Marwaan MacanMarkar

Burma: After Suu Kyi’s Release, Dangerous Time Sets in

Bangkok - A dilapidated colonial villa on the banks of the Inya Lake in Rangoon, Burma’s largest city, has regained its identity as a home – instead of a …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService|NewsAnalysis

November 14, 2010

Cluster Munitions Treaty Leaves US Behind

Bangkok - A campaign to rid the world of cluster munitions has still to rope in the U.S. government, a major producer and stockpiler of the deadly payload, on …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService|Report

November 3, 2010

US Support Boosts Calls for UN Burma War Crimes Inquiry

Bangkok - An international campaign seeking a war crimes inquiry into the alleged systematic abuses by Burma’s military regime finally has a strong ally in U.S. President Barack Obama. …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService|Report

August 18, 2010

Burma: Call for War Crimes Inquiry Foils UN Envoy’s Trip

Bangkok - When a U.N. human rights investigator for Burma called for an international inquiry to look into possible war crimes by the country’s military regime, he added significant …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService|Report

August 9, 2010

Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue

Bangkok - When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService

May 1, 2010

Thailand: Bloody Crackdown Exposes Battle Lines in Class War

Bangkok Thailand - The morning after the Thai troops' bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters here, the mood among them remained as it was after the guns had gone silent …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService

April 11, 2010

Thailand: Rural Masses Stage Historic Protest

Bangkok - An unprecedented show of force by men and women from Thailand’s rural hinterland was on display over the weekend as they poured into Bangkok in the tens …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService

March 14, 2010

Tsunami Recovery Hit by Corruption, Apathy

Bangkok - Questions that have dogged the tsunami recovery effort through 2006 coalesced in a crop of media stories and critical reports as affected countries remembered in prayer and …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService

December 26, 2009

Burma: Nobel Laureate Stiglitz to Advise Junta on Poverty

The list of high-profile foreigners heading to Burma to engage and advise the country’s military regime is about to get longer. The latest due to join that flow is …

By: Marwaan MacanMarkar ,; InterPressService

November 30, 2009

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