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What is democracy to the peoples of non-Burman ethnic states when dictators are still controlling their homelands and citizens. Half-baked democracy is no use to ethnic nationalities. Democracy will be complete only when the dictatorial armies withdraw from all ethnic states. Please send this messag...

What is democracy to the peoples of non-Burman ethnic states when dictators are still controlling their homelands and citizens. Half-baked democracy is no use to ethnic nationalities. Democracy will be complete only when the dictatorial armies withdraw from all ethnic states. Please send this message to all governments concerned, UN, US, European Union etc.

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Press release

The Elders congratulate Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of her appearance in parliament in Burma/Myanmar

“We pray that Aung San Suu Kyi and her country are now on a path to freedom”
– Desmond Tutu

After pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in Burma/Myanmar, The Elders welcome the positive reforms taking place and announce that Daw Suu Kyi will be stepping down as an honorary Elder, in line with the requirement that members of The Elders should not hold public office.

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Elders blog Mary Robinson,

Women must be at the heart of the new Egypt

As Egyptians celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that removed Hosni Mubarak from power, Mary Robinson argues that it is time to challenge the patriarchal norms that continue to restrict women's political participation – and that Egypt's future as a just, democratic and prosperous nation depends on it.

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