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<title><![CDATA[An earlier piece on AGNEEPATH (Hindi, 1990)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/an-earlier-piece-on-agneepath-hindi-1990/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>masterpraz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/an-earlier-piece-on-agneepath-hindi-1990/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[And I will add, a remake by Karan Johar would be simply a stupid idea&#8230;unless it was a &#8220;t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>And I will add, a remake by Karan Johar would be simply a stupid idea&#8230;unless it was a &#8220;tribute&#8221; of sorts with a different name as opposed to a remake&#8230;.</em></p>
<p><img src="http://www3.dharma-production.com/images/MovieMain/agneepath.jpg" width="400px" alt="" /></p>
<p>Vijay Dinanath Chauhan-a name that became synonymous with my child-hood. I was 8 years old the first and last time I saw late Mukul Anand’s. I still remember the excitement and pure energetic aura surrounding the small single screen theatre near Pune (Akurdi). The first show had just finished, and Dad and I were in line for the second day’s second show. The visceral impact the movie left on me as an 8 year-old boy was huge. At that time, this was for me the “ultimate” Bachchan movie, and re-visiting the movie 17 years later that statement still holds true.</p>
<p><strong>Read the rest from <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/an-earlier-piece-on-agneepath-hindi-1990/">HERE</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Big B on Videostyle (Aug 1984)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/big-b-on-videostyle-aug-1984/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aajkaarjun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/big-b-on-videostyle-aug-1984/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[SIEV X Memorial]]></title>
<link>http://frame49.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/siev-x-memorial/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rob Lee</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frame49.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/siev-x-memorial/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The SIEV X Memorial on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra &#8220;The SIEV X Memorial reme]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_171" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://frame49.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2009-canberra-img_10116.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-171" title="SIEV X Memorial in Canberra" src="http://frame49.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2009-canberra-img_10116.jpg?w=1024" alt="Image of the SIEV X Memorial on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra" width="1024" height="682" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The SIEV X Memorial on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra</p></div>
<p>&#8220;The SIEV X Memorial remembers the 146 children, 142 mothers and 65 fathers who died on the refugee boat SIEV X, at the height of the Federal election campaign in October 2001.  The memorial is a shared effort by over 300 schools, churches and community groups across Australia.  Each pole remembers one person who died, the smaller poles for children and larger for adults.  Our message in making the memorial is that Australia is not a country defined by fear and greed. Love is stronger than fear. Kindness is stronger than greed&#8221;.</p>
<p>Quote from a sign near the memorial on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Revisiting DOSTANA (Hindi, 1980)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/revisiting-dostana-hindi-1980/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>masterpraz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/revisiting-dostana-hindi-1980/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Yash Johar’s original DOSTANA with Amitabh Bachchan and Shatru]]></description>
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Yash Johar’s original <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/this-week-from-past-%E2%80%93-dostana-1980/">DOSTANA</a> with Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha. Since then, we’ve had Karan Johar take the same title this time with Abhishek Bachchan and make a completely different film, however the original DOSTANA still holds the test of time rather well and plays out as a solid masala entertainer.</p>
<p><strong>Read the rest from <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/revisiting-dostana-hindi-1980/">HERE</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesia and Asian RefUgees]]></title>
<link>http://sangmane.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/indonesia-and-asian-refugees/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sangmane</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sangmane.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/indonesia-and-asian-refugees/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia and AUstralia are strUggling in the refUgees issUe. Most of them are coming from Afhanista]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Indonesia and AUstralia are strUggling in the refUgees issUe. Most of them are coming from Afhanista]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia's Asylum Policy]]></title>
