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	<title>Lim Kit Siang &#187; Burma</title>
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		<title>Is Myanmar the new Asian tiger?</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2012/02/07/is-myanmar-the-new-asian-tiger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2012/02/07/is-myanmar-the-new-asian-tiger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Pepe Escobar Al Jazeera 07 Feb 2012 Despite some reforms, Myanmar remains a hardcore military dictatorship and lacks a civil society. Bangkok, Thailand &#8211; While the big story of 2012 in south-west Asia is the increasingly lethal US-Iran psychodrama, there&#8217;s no bigger story in south-east Asia in the Year of the Dragon than the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suu Kyi becomes key to complex Myanmar politics</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2012/01/23/suu-kyi-becomes-key-to-complex-myanmar-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2012/01/23/suu-kyi-becomes-key-to-complex-myanmar-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Didier Lauras (AFP) 23rd Jan 2012 YANGON — Aung San Suu Kyi is playing an increasingly important role in Myanmar, helping shore up a fragile alliance of former junta generals whose recent reforms have amazed observers, analysts say. After half a century of total military domination, the Southeast Asian nation held widely-criticised elections in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Najib at loss for words about new Myanmar Protest Bill which requires only 5 days’ notice when he describes his own Peaceful Assembly Bill as “revolutionary” but which  requires 30 days’ notice</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/11/25/najib-at-loss-for-words-about-new-myanmar-protest-bill-which-requires-only-5-days%e2%80%99-notice-when-he-describes-his-own-peaceful-assembly-bill-as-%e2%80%9crevolutionary%e2%80%9d-but-which-require/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/11/25/najib-at-loss-for-words-about-new-myanmar-protest-bill-which-requires-only-5-days%e2%80%99-notice-when-he-describes-his-own-peaceful-assembly-bill-as-%e2%80%9crevolutionary%e2%80%9d-but-which-require/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak must be at a loss for words to describe the new Myanmar Protest Bill requiring its citizens to give five days’ notice to the authorities to protest peacefully when he can claim that his own Peaceful Assembly Bill is “revolutionary” but which requires 30 days notice. Myanmar has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>How far can Burma bend for change?</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/21/how-far-can-burma-bend-for-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/21/how-far-can-burma-bend-for-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Hartcher &#124; October 18, 2011 The Age One of the world&#8217;s most famous champions of freedom, Burma&#8217;s Aung San Suu Kyi, spent most of the past 21 years under house arrest, considered a pariah by the military dictators who cancelled elections, shut down free speech and cut Burma off from the democratic world. A [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>AIPMC statement on detainees&#8217; &#8220;swap&#8221; between Malaysia and Myanmar</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/20/aipmc-statement-on-detainees-swap-between-malaysia-and-myanmar/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/20/aipmc-statement-on-detainees-swap-between-malaysia-and-myanmar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[20 October 2011 AIPMC notes with serious concern recent developments of the Malaysian government’s plan to implement the ‘detainees exchange program’ with Myanmar. This plan will result around 1,000 people from Myanmar, detained in Malaysia, deported from the country. There will be a possibility of persecution for those who are sent back to Myanmar. Those [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kit Siang: Stop detainee-swap deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/20/kit-siang-stop-detainee-swap-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/20/kit-siang-stop-detainee-swap-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tarani Palani &#124; October 20, 2011 Free Malaysia Today Put in an effective system in place first to protect Myanmar refugees and asylum seekers from persecution in their homeland, says the AIPMC chair. KUALA LUMPUR: The Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) has voiced concern over the planned exchange of detainees between Malaysia and Myanmar. Its [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Step Forward, On a Long Path</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/14/a-step-forward-on-a-long-path/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2011/10/14/a-step-forward-on-a-long-path/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AIPMC Press statement 13 October 2011 As part of the government of Myanmar&#8217;s earlier announcement of a general amnesty to release 6,359 prisoners starting from yesterday, at least 200 political prisoners have since been released. However, many more political prisoners, prisoners of conscience remain in indefinite detention. Thus, the AIPMC today reiterates its call for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASEAN must strengthen UN efforts to bring about peace and justice in Burma/Myanmar</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/11/asean-must-strengthen-un-efforts-to-bring-about-peace-and-justice-in-burmamyanmar/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/11/asean-must-strengthen-un-efforts-to-bring-about-peace-and-justice-in-burmamyanmar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the