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Amnesty International Letter Writing Circle for U Gambira

April 7, 2009 (All day) Letter writing circle AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LETHBRIDGE Letter writing circle on Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00 pm at The Penny Coffee House (downtown). Come and write letters for...

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Supporters rally for Burma's Suu Kyi in Toronto

Over 100 people participated in a global day of action at Queen’s Park on Monday in support of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is accused of violating the terms of her house arrest...

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Rally for Aung San Suu Kyi in Lethbridge, AB

June 2, 2009 - 9:00pm Amnesty Internationall Rally to support Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 in Lethbridge, AB. Please join Amnesty International in supporting Nobel...

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Chevron, Shell and the true cost of oil

May 27, 2009 The economy is a shambles, unemployment is soaring, the auto industry is collapsing. But profits are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the...

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Chretien hired as senior adviser to Burmese mine stakeholder

Monday, July 20, 2009 Former prime minister Jean Chretien has been hired on as a "senior international adviser" to Ivanhoe Mines, a company that helps the Burmese military regime operate the country's...

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University of Ottawa spied on leading Burmese activist

Friday, May 14, 2010 When a Karen dissident came to the University of Ottawa in 2007 and was in the position of embarrassing a major benefactor, administration staff tried to prevent the talk,...

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Aung San Suu Kyi scheduled to be released

After spending 15 years of the past two decades under house arrest, Burmese political activist Aung San Suu Kyi is set to be released on Nov. 13. Widely recognized as a political prisoner, she has...

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Aung San Suu Kyi is free!

Rights and Democracy President Gerard Latulippe discusses the release of the Burmese political icon from house arrest.Aung San Suu Kyi is free!

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Aung San Suu Kyi is free!

Rights and Democracy President Gerard Latulippe was along the Thai-Burmese border during the Nov. 7, 2010 Burmese general election, the first in 20 years. After returning, Latulippe heard reports that...

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Aung San Suu Kyi's 'revolution of the spirit,' part two

dek:  In the second of a two-part interview author Alan Clements calls readers to put their hope for Burma into action Story Publish Date: December 9, 2010aung san suu kyi part two.jpgBook Publishing...

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Aung San Suu Kyi's 'revolution of the spirit,' part one

dek:  In the first of a two-part interview, Alan Clements explores the teachings of nonviolent revolution by Burma's pro-democracy leader Story Publish Date: December 9, 2010voice of hope cover part...

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Aung San Suu Kyi's 'revolution of the spirit,' part one

Interview with author Alan Clements.Aung San Suu Kyi's 'revolution of the spirit,' part one

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Burma's prescripted Nov 7 polls to prolong military rule

The brutal military supremacy rule in Burma is the fundamental problem of the five-decade-long social, political and economic turmoil in Burma.  The latest example of this is the military-engineered...

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jhr Rights Report #14: Burma/Myanmar

The 14th edition of the jhr Rights Report focuses on Burma. After repeated calls by the international community to stop human rights violations, Myanmar's regime is releasing political prisoners and...

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Building the foundations of peace in Burma

Building the foundations of peace in Burma We support people from Burma working together to protect the environment and to provide food and health care to their own communities.

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Genocide in Burma: The plight of the Rohingya Muslims

Fatema Panju, activist and student at University of Toronto Mississauga, speaks to the struggle of the "most persecuted minority in the world," and Canada's connection to the ongoing repression in...

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Organizing migrant workers on the Thai-Burma border and in Malaysia

apc_090515_rabble.mp3Labour updates from New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq and Palestine. Interview with Pranom Bee Somwong from Workers Hub for Change on organizing...

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Parliamentary Friends of Burma reconstitutes on Parliament Hill

Parliamentary Friends of Burma reconstitutes on Parliament Hill Dedicated to exchanging ideas and promoting the expansion of relations between Canada and Burma, while also working to advance governance...

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