<link>http://asrcbulletin.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/australia%e2%80%99s-asylum-policy/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>asrcbulletin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://asrcbulletin.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/australia%e2%80%99s-asylum-policy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Source: Refugee Council of Australia Every year Australia takes approximately 13,500 refugees and hu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Source: Refugee Council of Australia Every year Australia takes approximately 13,500 refugees and hu]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[အိမ္လြမ္းနာ]]></title>
<link>http://myfreebird.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/refugee-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>myfreebird</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myfreebird.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/refugee-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ဘီးမဲႏွင့္ ကေလး ၄ ဦးက ၿပီးခဲ့သည့္ ဇူလိုင္လ ကရင္ျပည္နယ္ထဲတြင္ ျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့ေသာ တိုက္ပြဲမ်ားမွ တျခား ဒု]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>ဘီးမဲႏွင့္ ကေလး ၄ ဦးက ၿပီးခဲ့သည့္ ဇူလိုင္လ ကရင္ျပည္နယ္ထဲတြင္ ျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့ေသာ တိုက္ပြဲမ်ားမွ တျခား ဒုကၡသည္ ရြာသား ၅၀၀ ႏွင့္အတူ ထြက္ေျပးလာခဲ့ၾကသူမ်ား ျဖစ္သည္။ အခုေတာ့ သူတို႔၏ ယာယီအိမ္ ၀ါးတဲကေလးမ်ားျဖင့္ ထိုင္း &#8211; ျမန္မာ နယ္စပ္အနီး ထာ့ေဆာင္ယန္းရွိ ယာယီဒုကၡသည္စခန္းတခုတြင္ ျဖစ္သလို ေနထိုင္ေနၾကရသည္။</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img title="kayin refugee" src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/4/1739086/Myanmar/Refugee/18329-Cover-story-4.gif" alt="" width="400" height="271" /><p class="wp-caption-text">မဲလဦး စခန္းအတြင္း က်င္းပသည့္ ႏိုင္ငံတကာ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားေန႔ အခမ္းအနားသို႔ ကရင္အမ်ဳိးသမီးတဦးက ကေလးခ်ီ၍ ေရာက္လာပံု (ဓာတ္ပံု- MASARU GOTO/ TBBC)</p></div>
<p><!--more-->2009 ဇြန္လဆန္းပိုင္းမွ စတင္၍ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရႏွင့္ တုိးတက္ေသာ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ ကရင္အမ်ဳိးသား တပ္ဖြဲ႕ (DKBA) တို႔ ပူးေပါင္းကာ ကရင္အမ်ဳိးသား လြတ္ေျမာက္ေရး တပ္မေတာ္ (KNLA) ကို ျပင္းထန္စြာ တိုက္ခိုက္ခဲ့ေသာေၾကာင့္ တျခားေသာ ကရင္ရြာသား ၄၀၀၀ ႏွင့္အတူ စစ္ေဘးဒဏ္မွ လြတ္ေျမာက္ႏိုင္ရန္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံသို႔ ထြက္ေျပးလာၾကသူမ်ား ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>ထိုင္း &#8211; ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္ရွိ စခန္းမ်ားတြင္ ဒုကၡသည္ အေရအတြက္ စုစုေပါင္း ၁၃၄၀၀၀ အထိ တိုးလာခဲ့ၿပီး ဒုကၡသည္ ၅၀၀၀၀ ကို အေမရိကန္ျပည္ေထာင္စု အပါအ၀င္ အေနာက္ႏိုင္ငံမ်ားသို႔ ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕အေျခခ်ေပးခဲ့ၿပီး ျဖစ္သည္။ သို႔ေသာ္ ဒုကၡသည္အမ်ားစုမွာ တေန႔ အိမ္ျပန္ရႏိုး ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ေနၾကဆဲ ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>ဒုကၡသည္ စခန္းမ်ားတြင္ ၾကာရွည္ ေနထိုင္ေနရသူမ်ားအဖို႔ အိမ္ျပန္ရမည့္အေရး အိပ္မက္မ်ားက ေမွးမိွန္လာေနသည္။ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံအတြင္းသို႔ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား စတင္ ေရာက္ရွိလာခဲ့သည္မွာ မ်ဳိးဆက္တခုစာမွ် ရွိၿပီဟု ဆိုရေတာ့မည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၈၄ ခုႏွစ္ ျမန္မာအစိုးရက ကရင္သူပုန္မ်ား ထိန္းခ်ဳပ္ထားသည့္ ေဒသမ်ားကို ထိုးစစ္မ်ား ဆင္ႏႊဲလာခဲ့ခ်ိန္ အရပ္သား လူထု ၁၀၀၀၀ ေက်ာ္ အိုးအိမ္စြန္႔ခြာ ထြက္ေျပးလာခဲ့ၾကရၿပီး တဘက္ကမ္း ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံတြင္း၌ စတင္ခိုလႈံ      ေနထိုင္လာခဲ့ၾကရသည္။</p>
<p>ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံက ကုလသမဂၢ၏ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားဆိုင္ရာ ႏိုင္ငံတကာ သေဘာတူညီခ်က္ကို လက္မွတ္ေရးထိုး အသိအမွတ္ျပဳ ထားသည့္ ႏိုင္ငံတခု မဟုတ္သကဲ့သို႔ ယခုထိလည္း ၎သေဘာတူညီခ်က္ကို တရား၀င္ အသိအမွတ္ျပဳထားျခင္း မရွိေသးပါ။ သို႔ေသာ္လည္း ဒုကၡေရာက္လာၾကသည့္ ကရင္လူမ်ဳိးမ်ားအတြက္ ခိုလႈံခြင့္ေပးခဲ့ၿပီး ယခင္ကာလမ်ားက ကေမၻာဒီးယား၊ လာအို၊ ဗီယက္နမ္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို ခြင့္ျပဳေပးသကဲ့သို႔ ေနာက္ပိုင္းတြင္ လူသားခ်င္းစာနာမႈ အကူ အညီမ်ား ေထာက္ပံ့ခြင့္ျပဳခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၈၄ ခုႏွစ္ ေဖေဖၚ၀ါရီလတြင္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၊ ျပည္ထဲေရး၀န္ႀကီးဌာနက ႏိုင္ငံ၏အေရွ႕ပိုင္း၌ ကေမၻာဒီးယား၊ လာအိုႏွင့္ ဗီယက္နမ္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအတြက္ ကူညီေပးေနၾကသည့္ ေစတနာ့၀န္ထမ္း အဖြဲ႔အစည္းမ်ားအား ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္ မ်ားအတြက္လည္း အကူအညီေပးပါရန္ ကမ္းလွမ္းလာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>၎ ေအဂ်င္စီမ်ား စုေပါင္း၍ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံအတြင္းရွိ ေရႊ႔ေျပာင္းထြက္ေျပးလာသူမ်ားအတြက္ ၀န္ ေဆာင္မႈေပးေရး ပူးေပါင္းေဆာင္ရြက္ေရး ေကာ္မတီ (CCSDPT) ဟူသည့္ အဖြဲ႕ဖြဲ႕ကာ ခ်က္ခ်င္းဆိုသလိုပင္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအတြက္ ရိကၡာ ေထာက္ပံ့ေရး အစီအစဥ္မ်ား စတင္ခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ကရင္ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား ယူဆထားခဲ့ၾကသလိုပင္၊ ထိုင္းအစိုးရႏွင့္ အကူအညီေပးေရး အဖြဲ႔မ်ားက ကရင္ျပည္နယ္မွ ထြက္ေျပးလာၾကသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား အခ်ိန္တိုအတြင္း အိမ္ျပန္ႏိုင္မည္ဟု ယူဆခဲ့ၾကသည္။ သို႔ေသာ္လည္း ျပႆနာက ႀကီးထြား