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		<title>Ashin Sopaka &#8211; Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Ashin Sopaka was able leave his village and go to Monywa city for the first time in three months. Even though he was allowed to make the trip to Monywa and able to use the Internet, he was accompanied by two plainclothes police officers who followed him from Mandalay and are still staying in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/02/03/ashin-sopaka-update/</link>
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		<title>Famine Fear in Chin State, Burma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Up to 100,000 people in the south of Chin State, the poorest state in Burma, face starvation in renewed food shortages. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) has found evidence of renewed famine in Chin State following the Mawta famine which began in 2007. Chronic food shortages in parts of southern Chin State are particularly severe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/26/famine-fear-in-chin-state-burma/</link>
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		<title>Members of The Best Friend about their release from prison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 13 January of this year, many (political) prisoners were released by the Burmese authorities. Among them Ma Thanda Tun and Ko Nyo. They were arrested by Special Branch police in August 2009 in Mandalay and accused of having traveled to Thailand (Mae Sot) to meet with members of an “outlawed organization”. We spoke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/23/members-of-the-best-friend-about-their-release-from-prison/</link>
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		<title>Ashin Virathu “If the Sangha Council will work for the monks, I will wear my robe again.”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The famous monk Ashin Virathu has been released from prison in Mandalay recently after spending nine years behind bars. He has since refused to wear his monk robe and is still wearing his prisoner uniform as a form of protest instead. Ashin Virathu protest is aimed at the actions of the Maha Nayaka Sangha Council. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/21/ashin-virathu-%e2%80%9cmonks-do-not-belong-in-jail%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Shwe Nya Wah Sayadaw ordered to leave his monastery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Maha Nayaka Sangha Council today ordered Shwe Nya Wah Sayadaw to leave his monastery within one month. Ashin Gambira, Ashin Issariya (aka Daung Dsaw) and several monks protested against this decision. U Gambira said: &#8220;It is a human right to express your will freely and to demonstrate. This decision of the Maha Nayaka Sangha [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/19/shwe-nya-wah-sayadaw-ordered-to-leave-his-monastery/</link>
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		<title>Ashin Gambira Rebuilding Meggin Monastery &#8211; “We want to see real change”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since their release from prison late last week, Ashin Gambira and Ashin Issariya (aka Daung Dsaw) have moved in to Meggin Monsatery in Rangoon. They plan to rebuild and reopen this monastery that was destroyed by the Burmese regime following the Saffron Revolution of 2007. Both monks are now joined by the abbot of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/18/re-building-meggin-monastery-%e2%80%9cwe-want-to-see-a-real-change%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>“I will continue the struggle for our people’s freedom”: An interview with Ashin Zaw Latt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashin Zaw Latt, a prominent Mon Buddhist monk, was arrested by the Burmese authorities on January 7, 2010. He was incarcerated as a political prisoner after launching a poster campaign in Mon State encouraging people to oppose the 2010 elections. The military regime sentenced him to 15 years in prison, but he was released on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/17/%e2%80%9ci-will-continue-to-fight-for-our-people%e2%80%99s-freedom%e2%80%9d-an-interview-with-ashin-zaw-latt/</link>
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		<title>Official Statement on 13 January Amnesty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Best Friend warmly welcomes the release of political prisoners, including many of our friends such as U Gambira, U Ghosita, and U Kheminda, and members of The Best Friend including Ma Thanda Tun and Ko Nyo, as a significant step forward. However, we still have to continue the struggle for complete and irreversible democratic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/14/official-statement/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;I need to hear that again and again&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 4th, Zarganar &#8211; who had been banned from performing on stage for many years &#8211; took to the stage again at the Prize-Giving Ceremony of The Art of Freedom Film Festival at Taw Won Center, Yangon. Together with Zarganar other well-known comedians like A Yaine, Kin Kaung, Nget Pyaw Kyaw and Thee Lay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/10/i-need-to-hear-that-again-and-again/</link>
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		<title>Independence Day celebration on the dump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year Ashin Issairya aka King Zero, U Nai Minda and members of the Best Friend Library Mae Sot celebrated Independence day with the residents of the rubbish dump of Mae Sot. Independence Day remembers the 4 January 1948, when Burma became an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebestfriend.org/2012/01/05/independence-day-celebration-on-the-dump/</link>
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