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Burma Special
With the world’s eyes focused on Burma we take a look back at our coverage of this brutally run country. Check out our unrivalled insight and analysis.
The shifting of the guard
In Burma, where all meaningful progress towards democracy seemed to have stalled, signs of change from the days of the junta are starting to emerge. Might it yet be Aung San Suu Kyi’s finest moment?
Aung San Suu Kyi reunited with son after 10 years
Younger son of Burma's democracy leader granted a visa for first time in a decade.
Aung San Suu Kyi set for release
Reports from Burma claim that the pro-democracy leader could be freed as early as Sunday.
Night of the junta
Despite a sham election, Aung San Suu Kyi’s imminent release offers hope to Burma.
Burma election: in pictures
Voting has begun in the country’s first election in 20 years. It is widely expected to be a sham.
Burma: a brief history
Later this year, Burma is expected to hold its first multi-party elections for twenty years. We look back at the country's turbulent and oppressive history.
Burma's bloody trade
Rajeshree Sisodia recently entered Burma, where she spoke with workers dependant on the country's exploitative jade mining industry. Here she reports for newstatesman.com
Burma's resolve
The Burmese people have shown astonishing resilience in the wake of cyclone Nargis, but the international community must do more to support them.
Burma's forced labour
The brutal Burmese government has for years forced citizens to work for free. Twenty per cent of those sentenced to prison with hard labour perish. Meanwhile, just who will rebuild the cyclone-hit country?
Burma's lost children
In the second of her exclusive reports for newstatesman.com, Katy Barnett highlights the efforts of relief workers to reunite families torn apart by Cyclone Nargis
The view from inside Burma
Save The Children child protection advisor Katy Barnett is one of the few foreign aid workers to have been able to operate in Burma. Here she reports for newstatesman.com about the work she is doing in the wake of the cyclone
Burma’s referendum of the absurd
Despite the terrible cyclone death toll, Burma's military junta is pushing ahead with its spurious constitutional referendum. Plus don't miss Maung Zarni on Burma's Neros
Forgotten Burma
Burma is back in the news in the wake of the terrible cyclone. Ahead of this tragedy Rachel Aspden visited the forgotten Burmese resistance. Here is her report.
Where next for Burma?
Six months ago the world watched a courageous attempt led by Buddhist monks to replace military dictatorship with democracy. But what's the situation in Burma today?
Nasty, brutish and short
The brutality and bluster of Burma's military leaders conceal the reality of an army increasingly reliant on forcibly conscripted child soldiers
Drugs bring Beijing into Burma
China doesn't care about democracy in Burma, only about stability
My last conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi
John Pilger recalls the last time he met with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Why Burma was crushed
As Burmese pro-democracy activists are rounded up, the west looks to China to intervene. We are failing to see the seismic changes that authoritarian capitalism is bringing the world.
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