A report in the Guardian Unlimited, a prominent female activist, Su Su Nway (a member of Aung San Su Kyi's National League for Democracy), and one of the monks who led anti-government protests in Burma during September have been arrested, it was reported today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0,,2210291,00.html
Don't Forget Burma
http://www.dontforgetburma.org/
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Monday, 12 November 2007
Sarah's writing journal: Don't forget Burma
Sarah's writing journal: Don't forget Burma
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DON'T FORGET BURMA!
Please take the time to read the post linked above. Thank you. Share the links contained within the post.
DON'T FORGET BURMA!
Don't Forget Burma
Don't Forget Burma
http://www.dontforgetburma.org/
We created this site because we wanted a space where normal people could show that although the media spotlight over Burma may have dimmed, we are still thinking of Burma.
The team that runs this site came together through the " Support the Monks' Protest in Burma " Facebook group (439,000 members) and has created the website www.burma-watch.org .
We're a team of activists from around the world that work around the clock on our sites, we were key to coordinating the Global Day of Action for Burma on October 6th 2007 and Aung Sang Suu Kyi day (October 24th 2007).
Don't Forget Burma
http://www.dontforgetburma.org/
http://www.dontforgetburma.org/
We created this site because we wanted a space where normal people could show that although the media spotlight over Burma may have dimmed, we are still thinking of Burma.
The team that runs this site came together through the " Support the Monks' Protest in Burma " Facebook group (439,000 members) and has created the website www.burma-watch.org .
We're a team of activists from around the world that work around the clock on our sites, we were key to coordinating the Global Day of Action for Burma on October 6th 2007 and Aung Sang Suu Kyi day (October 24th 2007).
Don't Forget Burma
http://www.dontforgetburma.org/
UN Envoy visits prisons in Burma
According to the Bangkok Post, "United Nations Special Rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro on Monday investigated claims that the ruling junta last September beat up, killed and burned the bodies of Buddhist monks and their followers in temples, prisons and crematoriums in Rangoon."
UN human rights expert Pinheiro, who arrived in Rangoon Sunday after being denied a visa to visit the country since 2003, has been on the move since his plane touched down, sources said.
First he visited Kabaraye, the seat of Burma's Sangha, or the Buddhist hierarchy similar to the Catholic Church's senior clergy. Pinheiro held talks with the 47-man Sangha, the outcome of which was not disclosed.
He proceeded to Ngwe-Kyar-Yan monastery, South Okkalapa township, where monks were allegedly beaten and taken away in army trucks on the morning of September 27. The abbot of that monastery was severely beaten and according to some accounts, has died of his injuries.
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Monday, 5 November 2007
Possible digitization of Dead Sea Scrolls
Jerusalem Post reports that "an international committee of 10 experts is meeting in Jerusalem this week to discuss the future digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Sunday."
"The Antiquities Authority will then act on the recommendations of the committee, which is being convened on the 60th anniversary of the scrolls' discovery."
"Many of the thousands of fragments of the scrolls were photographed only once, around the time of their discovery."
"The Antiquities Authority will then act on the recommendations of the committee, which is being convened on the 60th anniversary of the scrolls' discovery."
"Many of the thousands of fragments of the scrolls were photographed only once, around the time of their discovery."
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Do Anglicans have a problem with Israel?
Rafael Medoff, writing for the Jerusalem Post, says in his article, "Does the Anglican Church have an Israel problem?":
In England during the 1930s, the Archbishop of Canterbury - leader of the Anglican Church, which was the parent body of America's Episcopal Church - was Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, who contended that 'the Jews themselves' were to blame for the 'excesses of the Nazis.'
The article says: "Today, as during the Holocaust, there are those within the Episcopal Church whose positions on issues of Jewish concern have raised troubling questions. But it is clear that there are other voices, as well."
See the full article here.
The article is also reproduced on the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Web site here:
In England during the 1930s, the Archbishop of Canterbury - leader of the Anglican Church, which was the parent body of America's Episcopal Church - was Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, who contended that 'the Jews themselves' were to blame for the 'excesses of the Nazis.'
The article says: "Today, as during the Holocaust, there are those within the Episcopal Church whose positions on issues of Jewish concern have raised troubling questions. But it is clear that there are other voices, as well."
