India brought into the country to work at shipyards in Mississipi and Texas, and over 200 Thai farm labourers brought in to work in Hawaii and Washington state.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Wednesday that the workers were forced to live in substandard housing and were exploited with fees that meant that for some their net earnings were almost zero.

The EEOC termed the treatment of the workers as amounting to human trafficking, even though they had been brought into the country on work visas.

(Source: azspot)

msnbc: A Thai Buddhist monk beside a collapsed 800-year-old pagoda at Wat Chedi Luang temple, Chiang Saen district, Chiang Rai province near the Thai-Myanmar border in northern Thailand, on 25 March after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region. (Chaichan Chaimun / EPA) The 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar on Thursday has killed more than 50 people and injured 40, with the death toll expected to rise. 

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A Thai Buddhist monk beside a collapsed 800-year-old pagoda at Wat Chedi Luang temple, Chiang Saen district, Chiang Rai province near the Thai-Myanmar border in northern Thailand, on 25 March after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region. (Chaichan Chaimun / EPA)

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar on Thursday has killed more than 50 people and injured 40, with the death toll expected to rise. 

doctorswithoutborders: 2008Cyclone Hits Myanmar MSF staff already working in the country provides assistance to thousands of people displaced by the cyclone while the government stalls on allowing additional staff to enter the country. Learn more about MSF’s history at our website. Photo: Myanmar 2008 © Eyal Warshawski

doctorswithoutborders:

2008
Cyclone Hits Myanmar

MSF staff already working in the country provides assistance to thousands of people displaced by the cyclone while the government stalls on allowing additional staff to enter the country.

Learn more about MSF’s history at our website.

Photo: Myanmar 2008 © Eyal Warshawski

Today is the Global Day Of Prayer for Burma. Please pray for the displaced people of Burma.

Today is the Global Day Of Prayer for Burma. Please pray for the displaced people of Burma.

Suu Kyi to Meet Burmese Youths

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