ပ်ံ႕ႏွံ႔ခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>မ်ားမၾကာမီ မြန္ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားလည္း ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ ေတာင္ပိုင္းေဒသကို ျဖတ္ေက်ာ္ေျပး၀င္၍ ခိုလႈံလာၾကျပန္သည္။ ထိုဒုကၡသည္မ်ားက ျမန္မာစစ္သားမ်ား ရက္စက္ ၾကမ္းၾကဳတ္စြာ က်ဴးလြန္ခဲ့ၾကသည့္ ရြာမ်ားမီးတိုက္ျခင္း၊ မုဒိမ္းျပဳက်င့္ျခင္း၊ ႏွိပ္စက္ညႇဥ္းပန္းျခင္း၊ အက်ဥ္းရံုး သုတ္သင္ သတ္ျဖတ္ပစ္ျခင္း၊ အတင္းအက်ပ္ အလုပ္ခိုင္းေစျခင္း စသည့္ ကိုယ္ေတြ႔ျဖစ္ရပ္မ်ားကို ျပန္ေျပာျပခဲ့ၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ကုလသမဂၢ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားဆိုင္ရာ မဟာမင္းႀကီးရံုး (UNHCR) ကဲ့သို႔ေသာ ႏိုင္ငံတကာ ေအဂ်င္စီမ်ားကလည္း ၾကည့္ေနရံု မွ်သာ တတ္ႏိုင္သည္။ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံတြင္း၌ အိုးအိမ္အေျခမဲ့ ေရႊ႕ေျပာင္းထြက္ေျပးေနၾကရေသာ၊ ေၾကာက္ရြံ႕ထိတ္လန္႔ေနၾက ရေသာ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို ကူညီေပးရန္ မတတ္စြမ္းႏိုင္ခဲ့ေပ။</p>
<p>ေနာက္ ၄ ႏွစ္အၾကာ ၁၉၈၈ ခုႏွစ္၊ ၾသဂုတ္လတြင္ ျမန္မာတႏိုင္ငံလံုး ပါဝင္သည့္ လူထုအံုႂကြမႈမ်ား ေပၚေပါက္လာၿပီး ေနာက္ ျဖစ္ရပ္မ်ားက ေျပာင္းလဲခဲ့သည္။ ဆႏၵျပပြဲမ်ားကို စစ္အစိုးရက ရက္စက္စြာ ၿဖိဳခြင္း ေခ်မႈန္းခဲ့သည့္အခါ ေထာင္ေပါင္းမ်ားစြာေသာ ေက်ာင္းသားလူငယ္မ်ား၊ တက္ႂကြလႈပ္ရွားသူမ်ား ထိုင္း &#8211; ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္သို႔ ထြက္ေျပး ေရာက္ရွိလာၾကျပန္သည္။</p>
<p>၎တို႔အနက္မွ အမ်ားစုက ဘန္ေကာက္သို႔ ႀကံဖန္လမ္းရွာၿပီး UNHCR ၏ လုပ္ပိုင္ခြင့္အာဏာေအာက္တြင္ ႏိုင္ငံေရး ခိုလႈံခြင့္ ေတာင္းခံခဲ့ၾကသည္၊ ဒုကၡသည္ အျဖစ္ ေလွ်ာက္ထားၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ေယဘုယ်အားျဖင့္ ဒုကၡသည္ အမ်ိဳးအစား ၂ မ်ဳိးျဖစ္သြားသည္။ “စစ္ေဘး ဒဏ္ေၾကာင့္ ထြက္ေျပးလာရသူမ်ား” (အထူးသျဖင့္ ကရင္၊ ကရင္နီ၊ မြန္ တိုင္းရင္းသားမ်ား) ႏွင့္ UNHCR ၏ “စိုးရိမ္ဖြယ္ရာ အေျခအေန” ဟု သတ္မွတ္ခံရသူမ်ား ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>ဒုတိယအမ်ဳိးအစားတြင္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံမွ ထြက္ေျပးလာသူ ႏိုင္ငံေရးလႈပ္ရွားသူမ်ား၊ အတိုက္အခံမ်ား၊ တက္ႂကြလႈပ္ရွားသူ ေက်ာင္းသားမ်ား အျပင္၊ နယ္စပ္တြင္ လံုၿခံဳမႈမရွိဟု ခံစားေနရသည့္ တိုင္းရင္းသားမ်ားလည္း ပါ ၀င္သည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၈၈ ခုႏွစ္ စစ္အာဏာသိမ္းၿပီးခ်ိန္ တက္လာခဲ့သည့္ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရ ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားႏွင့္ စစ္ေျမျပင္မ်ားကို ေစ်းကြက္ မ်ားအျဖစ္ ေျပာင္းလဲလိုၾကသည့္ ထိုင္းစစ္ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားအၾကား သစ္ထုတ္လုပ္ငန္းမ်ား အပါအ၀င္ တျခား စီးပြားေရး သေဘာတူညီမႈမ်ား ျပဳခဲ့ၾကသည္။ ယင္းကာလ ေနာက္ပိုင္းတြင္ နယ္စပ္ေဒသတြင္ ၾကားခံဇုန္အျဖစ္ထားရွိခဲ့သည့္ ကရင္သူပုန္မ်ားကို ထိုင္းအစိုးရက သည္းညည္းခံေနသည့္ မူ၀ါဒမ်ား စြန္႔လႊတ္လာသကဲ့သို႔ ျမန္မာ အစိုးရ စစ္တပ္ မ်ားကလည္း ထိုင္း-ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္တြင္ တိုး၍ ေနရာယူလာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၈၉ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ ကရင္နီျပည္နယ္အတြင္း ျပင္းထန္သည့္ တိုက္ပြဲမ်ား ျဖစ္ေပၚလာၿပီး ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ ေျမာက္ပိုင္းေဒသ မယ္ေဟာင္ေဆာင္ ခရိုင္အတြင္းသို႔ ဒုကၡသည္ အေျမာက္အမ်ား ေျပး၀င္ခိုလႈံလာၾကျပန္သည္။  ေတာင္ဘက္ပိုက်သည့္ မြန္ေဒသမ်ားတြင္လည္း မြန္ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားက ဘုရားသံုးဆူေတာင္ၾကားေဒသကို ျဖတ္၍ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ ကန္ခ်နပူရီ ခရိုင္အတြင္းသို႔ ေျပး၀င္ခိုလႈံလာၾကျပန္သည္။</p>
<p>ကေမာက္ကမႏိုင္လွသည့္ ျမင္ကြင္းမ်ားလည္း ရွိခဲ့သည္။ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံသို႔ ထြက္ေျပးေနၾကသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ လူထုကို ေက်ာ္ျဖတ္ကာ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံမွ ကၽြန္းသစ္လံုးမ်ား တင္ေဆာင္လာသည့္ ထရပ္ကားႀကီးမ်ား ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံတြင္းသို႔ ၀င္သြားၾကသည္။ ထရပ္ကားတန္းႀကီး ရွည္ေလ၊ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံတြင္းသို႔ ေျပး၀င္လာသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ အေရအတြက္ ပို၍ မ်ားလာေလေလ ျဖစ္ေနခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၉၅ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ KNLA ဌာနခ်ဳပ္ျဖစ္ေသာ မာနယ္ပေလာစခန္း စစ္အစိုးရတပ္မ်ား လက္တြင္း က်ရႈံး ခဲ့ရၿပီးေနာက္ပိုင္း နယ္စပ္ေဒသ အေျခစိုက္ အင္အားစုမ်ားအဖို႔လည္း စိတ္ဓာတ္ေရးရာအရ အႀကီးက်ယ္ဆံုး ထိုးႏွက္မႈ ျဖစ္ခဲ့သည္။ ကရင္ေတာ္လွန္ေရးတပ္မ်ား၏ ခရစ္ယာန္ေခါင္းေဆာင္မႈႏွင့္ ေအာက္ေျခ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားအၾကား ျဖစ္ေပၚေနခဲ့သည့္ မေက်နပ္မႈမ်ားကို ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရက အသံုးခ်၍ ၿဖိဳခြဲ အႏိုင္ရယူခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ေနာက္ပိုင္းတြင္ ခြဲထြက္ခဲ့ၾကသည့္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္ ကရင္တပ္သားမ်ားက နာမည္ဆိုးျဖင့္ ေက်ာ္ၾကားသည့္ DKBA ကို ထူေထာင္ခဲ့သည္။ စစ္အစိုးရက ကရင္ျပည္နယ္အတြင္း ထိုးစစ္ဆင္ရာတြင္ ၎ DKBA တပ္မ်ားကို ေရွ႕တန္းတင္ အသံုးခ်လာခဲ့ၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ေျမာက္ဘက္ပိုက်သည့္ ေနရာမ်ားတြင္မူ ထိုင္းအစိုးရက ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား ၀င္ေရာက္လာမည္ကို မလိုလားခဲ့။ အထူးသျဖင့္ ရွမ္းျပည္နယ္အတြင္း အဓမၼေရႊ႕ေျပာင္း ေနရာခ်ထားမႈေၾကာင့္ ထြက္ေျပးလာၾကသည့္ ရွမ္းတိုင္းရင္းသား ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား အေပၚ သတ္မွတ္ထားသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ စံ သတ္မွတ္ခ်က္ မျပည့္မီဟု ဆိုကာ ထိုင္းအစိုးရက ပယ္ခ်ခဲ့ၾကသည္။ ဤသို႔ တင္းက်ပ္သည့္ စည္းကမ္းခ်က္ မျပည့္မီသူမ်ားအား စီးပြားေရးေၾကာင့္ ေရႊ႕ေျပာင္းအေျခခ် လာၾကသူမ်ားဟုသာ သတ္မွတ္ခဲ့ၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံတြင္းသို႔ ထြက္ေျပးလာၾကသည့္ ရွမ္းဒုကၡသည္မ်ားက ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းထူေထာင္ ခိုလႈံခြင့္ မရၾကဘဲ ေဒသခံ ထိုင္းလူထုမ်ားအၾကားသာ အလုပ္အကိုင္ ရွာေဖြလ်က္ ပံုေဖ်ာက္ ခိုလႈံခဲ့ၾကရသည္။ တဘက္တြင္ လြတ္လပ္မႈရွိသည္ဟု ဆို ႏိုင္ေသာ္လည္း အျခားတဘက္တြင္ ေခါင္းပံုျဖတ္ခံရမႈမ်ားႏွင့္ အလြဲသံုးစားျပဳမႈမ်ား ၾကံဳရသည္။ ထိုင္း အစိုးရက ေရႊ႔ေျပာင္းအေျခခ်လာသူမ်ားကို ပို၍ တင္းက်ပ္ကန္႔သတ္လာသည္ႏွင့္အမွ် ဖမ္းဆီးခံရမည့္အေရး၊ ျပန္ပို႔ခံရမည့္အေရး စိုးရိမ္ပူပန္ေနၾကရသည္။</p>
