EU renews sanctions against Burmese regime

Mungpi, Mizzima News, 27 April 2010.

Oklahoma City (Mizzima) – European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed to extend its existing economic sanctions against military-ruled Burma for another year, and called on the military regime to stop “violation of international human rights and humanitarian law”.

“The Council deems it necessary to extend the restrictive measures provided for in the current EU decision by another year,” a statement by the Foreign Ministers of the 27 European nations said.

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Run for Relief in Burma in U.K. on 10 Oct 2009

Credit: Edinburgh Run for Relief.

Thousands in Burma are forced by their own government to flee their homes and run for for their lives. You can help.

For the past two years the Edinburgh Run for Relief in Burma has been a great success, with hundreds of runners and walkers raising over £7600 to help internally displaced people in Burma. But there's still more to do! So they are running again this year on Saturday 10 October 2009 in Inverleith Park. Runners will meet in the Pavilion at the East entrance to Inverleith Park (nearest to the Botanic Gardens).

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Actress Marion Cotillard Calls for Aung San Suu Ky’s Release in Paris

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Stepping out for what she believes in, Marion Cotillard attended a silent gathering to support Myanmar detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Paris on Tuesday evening (October 6).

Held in front of the Paris city hall, the event saw supporters each lighting a candle and observing a moment of meditation to mark their support for the former Nobel Peace Prize winner.

According to French reports, the demonstration was organized with the assistance of Information Burma, the FIDH, Amnesty International, Collective S.O.S for Aung San Suu Kyi, the League of the Human rights and Human Rights Watch.

Leading the solemn event was Jane Birkin, who declared yesterday evening: “All the actions, even those which can appear most negligible, most ridiculous, are actually important.”

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