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First Lady’s Press Conference on Burma CycloneWashington, D.C. The United States stands prepared to provide an assistance team and much needed supplies to Burma as soon as the Burmese government accepts our offer. The government of Burma should accept this team quickly, as well as other offers of international assistance. (Full text)
Travel Warming -- BurmaWashington, D.C. This Travel Warning is being issued to inform American citizens of the destruction caused to Burma by Cyclone Nargis from May 2-3, 2008. The Department of State has authorized the departure from Burma of non-emergency American citizen employees of U.S. Embassy Rangoon and eligible family members. American citizens in cyclone-affected areas should strongly consider departing Burma on commercially available flights. American citizens outside of Burma should defer non-essential travel to Burma at this time.” (Full text)
Bush Remarks on Congressional Gold Medal for Burma ActivistWashington, D.C. Burma has been hit by a terrible natural disaster. Laura and I and members of the Senate and House here express our heartfelt sympathy to the people of Burma. The United States has made an initial aid contribution, but we want to do a lot more. We're prepared to move U.S. Navy assets to help find those who've lost their lives, to help find the missing, to help stabilize the situation. But in order to do so, the military junta must allow our disaster assessment teams into the country.
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Secretary Rice speaks at the Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq |
Secretary Releases 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism
Washington, D.C.
May 1, 2008
Bilateral relations between Burma and the United States remained strained. The government defined almost all anti-regime activities as "acts of terrorism" and made little distinction between peaceful political dissent and violent attacks by insurgents or criminals. The Burmese government was quick to characterize dissident groups as aligned with terrorist organizations and used this as justification to scrutinize and disrupt their activities. In the past several years, bombs have exploded in Rangoon and other parts of Burma. In most incidents, the Government of Burma claimed the incidents were a subversive act, "committed by a group of insurgent destructive elements who wanted to disturb and destroy stability of the state." Authorities did not make public any evidence of a genuine investigation or identify the specific perpetrator(s). Requests by the U.S. Embassy to view either the scenes or remaining fragments of the explosive devices were consistently denied. (Full text)
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The White House, Washington D.C |
White House Statement Announcing New Sanctions on Regime Cronies
Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2008
The President has said that the United States would continue to review our policies and consider additional measures if Than Shwe's junta did not end its brutal oppression of the Burmese people. Therefore, today the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated for sanctions four family members of regime leaders and four companies and three individuals connected to Tay Za, a Than Shwe regime crony and known arms dealer. These designations add to the 30 individuals and seven entities previously designated for sanctions. (Full text)
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Treasury Action Targets Financial Network of Tay Za
Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2008
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced financial sanctions against family members of regime leaders and key additional individuals and businesses that are part of the financial network of Tay Za, a Burmese business tycoon and arms dealer with close ties to Burma's military junta. (Full text)
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| UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar Paolo Sergio Pinheiro |
Pinheiro Dismayed by Continued Detentions, Arrests in Burma
Geneva
February 5, 2008
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, today expressed his dismay that four months on from the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, political and human rights activists continue to be arrested, detained and sentenced to prison terms under the security laws of Myanmar. He further raised concern for their physical and psychological integrity while in detention. Reports have been received expressing serious concerns regarding the health conditions of some of the prisoners who require immediate care and specific medication. (Full text)
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US Visa Application Fees Increased to $131 on January 1, 2008
Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa increased from US $100 to US $131. This increase allows the U.S. Department of State to recover the costs of security and other enhancements to the non-immigrant visa application process. (Full text) (Burmese text)
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Investment Climate Statement - 2008
Investment Climate Statement - 2008
Prior to the imposition of the investment ban, many prominent U.S. investors had already withdrawn from Burma due to a hostile investment climate and disappointing returns. An active anti-Burma consumer movement in the United States and Europe also put investors’ corporate images at risk. Current U.S. federal sanctions prohibit new investment, but allow companies invested in Burma prior to May 20, 1997 to maintain their investments. Very few companies have elected to do so. (Full text)
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announces publication of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. |
The government's human rights record worsened during the year. The regime continued to abridge the right of citizens to change their government. Government security forces killed at least 30 demonstrators during their suppression of prodemocracy protests in September, and they continued to allow custodial deaths to occur and commited other extrajudicial killings, disappearances, rape, and torture. In addition, regime‑sponsored, mass-member organizations such as the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) and regime-backed "private" militias increasingly engaged in harassment, abuse, and detention of human rights and prodemocracy activists. (Full text)
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| President George W. Bush shakes hands with Singapore's Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong |
The Oval Office, White House
April 09, 2008
We did spend time talking about the countries in the neighborhood. We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of people. And yet they do. I'm disappointed with the progress made to date there, and would urge the military leadership there to open up and respond to the will of the people. (Full text)
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| Mrs. Laura Bush poses for a photo with Charm Tong |
Washington, D.C.
April 07, 2008
For nearly 20 years, Burma's military regime has crushed peaceful dissent and jailed thousands of political prisoners. Aung San Suu Kyi, the head of the democratically-elected National League for Democracy, has spent more than 12 years under house arrest since 1989. When a 500 percent spike in regime-controlled gas prices led to protests last September, the junta responded with a force that shocked the world. Unarmed monks who led the demonstrations were beaten, arrested, and killed. Bullets were sprayed into crowds of peaceful protestors, and thousands were imprisoned under shameful conditions. Arrests and beatings of peaceful activists continue today, and demonstrators remain incarcerated. (Full text)
International Women's Day Senate Caucus letter to Mr. Gambari (PDF)
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| Mr. Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman |
Burmese Regime’s Referendum Law Continues Climate of Intimidation
Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman
Wahsington DC
February 28, 2008
Burma’s military regime continues exacerbating the climate of fear and intimidation leading up to the May constitutional referendum. The Constitution Approval Law announced February 27 establishes a three-year penalty for disrupting the referendum. Another law, Decree 5/96, punishes criticism of the regime’s “roadmap to democracy” with up to twenty years in prison. The referendum law also denies monks, nuns, and political prisoners the right to vote. The regime continues arresting and prosecuting Burmese citizens for peacefully expressing their political beliefs. (Full text)
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