<p>ကရင္ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအဖို႔မူ သူတို႔၏စခန္းမ်ားကို (DKBA) တပ္မ်ားက စစ္ေရးအရ တိုက္ရိုက္က်ဴးေက်ာ္ တိုက္ခိုက္ ၾကေသာေၾကာင့္ တမ်ိဳးတဖံု ကြဲျပားသည့္၊ အသက္အႏၱရာယ္ကိုပင္ ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္ေနသည့္ အေနအထားမ်ဳိး ရင္ဆိုင္ ရျပန္သည္။ ထိုင္းအစိုးရက ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား၏ လံုျခံဳေရးကိုၾကည့္၍ ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းငယ္မ်ားကို စခန္းႀကီးမ်ားအျဖစ္ ေပါင္းစုသည္။ သိသာထင္ရွားသည့္စခန္းဆိုလွ်င္ မဲလဒုကၡသည္စခန္းျဖစ္ၿပီး ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံရွိ ၿမိဳ႔နယ္အေသးစား တခုမွ် ပင္ ရွိေတာ့မည္။ ထို႔အျပင္ စခန္းတြင္းလံုျခံဳေရးကိစၥမ်ားအတြက္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားဆိုင္ရာ မဟာမင္းႀကီးရံုးကိုလည္း ကန္႔သတ္၍ တာ၀န္ခြဲေ၀ေပးမႈမ်ား ရွိလာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းမ်ားကို (DKBA) တပ္ဖြဲ႕မ်ားက ၀င္ေရာက္တိုက္ခိုက္ၾကသည့္ ကိစၥအျပင္ တျခားျဖစ္ရပ္ ၂ ခုကို အေၾကာင္းျပဳ၍ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၏ ဒုကၡသည္ဆိုင္ရာ မူ၀ါဒလည္း အဓိက ေျပာင္းလဲမႈမ်ား ရွိလာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၉၉ ခုႏွစ္၊ ေအာက္တိုဘာလ ၁ ရက္ေန႔တြင္ စြမ္းအားျမႇင့္ ျမန္မာေက်ာင္းသား စစ္သည္ေတာ္မ်ား (VBSW) ဟု အမည္ေပးထားသည့္ ေသနတ္သမား ၅ ဦးက ဘန္ေကာက္ရွိ ျမန္မာသံရံုးကို ၀င္ေရာက္စီးနင္းသိမ္း ပိုက္မႈ ျဖစ္ေပၚခဲ့သည္။ ထိုသူမ်ားက ဓားစာခံမ်ားလည္း ဖမ္းဆီးထားခဲ့ၿပီး၊ သံရံုး၀င္းကို တရက္ၾကာ သိမ္းပိုက္ထားခဲ့သည္။ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၏ ဒု-ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီးက ၀င္ေရာက္ညိႇႏိႈင္း ျဖန္ေျဖေပးကာ ဓားစာခံမ်ား ျပန္လည္လြတ္ေျမာက္ေစခဲ့ၿပီး၊ ေသနတ္သမားမ်ားႏွင့္အတူ ရဟတ္ယာဥ္ျဖင့္ လိုက္ပါကာ၊ နယ္စပ္ေဒသတြင္ ထိုသူမ်ားကို ျပန္လႊတ္ေပးခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ဤျဖစ္ရပ္အၿပီး လအနည္းငယ္အၾကာ၂၀၀၀ ျပည့္ႏွစ္ ဇန္န၀ါရီလ ၂၄ ရက္တြင္ ၎စြမ္းအားျမႇင့္ အုပ္စုမ်ားႏွင့္ ကရင္အုပ္စု ငယ္တခုျဖစ္သည့္ God’s Army ဟု ေခၚသည့္ အုပ္စုက ရတ္ခ်္ဘူရီခရိုင္ေဆးရံုကို စီးနင္းကာ လူ ၅၀၀ ေက်ာ္ကို ဓားစာခံ ဖမ္းဆီးမႈ ျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့ျပန္သည္။</p>
<p>၎တို႔က God’s Army အေျခစိုက္စခန္းရွိ အရပ္သားမ်ားကို ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံျဖတ္ေက်ာ္ ခိုလႈံခြင့္ျပဳရန္ ေတာင္းဆိုခဲ့ၾကၿပီး ထိုင္းစစ္တပ္က သူတို႔စခန္းေနရာသို႔ လက္နက္ႀကီးျဖင့္ ပစ္ခတ္ေနျခင္းမ်ား ခ်က္ခ်င္းရပ္ဆိုင္းေပးရန္ ေတာင္းဆို ခဲ့ၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ဇန္န၀ါရီ ၂၅ ရက္ နံနက္ပိုင္းတြင္မူ ထိုင္းကြန္မင္ဒိုတပ္ဖြဲ႔မ်ားက ေဆးရံုကို ျပန္လည္စီးနင္းခဲ့ၾကၿပီး ဓားစာခံဖမ္းထားသူ မ်ားကို ျပန္လည္လြတ္ေျမာက္ေစခဲ့သည္။ ၀င္ေရာက္စီးနင္းသူ ေသနတ္သမားမ်ားက လက္နက္ခ်ၿပီး ေဆးရံု၏ တျခား တဘက္အေဆာင္သို႔ ေခၚေဆာင္သြားခဲ့သည္ဟု မ်က္ျမင္ သက္ေသမ်ားက ဆိုၾကေသာ္လည္း၊ မ်ားမၾကာမီပင္ ေဆးရံုျပင္ပ၌ ၀င္ေရာက္စီးနင္းသူ ၁၀ ဦး၏ အေလာင္းမ်ားကို ျမင္ေတြ႔ခဲ့ၾကရသည္။</p>
<p>ဤျဖစ္ရပ္ ၂ ခု ေနာက္ပိုင္းတြင္ ထိုင္းအစိုးရက အႏၱရာယ္ေပးႏိုင္မည္ဟု ယူဆသည့္ ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအေပၚ ပို၍ တင္းက်ပ္သည့္ စည္းမ်ဥ္းမ်ား ခ်မွတ္လာေတာ့သည္။ ၁၉၉၉ ခုႏွစ္ ႏို၀င္ဘာလတြင္ ထိုင္းအစိုးရက ၂၀၀၀ ျပည္ႏွစ္ အကုန္၌ ရတ္ခ်္ဘူရီခရိုင္အတြင္းရွိ မနီလိြဳင္းျမန္မာေက်ာင္းသား ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းကို ပိတ္ပစ္ေတာ့မည္ဟု ေၾကညာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ထို႔အျပင္ အေနာက္ႏိုင္ငံမ်ားကိုလည္း ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအား လက္ခံေနရာခ်ထား ေပးရန္ တိုက္တြန္း ဖိအားေပး လာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ထိုင္းအာဏာပိုင္မ်ားကလည္း ဘန္ေကာက္ႏွင့္ တျခားၿမိဳ႕ျပမ်ားရွိ ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္မ်ား အေနႏွင့္ နယ္စပ္စခန္းမ်ားသို႔ ေရႊ႔ေျပာင္းၾကရမည္ဟု ဆိုသည္။ အကယ္၍ မလိုက္နာဘဲ က်န္ရွိေနပါက တရားမ၀င္ ခိုး၀င္ေနထိုင္သူအျဖစ္ သတ္မွတ္ ဖမ္းဆီးၿပီး ျပန္လည္ႏွင္ထုတ္မည္ ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>၁၉၉၉ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ နယ္စပ္ေဒသ၌ အေျချပဳ၍ UNHCR က ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို တရား၀င္ မွတ္ပံုတင္ျခင္း လုပ္ငန္းမ်ား ေဆာင္ရြက္ခဲ့သည္။ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ ျပည္ထဲေရး၀န္ႀကီးဌာန လက္ေအာက္ခံ ခရိုင္အဆင့္ လက္ခံေရးဘုတ္အဖြဲ႔ (PABs) ကို ဖြဲ႔စည္း၍ ေနာက္ထပ္လာမည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ အသစ္မ်ားအေပၚ တင္းက်ပ္သည့္ စည္းမ်ဥ္းမ်ားျဖင့္ ဒုကၡသည္အျဖစ္ ဆံုးျဖတ္ သတ္မွတ္ႏိုင္ရန္ တာ၀န္ေပးခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>မွတ္ပံုတင္ထားသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံတြင္ ယာယီခိုလႈံခြင့္ လက္ခံၿပီး စားနပ္ရိကၡာ၊ အမိုးအကာႏွင့္ ေဆး၀ါး ျပဳစုေစာင့္ေရွာက္မႈမ်ား ရရွိလိမ့္မည္ ျဖစ္သည္။ ထိုသူမ်ားကို စခန္းမ်ားအတြင္း၌ ကန္႔သတ္ေနထိုင္ေစမည္ျဖစ္ၿပီး ျမန္မာ ႏိုင္ငံ အေျခအေန ပံုမွန္ျပန္ျဖစ္ၿပီဟု ဆံုးျဖတ္သည့္အခါ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံသို႔ ျပန္ပို႔ခံၾကရလိမ့္မည္ ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>ထိုအခ်ိန္က တတိယႏိုင္ငံသို႔ ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕အေျခခ်ေစေရး အစီအစဥ္မ်ား မပါ၀င္ေသးပါ။ ဒုကၡသည္အသစ္မ်ား ထပ္မံေျပး၀င္ ခိုလႈံလာသည္ႏွင့္အမွ် ဒုကၡသည္ စိစစ္ေရး ခရိုင္အဆင့္ လက္ခံေရးဘုတ္အဖြဲ႔ (PABs) မ်ားကလည္း ပယ္ခ်မႈ ပိုမို တိုးပြားလာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>၂၀၀၄ &#8211; ၀၅ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ ထိုင္းျပည္ထဲေရး ၀န္ႀကီးဌာနက UNHCR ၏ ပံ့ပိုးမႈျဖင့္ ဒုကၡသည္အားလံုး၏ သန္းေခါင္စာရင္းကို ေကာက္ယူခဲ့သည္။ ၁၉၉၉ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ ေဆာင္ရြက္မႈစာရင္းအရ ဒုကၡသည္ ၁၀၂၉၉၂ ဦးကို ျပန္လည္မွတ္ပံုတင္ေပးခဲ့ၿပီး ထိုအခ်ိန္ေနာက္ပိုင္း ေရာက္ရွိလာသူ ၃၄၀၆၁ ဦးကိုလည္း စိစစ္ မွတ္ပံုတင္ေပးခဲ့သည္။ စုစုေပါင္းဆိုလွ်င္ ဒုကၡသည္<br />
