by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Mar 9, 2009 | Press Releases, Self-determination and Solidarity
MANILA, MARCH 6 — At 1:30pm today inside the campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila, a group of young students claiming to be “genuine activists” forced the members and volunteers of the Free Burma Coalition – Philippines...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Feb 27, 2009 | Press Releases, Self-determination and Solidarity
PHILIPPINES — With drums and bugles, about 90 activists under the Free Burma Coalition-Philippines today held a rally in front of the Thai Royal Embassy in Makati City in time for the 14th Asean Summit. Organizations present during the rally were: Alliance of...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Jan 15, 2009 | Papers, Resources, Self-determination and Solidarity
There was a time that His Excellency, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste and Nobel laureate– was simply Jose to me. I first met him over breakfast at a quaint hotel in Bangkok sometime in 1992. We were both attending a conference called...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Sep 26, 2008 | Press Releases, Self-determination and Solidarity
The Burmese military regime may have killed, maimed, or impoverished the bodies of the peoples of Burma—but the spirit of the Saffron Revolution and the peoples’ aspiration for genuine democracy are very much alive. With the crackdown of the thousands of people...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Sep 18, 2008 | Press Releases, Self-determination and Solidarity
“There is no way the military regime can hide the continuing denial of human rights in Burma and its deplorable management of the country. It is therefore urgent for the international community to take stronger and more comprehensive action against the kind of...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Aug 28, 2008 | Press Releases, Self-determination and Solidarity
Appalled by Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s recent remark that democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is being used as a political tool by the West and that she should be left off the agenda in engaging Burma’s military regime, Philippine...
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