AIPMC, the election in Burma/Myanmar was already a foregone conclusion. We did not consider them an election at all. In fact, we named them a non-election for the country’s people. Our conclusion was based on careful scrutiny of the facts on the ground, including a strictly controlled constitution-drafting process, a rigged referendum in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fraud, voter intimidation mar Burma vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/07/fraud-voter-intimidation-mar-burma-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/07/fraud-voter-intimidation-mar-burma-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 10:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By South-East Asia correspondent Zoe Daniel, wires- ABC/Reuters Updated 2 hours 34 minutes ago Allegations of fraud and voter intimidation are overshadowing Burma&#8217;s first election in 20 years. The allegations are not unexpected. Burma&#8217;s military leaders may have resigned to become civilians ahead of the poll but the lead up to the election has been [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Support a UN Commission of Inquiry into international crimes in Myanmar not next weekend’s general election</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/07/support-a-un-commission-of-inquiry-into-international-crimes-in-myanmar-not-next-weekend%e2%80%99s-general-election/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/07/support-a-un-commission-of-inquiry-into-international-crimes-in-myanmar-not-next-weekend%e2%80%99s-general-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 03:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OPEN LETTER TO ASEAN LEADERS Your Excellencies, The 17th ASEAN Summit has concluded, and, as elected representatives of the peoples of ASEAN, we are disappointed by its outcome and by your passivity in the face of this weekend’s election in Myanmar. The election is about to be conducted under a new constitution, enacted in 2008, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Burma’s poll farce</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/09/07/burma%e2%80%99s-poll-farce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/09/07/burma%e2%80%99s-poll-farce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial Times September 5, 2010 Burma’s elections are shaping up to be the detestable sham the dictatorship’s sternest critics have warned. Unlike those held – and then callously ignored – in 1990, no credible opposition is running. Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy won the 1990 poll, is a prisoner after spending [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Burma&#8217;s ailing dictator resigns military post</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/08/28/burmas-ailing-dictator-resigns-military-post/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/08/28/burmas-ailing-dictator-resigns-military-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ben Doherty Guardian 27th August 2010 Than Shwe and other generals quit military to apparently ensure they stay in charge as civilians after November elections Burma&#8217;s reclusive and ailing dictator, Than Shwe, has resigned his military post, exiled Burmese media have reported, paving the way for him to become president in Burma&#8217;s government after [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hanoi ASEAN Summit should take a strong stand to demand free, fair and inclusive elections in Myanmar allowing participation by Aung San Suu Kyi or ASEAN should withhold recognition of legitimacy for election result</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/04/09/hanoi-asean-summit-should-take-a-strong-stand-to-demand-free-fair-and-inclusive-elections-in-myanmar-allowing-participation-by-aung-san-suu-kyi-or-asean-should-withhold-recognition-of-legitimacy-for/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/04/09/hanoi-asean-summit-should-take-a-strong-stand-to-demand-free-fair-and-inclusive-elections-in-myanmar-allowing-participation-by-aung-san-suu-kyi-or-asean-should-withhold-recognition-of-legitimacy-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 16th ASEAN Summit currently being held in Hanoi should take a strong stand to demand free, fair and inclusive elections in Myanmar allowing participation by Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi or ASEAN should withhold recognition of legitimacy for the Myanmese election result. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said in Hanoi [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASEAN must condemn ASSK&#8217;s 18-month house arrest as an unacceptable violation of ASEAN Charter on human rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/08/12/asean-and-individual-asean-governments-must-make-clear-their-condemnation-of-another-18-month-house-arrest-of-aung-san-suu-kyi-by-myanmar-military-junta-as-an-unacceptable-violation-of-asean-charter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/08/12/asean-and-individual-asean-governments-must-make-clear-their-condemnation-of-another-18-month-house-arrest-of-aung-san-suu-kyi-by-myanmar-military-junta-as-an-unacceptable-violation-of-asean-charter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASEAN and individual ASEAN governments must make clear their condemnation of another 18-month house arrest of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi by the Myanmese military junta