၁၃၆၀၅၃ ဦး သန္းေခါင္စာရင္းအရ မွတ္ပံုတင္ထားခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>PABs အဖြဲ႕မ်ားက ၂၀၀၅ ခုႏွစ္အတြင္း မွတ္ပံုမတင္ရေသးသည့္ အမႈမ်ားကို ျပန္လည္စဥ္းစား စိစစ္ခဲ့ၿပီး ၂၀၀၅ ခုႏွစ္ ေအာက္တိုဘာလမွ ၂၀၀၈ ခုႏွစ္ ဒီဇင္ဘာလအတြင္း ဒုကၡသည္ ၃၅၇၂၉ ဦးတို႔၏ အဆင့္အတန္းမ်ားကို သတ္မွတ္ ေပးခဲ့ၾကသည္။ ဤ အေရအတြက္တြင္ ၂၀၀၈ ခုႏွစ္အတြင္း ဒုကၡသည္အျဖစ္ သတ္မွတ္ခံရသူ ၂၁၃၁ ဦးလည္း အပါအ၀င္ ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>၂၀၀၅ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ ထိုင္းအစိုးရက ထိုင္း &#8211; ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္ စခန္းမ်ားအတြင္း ေနထိုင္ေနသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို အေနာက္ႏိုင္ငံမ်ားႏွင့္ အထူးသျဖင့္ အေမရိကန္ ျပည္ေထာင္စုတြင္ ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕အေျခခ်ေစရန္ သေဘာတူညီခဲ့သည္။ ဤသို႔ ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕အေျခခ်ေရး အစီအစဥ္ေၾကာင့္ ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းမ်ားအဖို႔ တစံုတရာ ၀န္ထုပ္၀န္ပိုး သက္သာ ေစခဲ့ေသာ္လည္း ျပႆနာ အသစ္မ်ားလည္း ေပၚလာခဲ့သည္။ အေနာက္ႏိုင္ငံမ်ားတြင္ ဘ၀သစ္ျဖင့္ အေျခခ်လိုသူမ်ားကို ဆြဲေဆာင္သလို ျဖစ္ေနသည့္အတြက္ ဒုကၡသည္ ေလွ်ာက္ထားသူ ပို၍တိုးလာခဲ့ျပန္သည္။</p>
<p>“ဒုကၡသည္ အေရအတြက္ အမ်ားအျပား တတိယႏိုင္ငံေတြမွာ အေျခခ်ၿပီးေပမယ့္လည္း စခန္းလူဦးေရကေတာ့ တိုး လာတုန္းပဲ” ဟု ထိုင္း &#8211; ျမန္မာ နယ္စပ္ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား ကူညီေစာင့္ေရွာက္ေရး ညြန္႔ေပါင္းအဖြဲ႔ႀကီး (TBBC) ၏ အမႈ ေဆာင္ဒါရိုက္တာ ဂ်က္ ဒန္းဖို႔ဒ္က ေျပာသည္။ ၎အဖြဲ႔က ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအတြက္ လူသားခ်င္း စာနာမႈ အကူအညီမ်ား ဦးဆံုးစတင္ ေထာက္ပံ့ေပးခဲ့ေသာ ညြန္႔ေပါင္းအဖြဲ႔တခုလည္း ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို စနစ္တက် မွတ္တမ္းတင္ႏိုင္ေရးက ခက္ခဲလွသည္။ လက္ရွိအေျခအေနတြင္ စခန္းမ်ားအတြင္း၌<br />
စာရင္းမေပါက္ေသးသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ ၄၂၀၀၀ ေနထိုင္လွ်က္ ရွိေနေသးသည္။ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား မွတ္ပံုတင္ေရးကိစၥကို ပို၍ ျမန္ဆန္ေစရန္ မၾကာေသးမီက ထိုင္းအစိုးရက “ႀကိဳတင္ ခြဲျခားစိစစ္ေရး” လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ကို စတင္က်င့္သံုးလာခဲ့ၿပီး နယ္စပ္ေဒသရွိ စခန္း ၄ ခုျဖစ္သည့္ ထမ္ဟင္း၊ ဘန္႔တုန္ယန္း၊ ႏိုဖိုးႏွင့္ စခန္း ၁ တို႔တြင္ အစမ္း စီမံခ်က္အျဖစ္ စတင္ ေဆာင္ရြက္ခဲ့ၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ယခု စမ္းသပ္လုပ္ေဆာင္ေနသည့္ စီမံခ်က္က စက္တင္ဘာလတြင္ ကုန္ဆံုးခဲ့ၿပီ ျဖစ္သည္။</p>
<p>တခ်ိန္တည္းမွာပင္ TBBC အဖြဲ႔က ကိုယ္ပိုင္စခန္းေန လူဦးေရမ်ားဆိုင္ရာ အခ်က္အလက္သြင္းစနစ္ တခု ျပဳစု တည္ေဆာက္ေနၿပီး သူတို႔ ေထာက္ပံ့ေကၽြးေမြးေနရသည့္ လူဦးေရကို အနီးစပ္ဆံုး အမွန္အတိုင္းသိရွိေစေရး အတြက္ ႀကိဳးပမ္းေဆာင္ရြက္ေနသည္။</p>
<p>ကိန္းဂဏန္းမ်ားအရ မ်ားစြာ ရႈပ္ေထြးလွသည္။ ဥပမာအားျဖင့္ ဇြန္လကုန္ပိုင္းတြင္ UNHCR ၏ စာရင္းအရ စခန္းမ်ားအတြင္းရွိ ဒုကၡသည္ ၁၁၂၇၅၅ ဦး ရွိေနေသာ္လည္း TBBC အဖြဲ႔၏ အိမ္ေထာင္စုစာရင္းတြင္မူ ၁၃၄၄၀၁ ဦးဟု ျပသေနသည္။</p>
<p>ယခုအခါ စခန္းမ်ားအတြင္း၌ ရိကၡာခြဲတမ္းစာအုပ္ စနစ္ စတင္က်င့္သံုးေနၿပီ ျဖစ္သည္။ မွတ္ပံုတင္ထားသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ မ်ား အားလံုးအဖို႔ မလံုေလာက္ေသာ္လည္း ေန႔စဥ္ရိကၡာ ခြဲတမ္းအတိုင္း ရရွိေစမည္ ျဖစ္သည္။ ၂၀၀၈ ခုႏွစ္က ကမၻာ တ၀န္း စီးပြားပ်က္ကပ္ ျဖစ္လာသည့္အခါ ရိကၡာျဖတ္ေတာက္မႈမ်ား ရွိလာသည္။ ယခင္ေပးေနက် ဆပ္ျပာကိုပင္ စာရင္းမွ ျဖတ္ေတာက္ခဲ့ၾကရသည္။</p>
<p>ဤသို႔ေသာ အေျခအေနမ်ား ရင္ဆိုင္ေနၾကရသည့္အေလွ်ာက္ စခန္းတြင္း ေနထိုင္သူမ်ားအၾကား စိတ္ဓာတ္ အႀကီးအက်ယ္ က်ဆင္းရမႈမ်ားလည္း ျဖစ္ေပၚလာသည္။ အထူးသျဖင့္ အိမ္တြင္းျပႆနာမ်ားကဲ့သို႔ေသာ မိသားစုတြင္း အၾကမ္းဖက္မႈမ်ား လည္း ျမင့္တက္လာသည္။ မိမိကိုယ္မိမိ သတ္ေသသည့္ႏႈန္းလည္း ျမင့္လာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ေရာက္ရွိလာၾကသည့္ ဒုကၡသည္ အသစ္မ်ားက တခါတရံ အသက္အႏၱရာယ္ရွိသည္ကိုပင္ စြန္႔စား၍ သူတို႔ေနရပ္ရင္း ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံဘက္ျခမ္းတြင္ က်န္ရွိေနခဲ့ေသာ ပိုင္ဆိုင္မႈ ပစၥည္းဥစၥာမ်ား၊ တိရိစၦာန္မ်ားကို ျပန္၍ ရွာေဖြရယူတတ္ၾကေသး သည္။</p>
<p>ဤစိတ္ပ်က္ဖြယ္ အေနအထားသည္ စခန္းမ်ားအတြင္းသို႔ တျဖည္းျဖည္း ပ်ံ႕ႏွံ႔လာသကဲ့သို႔ အလွဴရွင္ အဖြဲ႔အစည္းမ်ား အတြင္းသို႔ပင္ စိမ့္၀င္လာခဲ့သည္။ &#8220;အလွဴရွင္မ်ား လက္ပန္းက်မႈ&#8221; ဟူသည့္ စကားပင္ အသံုးမ်ား လာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕အေျခခ်ေရး အစီအစဥ္မွ ေအာင္ျမင္မႈမ်ား အားရဖြယ္ ေတြ႔ျမင္ေနၾကရေသာ္လည္း ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္ ျပႆနာ နိဂံုးခ်ဳပ္သြားမည့္အေရး မျမင္ရေသးပါ။ တခ်ဳိ႕အလွဴရွင္မ်ားက အေျဖထုတ္ႏိုင္မည့္ တျခားနည္းလမ္းမ်ား ရွာႀကံ လာၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ဘန္ေကာက္အေျခစိုက္ ဥေရာပသံတမန္တဦးက ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံအတြင္းရွိ ဒုကၡသည္ စခန္းမ်ားကို အကူအညီေပးေန မည့္အစား ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံအတြင္းရွိ စီမံခ်က္မ်ားသို႔ ပိုတိုး၍ လူမႈေရး အကူအညီမ်ား ေပးအပ္ရန္ ဥေရာပေကာ္မရွင္ (EC) အတြင္း၌ စိတ္သန္ေနၾကသည္ဟု အတည္ျပဳ ေျပာၾကားသည္။</p>
<p>ထိုင္းအစိုးရသို႔ ခ်ဥ္းကပ္၍ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို အလုပ္အကိုင္ ရွာေဖြေရးအတြက္ အခြင့္အလမ္းမ်ားေပးရန္ႏွင့္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၏ က်န္းမာေရးႏွင့္ ပညာေရးစနစ္အတြင္း ေပါင္းစည္း၍ ေစာင့္ေရွာက္ ေဆာင္ရြက္ေပးပါရန္ တိုက္တြန္းစည္းရံုးမႈမ်ားလည္း ရွိေနသည္။ &#8220;ကိုယ္ထူကိုယ္ထ ရပ္တည္ေရး&#8221; ဟူသည့္ စကားလည္း ေရပန္းစားလာသည္။</p>
