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I got an email today from a female photojournalist, a Londoner of South Asian descent, who was recently deported from Burma after getting caught by the regime trying to visit the forbidden jade mines of Hpakant, in Kachin State. She ...Read More

Badass Girls

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Posted on February 25, 2009.
Also tagged as badass, girls, Karen State, Little Red Book, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, Thoo Mwe Nee School.
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Just wanted to draw attention to Bob Herbert's op-ed in the New York Times this weekend, and link it to the work of an invaluable organization, the Global Justice Center, with whom I've had the privilege to work. Back in 2000, ...Read More

Rape as a Crime Against Humanity

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Posted on February 22, 2009.
Also tagged as aung san suu kyi, bob herbert, global justice center, rape, shan women's action network.
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Last year, in late January/early February, I was on the Thai-Burma border with Pat Cook-Deegan, gathering support for the Burma-Beijing Olympics campaign I ran for 9 months. I arranged to interview three defectors from the Burmese army who had fled ...Read More

Padoh Mahn Shah

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Posted on February 20, 2009.
Also tagged as assassination, Karen, KNLA, KNU, Mahn Shah, Phan Foundation.
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Written by admin.
Posted on February 20, 2008.
Also tagged as Cristina Moon, human rights, Korean American, nonprofit, technology.
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I was 13-years-old when I first read about democracy deferred in the Southeast Asian country of Burma, about death squads, dictators, and living testaments to the power of Gandhian non-violence. My work in different progressive political movements since then informs the thoughts presented here. I welcome your comments and hope you'll visit often!