While I was in Washington, DC, this past week, hanging out at the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall with the family of ducks pictured to the left (and doing a few other things), a lot of blog-worthy news piled up in my various inboxes. So, below are some news stories, opinion pieces, developments, and other things I think you ought to take note of, just in case you missed them:
Students for a Free Tibet has stepped up their Beijing Olympics campaign with the launch of a new website at http://www.FREETIBET2008.org.
The U.S. Campaign for Burma points us to a number of important stories, including reports about the city of Los Angeles officially declaring June 19th “Aung San Suu Kyi Day”; Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) calling for the U.S. Secretary of State’s office to investigate whether the Burmese junta’s response to last month’s cyclone crisis constitutes a “crime against humanity”; Kyaw Zwa Moe’s commentary on Aung San Suu Kyi’s 63rd birthday in the Irrawaddy; the New York Times piece on the assessment of aid works that the Burmese people are “enduring” in spite of the junta; the Nobel Womens’ Initiative honoring Suu Kyi on her birthday; the U.N. Human Rights Council condemning the “ongoing systematic violations” of human rights in Burma; the Boston Globe editorial that makes an appeal on behalf of Burma’s women; and the U.N. World Food Programme’s urgent plea for Burma.
Our friend Erick forwards this great summary of recent developments in Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
While I was in Washington, DC, this past week, hanging out at the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall with the family of ducks pictured to the left (and doing a few other things), a lot of blog-worthy news piled up in my various inboxes. So, below are some news stories, opinion pieces, developments, and other things I think you ought to take note of, just in case you missed them:
