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Sri Lanka at a crossroads 7 Jan 2013 | 08:39 am
Tomorrow, 8th January, the parliament in Sri Lanka will be asked by the government (who control a majority) to vote on the removal of the Chief Justice. This process was declared unconstitutional by t...
The current situation 31 Dec 2012 | 10:28 pm
There is a good short summary of the current situation in this Irrawaddy article: “Kayin State’s Fragile Peace” I seems balanced and careful and is well-documented. [You may get warnings from your bro...
Colombo Theological Seminary (second visit) 23 Nov 2012 | 05:53 am
I arrived in Colombo yesterday, and got to CTS about 2:30am. After 26 hours of wakefulness and travel (including waiting in airports). The experience of Colombo from the windows of the lovely guest fl...
Amid all the good news… 6 Oct 2012 | 12:36 am
News from Burma has been astoundingly good for the most part in recent months. Despite the military government’s continuing war on some ethnic minorities, liberalisation, the freedom of Aung San Suu K...
An iPad in a refugee camp 22 Jun 2012 | 01:55 am
Take a teacher with an iPad, her name is Diane, put her in a refugee camp with just three hours electricity per day. Mai La Ooon is out in the forest hours from the town of Mai Sariang in northwest Th...
Videos of the fire 29 Apr 2012 | 09:12 am
Here are videos of the fire. Still no news of the people…
Karen News reports that a fire has devastated the KKBBSC buildings 29 Apr 2012 | 06:17 am
Photo of the fire from the Karen News website A fire has destroyed a bible school and other buildings in Mae La Refugee Camp, 57km north of the Thai town of Mae Sot at 12.30pm today. Camp residents m...
Progress in Burma 4 Apr 2012 | 05:25 am
Twelve-year-old Myitung Brang Shawng found his mother shot and dumped in a cesspit (Image from the BBC report) There’s been so much hopeful news from Burma recently, not least the bye-elections, and ...
Reforms and hope in Burma/Myanmar 14 Feb 2012 | 02:39 pm
Partners has a good simple chart of the Good (progress towards freedom and peace) the Bad (things which have not changed or are still worrying) and the Terrible (the continued atrocities and everyday ...
More good news! 14 Jan 2012 | 08:14 am
News sources including the Guardian are reporting that among the 600+ prisoners being released by the government in Nappydaw are many prominent political prisoners. Despite the facts that there are s...
