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It is time for the EU to push for a UN-led commission of inquiry into crimes against humanity committed in Myanmar. Four years ago, the people of Myanmar rose up in a...

EU sanctions hurt ordinary businesses in Burma. You wrote last week that, following the release from house arrest of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, EU...

Policy to be reviewed in wake of release of Aung San Suu Kyi. The EU's foreign ministers will next week review the Union's policy on Myanmar (Burma) following the release of...

Dutch MEPs stir up trouble. Dutch members of the European Parliament from the Freedom Party have hit upon a novel way to stir up trouble. 

Last month, the military junta in Burma banned the National League of Democracy (NLD), after the NLD refused to register for national elections planned for later this...

A proposal for a symbolic act in support freedom of expression and human rights in Iran. February is almost upon us and in Iran that means there is the prospect of more...

Meeting would signal a change of EU policy, while US already has a policy of engagement. Leaders from some European Union member states are planning to meet Thein Sein, the...

Travel bans and asset freezes imposed on those responsible for Aung San Suu Kyi sentence. The European Union has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on members of the...

Promise of 'additional targeted measures' against Myanmar regime after the house arrest of the main opposition leader is extended. The European Union has condemned a...

Outcomes greeted as success by EU leaders; variations in how resultshave been interpreted. The European Council delivered what looked like three clear results as it drew to...

The rise of citizen journalism puts a fresh onus on the mainstream media to re-consider how they protect freedom of expression. In some circles, political activists have...

Germany's foreign minister voices respect “courageous people of Iran” and Brown rejects Iranian criticism of "evil" UK. The leaders of the EU today unanimously condemned...

Foreign ministers also discuss situation in Sri Lanka, Moldova, Ukraine. The foreign ministers of the European Union's 27 member states agreed today in Luxembourg to extend...

Isolating Myanmar has failed to produce change; engagement would at least create opportunities. The EU's policy towards Myanmar (Burma) is broke. Sanctions not only do...

A more active role by the UN's secretary-general is one of ways the international community can deepen its engagement with Burma's problems, argues the government-in-exile....

The highest point in the Baltic states is Big Egg Mountain in Estonia, at a towering 318 metres above sea level, about one-thirtieth of the height of Everest. That aside,...

EU leaders will ask their counterparts from south-east Asia to maintain political pressure on Myanmar (or Burma) when they meet in Singapore next Thursday (22 November),...

With the review of the European Union's common position on Burma [Myanmar] due later this month, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations,...

The Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) recently declared its ambition of becoming, by 2015, a fully-fledged ten-nation ASEAN Community along EU lines. As the ASEAN...

Burma's ruling junta is moving into fortified underground headquarters far from the capital, Rangoon. Outside, much of the brutalised and put-upon population is in danger of...