See the full article here.
The article is also reproduced on the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Web site here:
Thursday, 1 November 2007
More News on Burma......
More News on Burma......
City freedom for Burma campaigner
The Freedom of Glasgow has been awarded to the leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma. Dr Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since ...
Mandela Charity Withdraws Support for Fund-Raiser Because of Ties ...
Long-standing sanctions by Western governments against Burma were tightened as a response to the latest crackdown. Burma has been under military rule ...
From Burma to Beijing: Asia's sensitive petrol politics
The recent protests in Burma that were later brutally repressed began in August, after diesel prices doubled overnight. Commuters unable to pay higher bus ...
Burma Internet Down Again
Burma Internet Down Again
According to Mizzima, via IFEX, the Burmese Internet is down again, as of November 1. Myanmar Teleport, one of only two ISPs in the country, have blamed it on a technical problem....
China's Lies, Lies, Lies
China's Lies, Lies, Lies
China Denies Firing On Tibetan Refugees
Voice of America - USA
The US-based International Campaign for Tibet said the group of refugees included Buddhist monks, nuns and two children. In September of 2006, ...
Burma - October : Moving On
Burma - October : Moving On
Images from the pro-democracy movement in Burma and around the world, collected from internet news services during October 2007. Date Posted:2007-11-01 11:11:12.
AOL Video - http://uncutvideo.aol.com/Main.do
Images from the pro-democracy movement in Burma and around the world, collected from internet news services during October 2007. Date Posted:2007-11-01 11:11:12.
AOL Video - http://uncutvideo.aol.com/Main.do
Where is Tibet? Why should you care?
Where is Tibet? Why should you help Tibet regain its freedom? What is Tibet like? What really happened when China invaded Tibet? Here is where you can find the answers to some of your questions. Arm yourself with the knowledge you need to be a good freedom fighter!
Visit the Students for a Free Tibet website now.
List of individuals known to have been arrested and detained in the Nangpa Pass shootings
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Rights Advocates Urge Consumers to Boycott Burma's 'Blood Rubies'
Rights Advocates Urge Consumers to Boycott Burma's 'Blood Rubies'
Voice of America - USA
By Kate Woodsome Burma is preparing for its semi-annual gem auction, a long-running event the usually generates millions of dollars for the military-run ...
Al Qaeda Loses in Iraq- Sunnis Join Fight Against Deviants
Al Qaeda Loses in Iraq- Sunnis Join Fight Against Deviants
By Gateway Pundit(Gateway Pundit)
Dhi-Qar province is a mostly Muslim Shiite province with some Mandaeans (followers of John the Baptist). Sunni Tribal leaders in Dhi-Qar province are speaking out loudly against Takfiries and against those trying to disrupt the ...
Gateway Pundit - http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/
By Gateway Pundit(Gateway Pundit)
Dhi-Qar province is a mostly Muslim Shiite province with some Mandaeans (followers of John the Baptist). Sunni Tribal leaders in Dhi-Qar province are speaking out loudly against Takfiries and against those trying to disrupt the ...
Gateway Pundit - http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Newly Discovered Tunnel May Once Have Carried Dead Sea Scrolls
Newly Discovered Tunnel May Once Have Carried Dead Sea Scrolls
According to a report in the Jewish Forward, "Accounts released last month of a newly discovered Jerusalem tunnel state that the passage was the very one used by those fleeing Jerusalem during the siege of 70 C.E., as described by Josephus. However, Josephus identifies not one tunnel but an elaborate network of them. That said, this most recent discovery, and others like it, have served to support Josephus's underlying version of events."
The article's author, Norman Golb says, "Warren's findings, together with the discovery of Reich and Shukron described in the recent news reports, fully support Josephus's statements relating to the tunnels beneath Jerusalem and the use to which they were put during the Roman siege of 70 A.D. These underground passages enabled many inhabitants of Jerusalem to exit the city and flee both south to Masada and, via Nahal Qidron and other wadis heading from Jerusalem eastward toward the Dead Sea, to the Machaerus fort lying just east of that sea, which was actually closer to Jerusalem than was Masada. (Josephus describes the large number of refugees who gathered at Machaerus.)"