<p>၂၀၀၆ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ ျပည္ထဲေရး၀န္ႀကီးဌာနက စခန္းတြင္းရွိ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ား အပို၀င္ေငြရရွိေစေရး အခြင့္အလမ္း မ်ားအတြက္ အသက္ေမြး၀မ္းေက်ာင္းမႈ သင္တန္းမ်ားေပးရန္ NGO မ်ားကို ခြင့္ျပဳေပးသည့္အခါ လမ္းစအနည္းငယ္ ပြင့္လင္းလာသလို ျမင္ေတြ႔ၾကရသည္။</p>
<p>သို႔ေသာ္လည္း ၎ႏွစ္မွာပင္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံအတြင္း စစ္အာဏာသိမ္းမႈမ်ား ျဖစ္လာသည့္အခါ တိုးတက္မႈမ်ားလည္း ရပ္ဆိုင္းလုမတတ္ ျဖစ္ခဲ့ရသည္။ မဲလႏွင့္ ထမ္ဟင္း ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းမ်ားတြင္ စိုက္ပ်ဳိးေရးစီမံကိန္းမ်ားကဲ့သို႔ေသာ အပို၀င္ေငြ ရရွိေစေရး စီမံကိန္း အနည္းအက်ဥ္းမွ်ကိုသာ စတင္ေဆာင္ရြက္ရေသးခ်ိန္ ျဖစ္သည္။ ဤကာလတြင္ ဒုကၡသည္ေက်ာင္းသားအနည္းအက်ဥ္းကို ထိုင္းတကၠသိုလ္မ်ားသို႔ တက္ေရာက္ခြင့္ ေပးလာခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၏ ဒီမိုကရက္တစ္ပါတီ ဦးေဆာင္သည့္ အစိုးရသစ္ကTBBCအဖြဲ႔မွ တင္ျပထားသည့္ အဆိုျပဳခ်က္မ်ားကို<br />
ပို၍ လက္ခံနားေထာင္ပံုရသည္။ ယခုအခါတြင္ TBBC အဖြဲ႔ႏွင့္ ထိုင္းအစိုးရ ဌာနမ်ားအၾကား ေတြ႔ဆံုေဆြးေႏြးေနမႈမ်ားမွ ရလဒ္ေကာင္းမ်ား ေပၚထြက္လာမည္ဟုလည္း စခန္းတြင္းတြင္ မယံုရဲရဲ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ႀကိဳဆိုေနၾကသည္။</p>
<p>ဒုကၡသည္စခန္းမ်ားဆီသို႔ ဇူလိုင္လက ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံအစိုးရ၏ တရား၀င္လာေရာက္ ၾကည့္ရႈသည့္ ခရီးစဥ္တြင္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ ျပည္ထဲေရး၀န္ႀကီးဌာန၊ ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားအေရး ဗဟိုဌာန၊ ႏိုင္ငံျခားဆက္ဆံေရး ဌာနခြဲ၏ ညႊန္ၾကားေရးမႉး Tassana Vichaithanapat က ထိုင္းအစိုးရအေနႏွင့္ ေရရွည္ကာလအတြက္ အေျဖကို ႀကိဳးပမ္းရွာ ေဖြေနေၾကာင္းႏွင့္ ႏိုင္ငံတကာ အဖြဲ႔အစည္းမ်ားအေနႏွင့္ ျမန္မာဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို ဆက္လက္ေထာက္ပံ့ေပးၾကပါရန္ တိုက္တြန္း ေျပာၾကားခဲ့သည္။</p>
<p>TBBCအဖြဲ႔၏ ေခါင္းေဆာင္ ဂ်က္ ဒန္းဖို႔ဒ္၏ အျမင္တြင္မူ ေရရွည္ကာလအတြက္ အေျဖဆိုသည္မွာ တခုသာ ရွိသည္။ ျမန္မာအစိုးရကို ေျပာင္းလဲရမည္ျဖစ္ၿပီး ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ အေရွ႕ဖ်ားေဒသမ်ားကို စစ္ေရးအရ လႊမ္းမိုးခ်ဳပ္ကိုင္ႏိုင္ေရး ႀကိဳးပမ္းေဆာင္ရြက္မႈမ်ား အားလံုးကို အဆံုးသတ္မွသာ ျဖစ္ႏိုင္မည္ဟု ျမင္ပါသည္။</p>
<p>“ျမန္မာစစ္တပ္က အလံုးစံု ခ်ဳပ္ကိုင္ခ်င္တယ္။ ဒီရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္အတြက္ ဘယ္ေလာက္အခ်ိန္ၾကာၾကာ သူတို႔က ဂရုမစိုက္ဘူး။ က်ေနာ္တို႔က အခုအခ်ိန္မွာ သိပ္ၿပီးေတာ့ကို အေရးႀကီးတဲ့ အဆင့္ကို ေရာက္ေနပါၿပီ။ တိုင္းရင္းသား လက္နက္ကိုင္ တပ္ဖြဲ႔ေတြက ျမန္မာစစ္တပ္ ထိန္းခ်ဳပ္မႈေအာက္မွာ ရွိတဲ့ နယ္ျခားေစာင့္တပ္အျဖစ္ ဖြဲ႔စည္းေရးကို ျငင္းဆန္ေနၾကတယ္။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ေနာက္ထပ္ ဒုကၡသည္ ၅၀၀၀ ကေန ၁၀၀၀၀ အထိ ထြက္ေျပးလာတာမ်ဳိး ျမင္ၾကရဖို႔ အေၾကာင္းရွိေနပါ တယ္” ဟု ဂ်က္ ဒန္းဖို႔ဒ္က ေျပာသည္။</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">19th NOVEMBER 2009</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">It is Thursday, and soon our mission would be complete. My patient from the other day did not make an appearance last night, although we waited. Perhaps the idea of having to travel to seek medical help did not appeal to the parents I presume. However, it was a total shame as his left distal thigh abscess was quite big and without a proper incision and drainage it would spread to his need joint and he is at risk of developing septic arthritis which in the long run without proper treatment may lead to injury to the knee joint and impair mobility. I’ve already explained to the parents concerning the consequences of no surgery. The least I did was give him antibiotics, which pray to God, he has the decency to take. Being trained in pediatrics for many years has made me extremely sensitive to child health issues. I feel that this is also a failure on my part.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">I got up a bit later than usual, perhaps close to 8 am. Haji Hani was out handling some cattle issues for the upcoming Aidil Adha celebrations. Breakfast was fried rice courtesy of Norhayati, my only female nurse and company. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">This morning we set out to see the progress on our home building projects. We were taken on a few sights near Sungai Sarik that was our next clinic destination of the day. These homes were a bit different from the temporary homes that we saw before because it still uses the old housing frame, and recycled rubble added to rebuilt the collapsed home. There were certain criterias to fulfill before a home is built for the victims, which includes the victims’ capability of income, presence of little children and elderly people. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">After the short visit, we headed to Limpato, Sungai Sarik for the next mobile clinic. On the way there, Pak Yah told us that yesterdays drama was actually more than it seems. Apparently, it was not a matter of road rage, but rather crime of passion. The man beaten up was upset because the guy who beat him up ran off with his ex-wife and this was part of a revenge plot. They were actually having a chasing tail gating scene prior to banging into each other and fighting with each other and landing on our doorstep that night. I guess life in Padang could be interesting at times.</span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">
