The 300 political prisoners in Insein have been given extremely long jail punishments even for minor political activities. Among the political prisoners are 225 monks, 11 MPs, 12 lawyers, eight ...

A Reverse Road Map for Burma Sanctions. December 12, ... Turn Lip Service on Burma's Political Prisoners into Action," The Irrawaddy (Thailand), November 16, 2012, ...

Burma's leading resistance group and allied ethnic armed groups battling the military government on Wednesday released a political road map to ending military rule and enabling a peaceful ...

Where to go, what to do in 2011 ...

Myanmar's then eader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the ... The opposition’s political road map earlier this year offering talks was signed by the National Unity ...

Concerns over Burma’s ties with North Korea and China have prompted the US to sit up and take notice of the country. But it needs a road map.

Myanmar vowed on Saturday to address concerns raised by U.S. President Barack Obama, outlining far-reaching plans to make peace with ethnic rebels, gradually release all political prisoners and ...