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April/May 2008
Lawyers Denounce Myanmar Regime's Attempt To Give Themselves Immunity From Criminal Prosecutions
Press Release, April 2008
Prosecuting Perpetrators of Grave Crimes Inflicted on the People of Burma"
By Janet Benshoof
LawKa PaLa, Legal Journal on Burma
The Burmese military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)1 continues to exercise dictatorial control over the lives of the people of Burma as it has done with impunity for over forty years...
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News, Views, and Events
- For information and ways to donate to relief organizations helping the people of Burma affected by Cyclone Nargis, visit the Burma Campaign UK
- Press release on the cyclone by the Women's League of Burma, a partner organization of the Global Justice Center
May 6th 2008 - The Junta's Criminal Constitution
By Janet Benshoof and U Aung Htoo, Far Eastern Economic Review, May 5th 2008 - All Burmas's nightmares have come true
Telegraph, May 10th 2008 - Burmese to express anger with 'no' vote on referendum
Brisbane Times, May 2nd 2008 - Save the Date: Crafting Human Security in an Insecure World
An international conference in San Diego, September 24th-26th 2008 - New constitution gives impunity to military
BurmaNet, April 2008 - GJC President Janet Benshoof interviewed by BBC about amnesty provision in Burma constitution(In Burmese)
April 2008