By Michael Allen on March 4, 2010
Never mind Avatar, George Clooney and that bomb-disposal team in the Iraq war. A grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy could be the star of this week’s Oscars, writes Christian Caryl over at Foreign Policy.
Burma VJ, a favorite for best documentary, features covertly filmed footage of the 1988 Saffron Revolution filmed by a small [read full story]
Posted in Burma, Democracy assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, autocrats, democracy support, media | Tagged Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, Democratic Voice of Burma, foreign policy, National Endowment for Democracy, saffron revolution |
By Michael Allen on February 2, 2010
Burma VJ has been nominated for an Oscar in the 2010 Academy Awards. The film is considered to be a front-runner in the race for the Best Documentary.
The documentary features the work of an underground network of video journalists which smuggled footage of Burma’s 2007 saffron revolution to the outside world. The network is supported [read full story]
Posted in National Endowment for Democracy, color revolutions, democracy support, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Burma VJ, Democratic Voice of Burma, National Endowment for Democracy, saffron revolution |
By Michael Allen on May 18, 2009
The trial of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi started today in the military junta’s notorious Insein prison. Her detention followed the bizarre actions of an unwanted American visitor who gave the military an excuse to charge her with breaching the conditions of her house arrest.
The ruling military junta “needed a pretext to keep [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Burma, Democracy assistance, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dictatorships, dissidents, promoting democracy | Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, authoritarian, burma, Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, Democratic Voice of Burma, Freedom Now, National Endowment for Democracy, saffron revolution, Vaclav Havel |
By Michael Allen on September 25, 2008
A year on from the abortive Saffron Revolution, Burma’s military junta has launched pre-emptive cyber-attacks against exiled dissident groups and handed down severe prison sentences on labor rights whistle-blowers. The protests climaxed when up to 100,000 people marched through Rangoon on September 24 before a brutal crackdown left dozens dead and many more injured.
The regime [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Regions | Tagged burma, saffron revolution |
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