“The regime’s use of mass arrests, murder, torture and imprisonment has failed to extinguish our desire for the freedom that was stolen from us so many years ago. We have taken their best punch. We adhere to nonviolence, but our spine is made of steel.” [1]



The Voice of Nyi Nyi Aung Nyi Nyi Aung is 41 years old and originally from Rangoon. He currently works as a computer engineer and political activist in America. I speak to Nyi Nyi Aung on the phone, on Monday 19 April 2010.

Apr, 28 | Category: Burma, Interview, Political Prisoner | 2 Comments | |




Ashin Sopaka at a discussion after the Burma VJ screening at the Best Friend Library in Chiang Mai (March 2010)

Apr, 26 | Category: 2010 Election, Ashin Sopaka, Burma, Chiang Mai, NLD | Comment | |




Monnik Ashin Kovida heeft in het westen zijn vrijheid herwonnen. Maar het lot van zijn land blijft hem bezig houden, want in Birma is religie politiek en omgekeerd. Dit jaar vinden voor het eerst sinds 1990 verkiezingen plaats. Een keerpunt of oude wijn in nieuwe zakken? “Als oppositie zullen we er alles aan doen om [...]

Apr, 22 | Category: Ashin Kovida, Interview, Netherlands | Comment | |




I met the Burmese monk Ashin Kesara in Mae Sot. We traveled together the strenuous six-hour tour to No Phu refugee camp in Umphang District, Tak Province, where he is living as the abbot of a small monastery since more than two years now. He escaped to Thailand in December 2007. Two months after Burma’s [...]



“Massenverhaftungen, Mord, Folter und Inhaftierung durch das burmesische Regime konnten unsere Sehnsucht nach der Freiheit, die uns vor so vielen Jahren gestohlen wurde, nicht nehmen. Wie haben ihren stärksten Schlag verkraftet. Nun sind es die Generäle, die die Folgen ihrer Taten fürchten müssen. Wir halten uns an gewaltlosen Widerstand, aber unser Rückrad ist aus Stahl.” [...]



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