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• In shadow of Olympics, Myanmar mourns failed '88 uprising

  - 2008-08-05

  BANGKOK AFP — As China celebrates the start of the Olympics on Friday with much fanfare, activists in neighbouring Myanmar will silently mourn the bloody end of an uprising that crushed their dreams of democracy 20 years ago. In August 1988, cities and villages across the country then known...

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• Top Myanmar activist may go blind: US

  - 2008-04-22

  WASHINGTON AFP — Military-ruled Myanmar's imprisoned pro-democracy activist Min Ko Naing may go blind after failing to receive medical treatment, the US State Department charged Tuesday. The de facto number two opposition leader after democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi "has not received care for an eye infection that,...

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• Myanmar nationals remember demo victims with 'Rambo' screening

  - 2008-01-31

  SINGAPORE AFP — Hundreds of Myanmar residents in Singapore have planned a unique tribute to victims of last September's crackdown in their homeland -- a weekend screening of the new "Rambo" movie. The Overseas Burmese Patriots activist group says it has bought 600 tickets to a Sunday screening of...

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• Myanmar democracy activists pin hopes on 'Panty Power'

  - 2007-10-25

  BANGKOK AFP — A campaign is underway to chastise Myanmar's military regime, not through dialogue or sanctions, but by flooding the country's foreign embassies with women's underwear, an activist said Thursday. A pro-democracy group based in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai is urging people all over the...

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• Myanmar cuts phone service to activists, journalists

  - 2007-09-14

  BANGKOK AFP — Myanmar's military government has cut off the mobile phones of prominent pro-democracy supporters and of some journalists representing foreign media, including two from Agence France-Presse. The management of AFP has requested that the authorities in Myanmar restore mobile phone service to its reporters so that they...

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• Myanmar steps up manhunt for activists

  - 2007-09-02

  YANGON AFP — Myanmar's junta has stepped up a manhunt for pro-democracy activists after a rare string of protests, raiding homes and subjecting citizens to arbitrary searches, campaigners and residents say. More than 10 plainclothes policemen have surrounded the home of 34-year-old labour rights campaigner Su Su Nway, who...

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• Protests spread around Myanmar

  - 2007-08-28

  YANGON AFP — Pro-democracy supporters expanded their protests against Myanmar's military Tuesday, marching through the streets of the port town of Sittwe while attempting to rally in the main city Yangon. Protesters have for the last 10 days defied a clampdown on dissent by Myanmar's military regime and staged...

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• Myanmar junta arrests 50 after new protest

  - 2007-08-26

  YANGON AFP — About 50 pro-democracy activists were arrested Monday outside Yangon, as the Myanmar junta clamped down on dissent following a series of protests last week against a sharp hike in fuel prices. The protest was the latest in a series of bold demonstrations against the military, which...

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• Myanmar activists face legal action over fuel hike protest

  - 2007-08-25

  YANGON AFP — Myanmar's junta was interrogating 13 activists arrested for organising a rally against the regime over its massive hike in fuel prices ahead of likely legal action, state media said Saturday. Since first taking to the streets last Sunday, a series of peaceful protests over the fuel...

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• Activist demands Myanmar solve fuel spike

  - 2007-08-18

  YANGON AFP — A prominent pro-democracy activist in Myanmar on Saturday demanded the junta tackle a surge in fuel prices, which has exacerbated the financial woes of citizens already saddled with high inflation. "We urge authorities to solve this problem immediately," said Min Ko Naing, one of several former...

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