Read More: http://www.forward.com/articles/11873/ (The article has four illustrations by Charles Warren which were published in his book Underground Jerusalem, published in 1876)
According to a report in the Jewish Forward, "Accounts released last month of a newly discovered Jerusalem tunnel state that the passage was the very one used by those fleeing Jerusalem during the siege of 70 C.E., as described by Josephus. However, Josephus identifies not one tunnel but an elaborate network of them. That said, this most recent discovery, and others like it, have served to support Josephus's underlying version of events."
The article's author, Norman Golb says, "Warren's findings, together with the discovery of Reich and Shukron described in the recent news reports, fully support Josephus's statements relating to the tunnels beneath Jerusalem and the use to which they were put during the Roman siege of 70 A.D. These underground passages enabled many inhabitants of Jerusalem to exit the city and flee both south to Masada and, via Nahal Qidron and other wadis heading from Jerusalem eastward toward the Dead Sea, to the Machaerus fort lying just east of that sea, which was actually closer to Jerusalem than was Masada. (Josephus describes the large number of refugees who gathered at Machaerus.)"
Read More: http://www.forward.com/articles/11873/ (The article has four illustrations by Charles Warren which were published in his book Underground Jerusalem, published in 1876)
Mandaeans: Increased quota urged
Mandaeans: Increased quota urged
Anne Tarasov reports for the Liverpool City Champion:
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews opened a new head office for the Sabian Mandaean Association... Association president Adam Farhan ... said it was an honour to have the minister open the building.
"Mandaeans live in Iraq and Iran and there are only 70,000 of us left in the world, with 4000 living in Australia and most of those in the Liverpool area," he said. "We are a separate ethnicity and speak an ancient language which is a form of Aramaic and are followers of John the Baptist. We were persecuted by the Saddam government, but since he was removed the situation has gotten even worse.
Read More:
http://tinyurl.com/2o7m4e
Anne Tarasov reports for the Liverpool City Champion:
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews opened a new head office for the Sabian Mandaean Association... Association president Adam Farhan ... said it was an honour to have the minister open the building.
"Mandaeans live in Iraq and Iran and there are only 70,000 of us left in the world, with 4000 living in Australia and most of those in the Liverpool area," he said. "We are a separate ethnicity and speak an ancient language which is a form of Aramaic and are followers of John the Baptist. We were persecuted by the Saddam government, but since he was removed the situation has gotten even worse.
Read More:
http://tinyurl.com/2o7m4e
Tibet monastery closed down by Chinese authorities
Tibet monastery closed down by Chinese authorities
TCHRD/Press Release[Wednesday, October 31, 2007 14:06]
Chinese authorities close down Pangsa Monastery in Tibet
The Chinese authorities in Meldrogungkar has temporarily closed down Pangsa Monastery in Meldrogungkar County, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region ("TAR") in Tibet according to credible information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
Pangsa Monastery belongs to the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery's chief relic is a mummified reliquary body of the highly realized Yogi Jampal Gyatso. Je Tsongapa Chenpo (1357-1419), the exalted master and the founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism brought the holy reliquary statue of Yogi Jampal Gyatso from his birthplace, Tsonga in Amdo Province along with him when he came to Lhasa, during the 14th century. Since then the reliquary statue of Yogi was housed in the Pangsa Monastery as a chief relic.
Earlier, the Dalai Lama was reported to have preached the benefits of receiving blessings from the reliquary statue of the holy Yogi to Tibetan devotees and practitioners during his religious teachings in India.
In aftermath of the Dalai Lama's discourse on the sacred nature of the reliquary statue, thousands of Tibetan pilgrims and devotees have been flocking to Pangsa Monastery to receive blessings from the holy relic till date from all parts of Tibet. In one incident, around forty trucks packed with devotees and pilgrims reportedly visited the relic statue every day between August and September 2007. In the last many months, there has been a staggering increase in the number of devotees visiting the reliquary statue at Pangsa Monastery.
The movements of Tibetan devotees in large numbers to the Monastery drew the attention and apprehension of the Chinese authorities. The Chinese government maintains a strict curb and restriction on the large congregation of religious devotees inside Tibet as a standard measure to control Tibetan people and to regulate religious practices.
