29 March 2010: A prominent Chin politician and a Member of Parliament elect and former political prisoner died yesterday at the age of 70 in Kalaymyo. He was admitted to Kalay hospital after suffering from a stroke on February 16.
23 March 2010: The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an exiled dissident organization assisting and advocating on behalf of prisoners of conscience in Burma today repeats its call on the junta to unconditionally release all political prisoners and immediately repeal unjust laws that criminalize legitimate political activity, including the new electoral laws that bar dissidents.
22 March 2010: A two-day seminar aimed at fostering closer cooperation among Burma’s ethnic Diaspora communities in Malaysia was held in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend.
20 March 2010: Lawyers representing Aung San Suu Kyi have submitted a formal request to the junta’s Home Ministry asking for a meeting with the detained popular leader for Tuesday, March 23rd.
19 March 2010: Exiled Members of Parliament Elect from the 1990 elections in Burma have vowed to continue the fight for democracy, saying they have a responsibility to carry out the wills of the people as expressed in the 1990 elections.
18 March 2010: State-owned broadcast media today announced that political parties wishing to participate in the junta-planned elections this year can now tender their registration with the Union Election Commission in the administrative capital Naypyidaw.
18 March 2010: In a continuing chain of world reactions to the new Burmese election laws, Indian Parliamentarians yesterday expressed disappointment over the lack of inclusiveness and credibility of the junta’s planned elections this year.
17 March 2010: Amid growing international condemnation of Burma’s new electoral laws, the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) has issued renewed calls on the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to put ‘appropriate’ pressures on Burma’s military junta.
16 March 2009: Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn who is on a three-day visit to Burma was received in Naypyidaw yesterday by Senior General Than Shwe and his top deputies, according to state media reports.
13 March 2010: US Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Kurt Campbell is due to arrive in Burma over the weekend, according to diplomatic sources in the former capital Rangoon.