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<p></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">Limpato was a nice village which was related to one of the DDI ustaz, whom I’ve seen a couple of times visiting our home stay in Pariaman. We set camp in front of a school under an open stall. Luckily, there was a nice breeze blowing through which made the hot morning sun bearable. The response from the locals was surprisingly good, although initially the clinic ran slow. We saw 110 patients that day in a span of 4 hours. Haji and me even went to an extent of doing an incision and drainage for a boy with a right thigh abscess, this time smaller than the one previous. After a positive pus aspiration via syringe, I made a small X cut on top of the fluctuating area to remove the pus. We removed almost 5 cc of pus from the abscess, but what I was more astounded was the fact the boy could stand the procedure with only ethylene chloride spray given prior. He didn’t even cry, he only admitted to pain – and he was not even a teenager yet. Thumbs up kid! We washed and dressed the wound and I wrote a letter for the parents to bring to any nearby facility for dressing daily. I covered him with antibiotics and some panadol and he was on his way. Another observation that we made was that the people there were very patient and orderly, not like our previous clinics. They even helped us carry our boxes prior to the clinic and as the clinic ended. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">We finished at about 3pm, exhausted and hungry. Lunch was again nasi padang, but this time the shop had more meat in it. I opt for simple plain rice and rempah fried chicken because I wasn’t feeling to good. The rest had the fried rice that we packed from this morning with some of the dishes sold. Buffalo stew was actually quite nice as we tried a plate to eat. After lunch, we went back to the ‘telekung’ factory we visited earlier to buy some more and then headed home. It was still early when we reached home and so we decided to take a look around the area. We went to a nearby stall selling ‘Bika’, which was something like our version of ‘Apam’ except for the coconut was blended into the dough. They used a special leaf found by the beach as the placemat that gives a very special aroma that adds to taste. It was quite sweet. We also went to visit a nearby telekung factory in front of the house, but we found that the designs and price were not up to our liking. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">That night, we were pretty exhausted from the long day. It was Friday night, so we had our prayers and Yaasin reading. Dinner was chicken soup and mix vegetables with omelet. We were pretty exhausted after all the cleaning and rearranging drugs, and that night we slept early because the next day we need to get up early for our next clinic which was situated quite far from where we were.</p>
<p>20th November 2009</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">We got up early since we were to set out before 7am. Breakfast was simple bread and jam, some coffee and we were good to go. The journey was a long one. We stopped to fill up for gas on the way. It took us almost 2 hours to reach the last clinic spot which was near Maninjau Lake called Sigiran. Surrounded with natures finest greenery, we were awestrucked at the sight of the huge lake situated amidst the mountains. It looked like we were by the seaside, except for our brains telling us we went uphill. On the other side, there were remains of a landslide which made the road all too narrower.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">We arrived at Sigiran mosque at half past nine. I was feeling a bit queezy. Motion sickness perhaps, more like morning sickness. We set camp outside the mosque. Time was limited due to Friday prayer’s but we managed to see 104 patients altogether. One boy had persistent rhinorrhoea with foul smelling discharge. I took a look and it appeared that he had put something up his nose. Thanking God for my 6 months ENT training before resigning, I found a curved forceps and managed to remove the foreign body with ease. It was all green and smelly. There was a bit of blood afterwards, and he cried mainly because of the blood I think. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">My head was hurting and luckily the clinic was closed early for the Friday prayers. The men went on with prayers while Norhayati and me dispensed the remaining medications and then packed up all our stuff. After prayers, we said goodbye to the people of Sigiran and had lunch on the other side of the lake. Menu as usual, nasi padang. It was still quite early when we finished lunch. Since Bukit Tinggi was another half an hour drive, we decided to check out the place, just to see why people were really excited about it. The journey up was breath taking and altogether there was 44 bends to reach the top. It was quite cool, comparable to our Cameron Highlands I would say. The Bazaar was mayhem and it was interesting to see the different type of stalls. Mostly sold praying clothes, embroided clothes and bags. After a few hours we headed home. We reached Pariaman at around 9pm. Dinner was Pariaman Fried Chicken bought prior to reaching home. We packed our things for the journey home tomorrow. </span><br />