Particularly, in recent times, the Chinese government has already placed an unprecedented restriction in the movements of Tibetan people inside Tibet particularly in "TAR" in the light of China hosting 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The incident of Tibetan devotees in thousands flocking to the monastery has led to the closure of Pangsa Monastery during the second week of October 2007 in backdrop of China's usual fear and suspicion over the large congregation of Tibetan people in one place.
TCHRD expresses its grave concern over the outrageous violation of denying the Tibetan devotees and practitioners from enjoying their right to religious freedom and beliefs. The Buddhist culture is an integral part of Tibetan people's culture and way of life and therefore placing such restrictive curbs only contradicts the spirit of Chinese constitution where the right to religious practice and beliefs is guaranteed to all of its citizens.
TCHRD calls upon the Chinese authorities to immediately lift the closure of Pangsa Monastery and allow the Tibetan devotees to practice their religious beliefs.
For further information visit: www.tchrd.org or, write to dsala@tchrd.org
___________
Press Release: TCHRD/Eng/PR/209/2007
Contact person: Tsering Agloe (English, Jamphel Monlam (Tibetan and Chinese)
Phone Number: +91-1892-223363/225874/229225
Date: 30 October 2007
TCHRD/Press Release[Wednesday, October 31, 2007 14:06]
Chinese authorities close down Pangsa Monastery in Tibet
The Chinese authorities in Meldrogungkar has temporarily closed down Pangsa Monastery in Meldrogungkar County, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region ("TAR") in Tibet according to credible information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
Pangsa Monastery belongs to the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery's chief relic is a mummified reliquary body of the highly realized Yogi Jampal Gyatso. Je Tsongapa Chenpo (1357-1419), the exalted master and the founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism brought the holy reliquary statue of Yogi Jampal Gyatso from his birthplace, Tsonga in Amdo Province along with him when he came to Lhasa, during the 14th century. Since then the reliquary statue of Yogi was housed in the Pangsa Monastery as a chief relic.
Earlier, the Dalai Lama was reported to have preached the benefits of receiving blessings from the reliquary statue of the holy Yogi to Tibetan devotees and practitioners during his religious teachings in India.
In aftermath of the Dalai Lama's discourse on the sacred nature of the reliquary statue, thousands of Tibetan pilgrims and devotees have been flocking to Pangsa Monastery to receive blessings from the holy relic till date from all parts of Tibet. In one incident, around forty trucks packed with devotees and pilgrims reportedly visited the relic statue every day between August and September 2007. In the last many months, there has been a staggering increase in the number of devotees visiting the reliquary statue at Pangsa Monastery.
The movements of Tibetan devotees in large numbers to the Monastery drew the attention and apprehension of the Chinese authorities. The Chinese government maintains a strict curb and restriction on the large congregation of religious devotees inside Tibet as a standard measure to control Tibetan people and to regulate religious practices.
Particularly, in recent times, the Chinese government has already placed an unprecedented restriction in the movements of Tibetan people inside Tibet particularly in "TAR" in the light of China hosting 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The incident of Tibetan devotees in thousands flocking to the monastery has led to the closure of Pangsa Monastery during the second week of October 2007 in backdrop of China's usual fear and suspicion over the large congregation of Tibetan people in one place.
TCHRD expresses its grave concern over the outrageous violation of denying the Tibetan devotees and practitioners from enjoying their right to religious freedom and beliefs. The Buddhist culture is an integral part of Tibetan people's culture and way of life and therefore placing such restrictive curbs only contradicts the spirit of Chinese constitution where the right to religious practice and beliefs is guaranteed to all of its citizens.
TCHRD calls upon the Chinese authorities to immediately lift the closure of Pangsa Monastery and allow the Tibetan devotees to practice their religious beliefs.
For further information visit: www.tchrd.org or, write to dsala@tchrd.org
___________
Press Release: TCHRD/Eng/PR/209/2007
Contact person: Tsering Agloe (English, Jamphel Monlam (Tibetan and Chinese)
Phone Number: +91-1892-223363/225874/229225
Date: 30 October 2007
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