as an unacceptable violation of ASEAN Charter on Human Rights. ASEAN Foreign Ministers at their meeting in Phuket last month had endorsed the Terms of Reference (TOR) [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi &#8211; AIPMC calls for ASEAN suspension of Myanmar and to consider sanctions option</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/26/aung-san-suu-kyi-aipmc-calls-for-asean-suspension-of-myanmar-and-to-consider-sanctions-option/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/26/aung-san-suu-kyi-aipmc-calls-for-asean-suspension-of-myanmar-and-to-consider-sanctions-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 23:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Myanmar (AIPMC) after a meeting in Bangkok on Monday night (25th May 2009) issued the following statement] ASEAN MPs call on tougher ASEAN actions on Myanmar including Suspension The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) calls on ASEAN to suspend Myanmar’s membership in the regional bloc if the country’s military regime [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi &#8211; AIPMC to meet in Bangkok to demand  ASEAN governments take tough stand to secure her  release</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/24/aung-san-suu-kyi-aipmc-to-meet-in-bangkok-to-demand-asean-governments-take-tough-stand-to-secure-her-release/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/24/aung-san-suu-kyi-aipmc-to-meet-in-bangkok-to-demand-asean-governments-take-tough-stand-to-secure-her-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 11:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Security Council has called for the release of Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma and expressed its concern over her current trial. In a unanimous statement, the 15-council members expressed their concern about the &#8220;political impact&#8221; of the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi charging [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nation-Building Cannot Begin from Irrational Premises</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/22/nation-building-cannot-begin-from-irrational-premises/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/22/nation-building-cannot-begin-from-irrational-premises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Farish A. Noor It has become ever-so-trendy of late to talk about nation-building in the most inclusive and open-ended of terms. After assuming office more than a month ago, the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak began speaking at length about the notion of a ‘United Malaysia’ – which was in turn claimed by [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASEM FMM 9 should endorse the proposal for an international inquiry of 15 years of human rights abuses in Myanmar like those conducted for atrocities in Darfur, Rwanda and Yugoslavia</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/21/asem-fmm-9-should-endorse-the-proposal-for-an-international-inquiry-of-15-years-of-human-rights-abuses-in-myanmar-like-those-conducted-for-atrocities-in-darfur-rwanda-and-yugoslavia/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/21/asem-fmm-9-should-endorse-the-proposal-for-an-international-inquiry-of-15-years-of-human-rights-abuses-in-myanmar-like-those-conducted-for-atrocities-in-darfur-rwanda-and-yugoslavia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reimposition of restrictions on reporters and diplomats attending the trial of Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi a day after opening up the proceedings yesterday betray the true colours of the Myanmar military junta with regard to its utter disregard to universal principles of human rights and the ASEAN Charter. The Myanmese military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s trial &#8211; “Grave concern” by Thailand, ASEAN Chair welcome but grossly inadequate</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/19/aung-san-suu-kyis-trial-%e2%80%9cgrave-concern%e2%80%9d-by-thailand-asean-chair-welcome-but-grossly-inadequate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/19/aung-san-suu-kyis-trial-%e2%80%9cgrave-concern%e2%80%9d-by-thailand-asean-chair-welcome-but-grossly-inadequate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The statement of “grave concern” by Thailand, as the ASEAN Chair, about the fragile health and perilous personal safety and freedom of Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is welcome but grossly inadequate. While the reminder to the Myanmar military junta about the call of ASEAN leaders for the immediate release of Aung San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s Monday trial &#8211; Malaysian Cabinet should condemn Myanmar junta on Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/17/aung-san-suu-kyis-monday-trial-malaysian-cabinet-should-condemn-myanmar-junta-on-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/05/17/aung-san-suu-kyis-monday-trial-malaysian-cabinet-should-condemn-myanmar-junta-on-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 08:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ASEAN should condemn the Myanmar military junta if its proceeds tomorrow with the arbitrary trial of Nobel Peace Prize Laureatee and Burmese pro-democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi despite world-wide protests and release her from the notorious Insein Prison. The revocation of the licence of a top lawyer, Aung Thien, barring him from defending Suu [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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