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Aid by Force?
Posted on May 10, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under Uncategorized.
TIME magazine has an article asking if the international community should invade Burma in order to provide humanitarian relief.
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Leave Information Here
Posted on May 9, 2008, by Aung Moe Win, under Uncategorized.
Burmese around the world are visiting this site. Please share information on the cyclone that you have received from inside Burma here. Leave a comment.
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Tiny Bits of Information
Posted on May 6, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under Uncategorized.
It’s been near impossible getting any information out of Burma since Saturday’s cyclone. The junta - almost as paranoid about natural disasters as it was about democracy protests last fall - refuses to allow foreign journalists into the country. Western news outlets have relied on information from media groups like Democratic Voice of Burma, which is run by Burmese exiles. Toe Zaw Latt, the DVB Bureau Chief in Chiang Mai, Thailand, told me their reporters can’t access the areas worst hit by the cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta.
The government says 22,500 people have died, and 41,000 remain missing. But with areas cut off from communication, it’s impossible to know the real numbers.
Phones are working in parts of Rangoon, though irregularly. My husband and I talked to his uncle living in Rangoon last night. He said he and the rest of the family survived the storm, but they are still badly affected by it. The electricity has been out for four days. They have a small generator so can use it to pump water. The price of gas has doubled. Not that one can drive when fallen trees still litter the streets.
Toe Zaw Latt said the government has started helping but very slowly. Soldiers cut the trees, but then leave them in the streets.
Most people in Rangoon rely on government electricity to pump their water. They now must buy bottled water that has jumped in price, or bathe in public areas like parks and water fountains.
We have emailed numerous friends living in Rangoon, but no word yet.
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NYT Journo Tells His Jail Story
Posted on April 26, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under International, Media, Uncategorized.
The New York Times has an excellent piece in tomorrow’s paper by Barry Bearak, its Johannesburg co-bureau chief who was arrested and jailed while reporting in Zimbabwe earlier this month.
The floor was filthy. The odor of human waste infected the air. More bothersome were the bugs. “Cockroaches the size of skateboards,” I quipped. This was hyperbole. The insects were mostly tiny and black, others short, white and wormy. We were soon sharing our clothes with them.
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Introduction
Posted on April 15, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under Uncategorized.
Welcome! Please check out my new website. You can read a selection of my past articles and commentaries, listen to my radio stories, see my photos from around the world and learn more about me. I’ll also have a blog here. Now I just need to come up with some brilliant things to say.
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Thanks for your interest.
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