Word: burma
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...walk-up to parliamentary elections in March 2008. Patxi Zabaleta, a former Batasuna member and now leader of Aralar, a Basque nationalist party, castigated the government over the arrests. "These people were meeting to talk, without arms," he said. "The right to gather must be respected, in [Burma] and in Spain...
...Burma when the protests first started,” Maung told the crowd. “I had to see my friends go to the protests, fighting for their freedom and afraid for their lives...
Yesterday’s rally began with a speech from the leader of the Harvard Burma Action Movement, a senior who uses the pseudonym “Shanti Maung” to protect family members still living in Myanmar...
Paul Brady—a student at the Law School who attended the rally—said he co-founded the HLS Burma Campaign, a student group, this week to bring greater attention to the violence in Myanmar. “We’re law students, so if we don’t take notice when people are fighting for their rights, then who will...
CORRECTION: The Oct. 5 news article "Students: No State Funds in Myanmar" incorrectly stated that the 1996 Massachusetts Burma Law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 as unconstitutional on the grounds that a state cannot conduct foreign policy. In fact, the court ruled against Massachusetts on the grounds that a federal law imposing sanctions on Myanmar preempted state...