Mohinga in Prague
Here are some photos we took at the birthday event for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as part of a global campaign. It was mainly organized by the organization People in Need and we contributed cartoons by Harn Lay and some words by our director.
One of the main reasons why we [...]
after spending six months living together in the asylum center in usti nad labem, the 40-odd refugees who arrived in summer last year will soon move to their new homes in several towns across the czech republic.
with one exception, each family will move to a town where they will be the only burmese family. [...]
Again, one big amount of work taking our days and nights has finally fallen off from our shoulders:
Focus on Burma 2010 is out!
You may notice that this issue contains only 28 pages (including the cover). A rigidly reduced budget for this year cannot pass unseen. The front page, however, has gained [...]
suddenly it’s friday and i haven’t written since monday. we have, however, been on the go quite a bit, visiting various groups around west delhi. i think the score with delhi is 3-2:
delhi:
-the rain got me via mini-floods the day i didn’t wear my rainboots
-that same day i slipped on the stairs at [...]
a second group of burmese refugees arrived on august 17th, straight from a refugee camp in thailand. like the group that arrived in july, these new asylum seekers will spend 6 months in an integration centre in usti nad labem, while their applications are processed. during this time they will also receive czech lessons and [...]
News updates on Burma- Myanmar’s grim, unfinished reform: Hundreds of political inmates languish in remote prisons May 9, 2012 The Wahsington Post
- A litany of abuses--the torture and trial of Phyo Wai Aung May 8, 2012 Asian Human Rights Commission
- Myanmar Junta’s Penguins Obscure 64 Million in Blackout May 8, 2012 Bloomberg
