Word: myanmar
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...crackdown starts slowly. Several well-known democracy activists are arrested overnight. Aung Way goes into hiding. Guiltily, I retrieve his poem. "We want freedom," it reads. "We want friendship between our army and our people." The New Light of Myanmar, a junta newspaper, blames the violence on "hot-blooded monks" who "are jealous of national development and stability...
...Rushing’s bill passes, it will require Treasurer Tim Cahill to disclose any other companies in the state’s portfolio with ties to Myanmar...
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...