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Sampsonia Way Magazine Help for an Asylum Seeker


Khin Lunn in the camp. Photo courtesy of the author. On July 12th, we published… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 29, 2010 at 11:51am — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine The Monks' Exodus


Last September, 15 exiled Burmese monks came from all over the United States to walk in a line through Pittsburgh streets. They started on the Northside, made their way past PNC Park, the Pirates’ baseball stadium, and ended up among downtown’s rows of skyscrapers. They chanted the sutra of loving kindness in front of curious passers-by. It was the G-20 summit and the monks and their supporters walked peacefully through throngs of uniforms of security forces. They hoped the march would ca… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 28, 2010 at 4:42pm — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine Burmese Media Revolution: Shouts for freedom from exile


Unable to catch his breath as the torturer pummelled his chest, Aung Thwin was becoming lightheaded. The interrogator asked him for the tenth time: “Do you work for Democratic Voice of Burma?” “No, I don’t,” Aung Thwin hoarsely repeated. Images of the interrogator flickered before his eyes, reminding him of 1990, when he was arrested and tortured until his blood-soaked shirt stuck to his body—the reason why his posture is altered to this day. Read the rest of the article… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 28, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine Wendy Law-Yone: Banishment from certain states is a form of salvation


Wendy Law-Yone identifies herself as “half Burmese, a quarter Chinese, and a quarter English.” However, Burma, the country where she was born, is the common denominator of her three novels: The Coffin Tree (1983), Irrawaddy Tango (1993), and The Road to Wanting (2010). The daughter of a notable newspaper publisher who was imprisoned by the military regime during the sixties, Law-Yone was banished from her country and came to the United States in 1973, where she… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 28, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Global Solutions Pittsburgh Come and get 'em

You can finally breath a sigh of relief. The long awaited day has come and our Pittsburgh Human Rights Network tshirts are available!

The idea to have PHRN shirts has been a long time in the making and it's great to finally get to wear the shirts, and if I do say so myself, they look great. The guys down at Commonwealth Press did an awesome job working with us and we're proud of the results.

So, we thought long and hard about how to best s… Continue

Added by Global Solutions Pittsburgh on July 28, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine From Burma to Brentwood: Refugees Create a Sense of Community in Pittsburgh


When Soe Naing’s youngest daughter Khin Mar Soe was born in 2001, he had “no dreams for her,” he recalled. She was born in a refugee camp in the Thailand-Burma border, one of an estimated 150,000 people living in nine camps after fleeing from the brutality of the Burmese government. The refugees inhabit a kind of political and economic no man’s land: they are unable to work, unable to move freely past the barbed wire fences that ring the camps, and—depending on the camp—unable to attend sc… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 28, 2010 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine A Cause Worth Following: Help Pinar Selek


Photo: © habervesaire.com In a request sent to us from Christa Schuenke, the Vice President of P.E.N. Germany, she asked us to publ… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 27, 2010 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine Burmese Music: Hip Hop on Trial

In February, Burmese musician and activist Zayar Thaw turned 29 behind the walls of Kawthaung Prison in s… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 26, 2010 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine The Plight of Children in Burma


A Burmese student Based on report by the… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 23, 2010 at 9:13am — No Comments

Global Solutions Pittsburgh Repression in Burma: A Public Reading with Khet Mar

For those of you who may have missed it, Tuesday’s event with Khet Mar was a great success, with over 50 people piled into the Shadow Lounge. Khet Mar was kind enough to give us a reading from some of her works, along with a short history of the oppression in Burma. Just in case you haven't seen any of the promotion we did for the event, l

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Added by Global Solutions Pittsburgh on July 22, 2010 at 11:10am — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine Education in Burma


Student in Burma In 1820, Thomas Jefferson wrote to diplomat and financier William Jarvis, "I know no safe depository of the ultimate power… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 22, 2010 at 10:11am — No Comments

Sampsonia Way Magazine A Flawed Election Day



Burmese Democratic supporters protesting the upcoming elections. Photo: © http://taungzalatnews.bl… Continue

Added by Sampsonia Way Magazine on July 19, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Global Solutions Pittsburgh PA Signs Divestment Bill Into Law for Sudan, Iran

On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, the Pennsylvania State House passed a bill that bans state pension funds from investing in Iran and Sudan. On July 7, 2010, Governor Ed Rendell signed that bill into law, providing for divestiture from investments in companies doing business in Iran and Sudan.

Legally, this new law… Continue

Added by Global Solutions Pittsburgh on July 13, 2010 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Tim Lessick We Want the Airwaves: Music for Human Rights (Part 2)

And here we go with Part 2 of this post. Sorry for the delay, we've been a bit busy around here these days. But don't you worry, I'll keep you updated on all that too. Without further delay, the conclusion!


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Added by Tim Lessick on July 7, 2010 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Tara Talerico America Recognizing Slavery

We could eradicate slavery. The laws are in place. The multi-nationals, the world trade organizations, the United Nations, they could end slavery, but they're not going to do it until and unless we demand it. -- Kevin Bales If you are at all interested in Human Rights then you surely have come across some sort of information to help fight Human Trafficking. The issue seems to be the hot topic for many human rights organizations and apparently for the United States of America. After ten years, U… Continue

Added by Tara Talerico on June 23, 2010 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Marissa Escajeda Hope for Children in Ethiopia

In the mist of all the terrible things going on around the world: starvation, murder, rape, child soldiering, domestic abuse, and modern day slavery, sometimes we lose sight of the positive and uplifting things individuals are doing all over the world. Today, I came across a news report by CNN on a women who started her own orphanage in Ethiopia.

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Added by Marissa Escajeda on June 23, 2010 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Tim Lessick We Want the Airwaves: Music for Human Rights (Part 1)

There are a few things in my life that I can say I'm truly passionate about, two of which are pretty apparent if you know me. If you haven't had the pleasure, please, let me explain...

Music has been important to my life as long as I can remember. I've always been a music addict. Granted, my tastes have changed a fair amount over the years, but music nonetheless has been played a huge p
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Added by Tim Lessick on June 21, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Global Solutions Pittsburgh World Refugee Day 2010

Since 2001, June 20 has been officially acknowledged as World Refugee Day. This year’s theme is “Home”, highlighting the struggle of the over 40 million refugees around the world who are unable to live in their home communities. Nearly 15 million people are not able to return to their homes due to conflict and unrest. Five million of those refugees are… Continue

Added by Global Solutions Pittsburgh on June 18, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

D. Bassett Gas Well Explosion in West Virginia

Now, for the second time within a week, we have a gas well explosion. The first one was in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, which last week had a blow out and spewed gas and untreated (read chemical and brine-filled) water into the air for 16 hours. Then, early this morning, yet another gas well exploded when a crew drilled through an abandoned coal mine near Moundsville, West Virginia (55 miles southwest of Pittsburgh), and hit a pocket of methane gas. The explosion sent flames 70 feet into the… Continue

Added by D. Bassett on June 7, 2010 at 12:25pm — No Comments

D. Bassett Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling

I'm very concerned about the Marcellus Shale gas drilling that is going on in our area, not only because of the environmental problems that it produces, but because of the health problems that go along with it, for people and animals alike. Wherever shale gas drilling has been done across the United States (in 32 states, I believe), people have been reporting a variety of health problems, ranging from skin rashes and asthma to adrenal gland tumors, cancers and neuropathies. There have been probl… Continue

Added by D. Bassett on June 4, 2010 at 9:37pm — 2 Comments

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