Burmese democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo this week, 21 years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest in the military dictatorship.
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Suu Kyi finally delivers Nobel speech in Norway
Posted on 21 June 2012.
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Denmark dumps Iraqi refugees in favour of Burmese
Posted on 19 September 2009.
The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ago Immigration Minister Birthe Ronn Hornbech announced that Denmark would be accepting a quota of refugees from the Arabic nation.
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Norway demands Aung San Suu Kyi release
Posted on 20 May 2009.
Things are heating up in Burma again over the fate of Aung San Suu Kyi, the legitimate winner of the country’s presidential election nearly two decades ago, and Norway is at the centre of it. She has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years, and denied the right to try and [...]
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Burma inaction could lead to a “crime against humanity”
Posted on 22 May 2008.
On Saturday, Foreign Minister of Finland, Alexander Stubb, made a statement on the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), speaking out against the government of Burma and their actions during the crisis left in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. According to Stuff, the government’s refusal to grant access to relief workers and foreign aid deliveries designed to [...]
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Norway donates more to Cyclone Nargis relief
Posted on 15 May 2008.
Last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the government of Norway would increase the amount of emergency aid it would send to Burma to assist with victims of Cyclone Nargis. The total amount of aid the government will send in is NOK 50 million. Initially, the government pledged just NOK 10 million immediately [...]
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