Articles by DVB
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Suu Kyi Govt Must Not Continue State Persecution of Rohingya
Dr. Maung Zarni, DVB – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2016
As Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to take over the reins of the new government [Burma/Myanmar], the international community – of diplomats, world leaders, journalists, human rights researchers and world citizens – needs to press the Burmese leader to reflect critically on her stances on the Rohingya.
→ read full articleBurma: Divisive Ceasefire Won’t Bring Peace
Maung Zarni and Saw Kapi, DVB – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Sep 2015
Burma’s leaders, particularly generals past and present, lack both genuine acceptance of multi-ethnic peace on equal terms and an appreciation for the decades of bitter experiences of war-torn communities. Without these two essential pillars, sustainable peace in my country of birth is not conceivable, formal ceasefire or not.
→ read full articleBurma/Myanmar’s Missing Millions [of People]
Guy Horton, DVB – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Nov 2014
The elephant in the room is government policy. Widespread, systematic human rights violations, i.e. crimes against humanity, have been identified and condemned by successive UN Special Rapporteurs and General Assembly Resolutions since 1992. Genocide, we should remind ourselves, involves the physical “Destruction of ethnic, racial, religious or national groups in whole or,” significantly, “In part.”
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi: ‘The Army Must Be the Foundation of the Country’
DVB – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2013
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday [25 Oct 2013] praised the British military, insisting that she wanted to learn “how a good, professional army operates” in order to take lessons back to Burma.
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