In Burma, human rights activist Ko Myint Naing has been sentenced to eight years in prison. The military-led Myanmar regime accused him of inciting unrest in an incident that saw him and other …
The Cincinnati-based fruit company Chiquita is being sued for funding, arming and supporting death squads in Colombia. The human rights group EarthRights International filed the class action lawsuit …
Burma's military junta has extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi by another year despite a call for her release by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The 1991 Nobel Peace …
This news on Burma -- UN Secretary General Koffi Annan has made a direct appeal for the release of jailed pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Annan spoke in Thailand earlier today.
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In Burma, 800 ethnic Karen have been displaced in one of the government's biggest military offensives in years. The Karen have been fighting for independence from the Burmese government, which has …
This news from Burma: a top United Nations official is reporting that jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains in good spirits and still wants to make a contribution to society. On …
In a broadcast exclusive, we speak with an independent journalist who wrote an article examining formerly classified contracts between the Ecuadorian military and big oil companies. The article …
In Burma, the country's military government has ordered pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi to be held under house arrest for another year. The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent 10 of the …
The United Nations reports the government of Burma continues to imprison more than 1,100 (eleven hundred) political prisoners, including Nobel peace laureate and pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Nobel Peace prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks after receiving an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Fordham University. He says, "South Africa, improbably, divinely amusingly, has …