13 November 2012: [CG note: Victor Biak Lian, Chin activist, ethnic leader, freedom fighter and winner of the 2010 St. Shephen’s Prize, made a short visit to ethnic states including his native Chinland in Burma after spending the last 24 years in exile struggling for human rights, democracy and freedom in the country.]
31 October 2012: Less than a month after the Burmese democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi concluded her highly decorated visit to the US, which was followed by the US announcement to ease its sanctions on imports from 1Burma, another major communal violence broke out in the western part of the country that have claimed more than 100 lives and resulted in thousands of internally displaced Rohingyas. In the north, the Burmese military continues its offensive against the ethnic armed group, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
26 June 2012: The Chinland Guardian is pleased to present a statement of Salai Tin Maung Oo’s family on the 36th anniversary of his execution carried out by the military regime in Burma’s notorious Insein Prison on 26 June 1976.
17 May 2012: Chinland Guardian is pleased to present the unofficial translation by CG of the 15-point agreement between the Chin National Front and the Burmese Union-level Peace Team specifying the Terms of Reference for the original preliminary 9-point agreement in January.
19 April 2012: (Editorial) Newly elected Burmese parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make her first foreign trip in more than two decades, in June, after having reportedly accepted official invitations from the British and Norwegian governments.
5 April 2012: (Opinion) Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will be joining a parliament that is still overwhelmingly controlled by the military-backed ruling party after her National League for Democracy’s landslide victory in the closely-watched by-elections.
13 March 2012: (Editorial) Secret talks and deal-making between the political elites are no new phenomenon in Burma. In fact, transparency – no matter how much anybody on either ends of the political spectrum claims to want it – has been lacking in the political discourse since before the founding of the Union of Burma in 1947.
14 February 2012: (Op-Ed) Tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers are at undue risk for arrest in the upcoming raids all over Malaysia. Saturday afternoon, February 11, at the beautiful Central Market in Kota Raya downtown Kuala Lumpur, while many tourists and locals shopped, more than 100 people (including illegal migrant workers, asylum seekers, and refugees) were arrested for illegally working.
12 February 2012: (Editorial) Each year since the military coup of 1962, the Union Day has been celebrated in the Union of Burma without much substance or historical significance. As the nation turns 65 years today, we can expect yet another hollow celebration this year, despite the recent measures of reform introduced by President Thein Sein.
7 February 2011: (Briefing)There is no disputing that some changes have taken place in Burma. The release of some selected political prisoners, the easing of restrictions on press freedom, the decision to allow Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party to re-register and contest the April by-elections etc. are indeed positive moves towards the much needed democratic reform in a country that has experienced over six decades of despotic military rule. These recent moves by Naypyidaw have raised hope for further developments towards greater reforms.