<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">21st November 2009 </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">Dawn arrived and most of us woke up a bit later than we normally did. I wasn’t feeling so well, the Fried Chicken had caused me to purge all morning. My staff nurses helped clean up the house before we got into the car for our journey home. Of the many days staying in Pariaman, we finally understood what ‘Gempa Sumbar’ meant – we thought it meant earth quake, but actually ‘Sumbar’ was an acronym for West Sumatera (Sumatera Barat).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">We reached the airport early at around 12 pm. Pak Yas cried as we said our goodbyes. Apparently in our short stay, he grew fond of our small team.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">Whilst waiting in the airport, we met another group of volunteers from University Malaysia Kelantan. It was the first time they were there to offer humanitarian help. The dean wanted his students to be exposed to humanitarian work besides just studying for a certificate. He is also sending a bigger group to Cambodia for the coming Aidil Adha. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">We got on the plane and I guess everybody gave a sigh of relief. One week away from our beloved home town makes the journey home the most anticipated part. The flight was a bit bumpy but the takeoff and landing was super smooth. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">It was a wonderful experience, the journey, the people, the new surroundings and the new friends we made. Watching other people’s home being struck by natural disaster makes us feel so blessed that it did not happen to our homes instead. Despite the help given, it wasn’t really much but perhaps it was enough to remind them that there are people who care about them in the world. As for my team, I couldn’t have asked for a better one. Definitely I need to say thank you so much for their cooperation and dedication. I couldn’t have done this mission well without all of you. A special thanks to Haji Hani also for his guidance and patience with us.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Australians just don't care much about the asylum seeker issue]]></title>
<link>http://apossieinaussie.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/australians-just-dont-care-much-about-the-asylum-seeker-issue/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nayano</dc:creator>
<guid>http://apossieinaussie.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/australians-just-dont-care-much-about-the-asylum-seeker-issue/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was at an academic conference last week, and it struck me how it seems that the default attitude i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I was at an academic conference last week, and it struck me how it seems that the default attitude is ‘doom and gloom’.</p>
<p>Racism? Marginalisation? The gap between rich and poor? Australian xenophobia? Yep, they are all rampant, you could think.</p>
<p>I am writing a PhD thesis about the success of integration of Hazara holders of Temporary Protection Visa holders into Australian society.</p>
<p>It’s a good news story.</p>
<p>And every so often I worry that it is not dark enough to be taken seriously.</p>
<p>But I am a natural optimist, and always am amazed by how many Australians welcome new settlers, and not by numbers who don’t want them.</p>
<p>The blogger at <a href="http://politicalowl.blogspot.com/2009/11/forget-about-boat-people-its-still.html" target="_blank">PoliticalOwl </a>brought my attention to the most recent Morgan survey of what Australians see as the important issues, and the good news is that only 7% of Australians rate asylum and refugee issues as the most important problem facing Australia.</p>
<p>This is up from 1% last May, and 0 last November – but still – I see it as good.</p>
<p>‘Pollyanna’ Possie</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Hindi film trailers (Current Decade)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/great-hindi-film-trailers-current-decade/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>GF</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/great-hindi-film-trailers-current-decade/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As a result of this discussion, I&#8217;m putting up a few of my favorites from this decade. Feel fr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As a result of <a href="http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/3-idiots-teaser/#comment-29610">this discussion</a>, I&#8217;m putting up a few of my favorites from this decade. Feel free to add yours.</p>
<p><strong>Dil Chahta Hai (Many have aped it since, but this still feels fresh and honest in comparison):</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/gJPi35UatY4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/gJPi35UatY4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p><strong>Black Friday:</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/H5yDOG3VoSU&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/H5yDOG3VoSU&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Yuva (Lallan&#8217;s spot):</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/8Jgomh2OzVg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/8Jgomh2OzVg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Yuva (Arjun&#8217;s spot):</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/1cPj0lEq0IY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/1cPj0lEq0IY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Omkara (for some reason plays the same trailer three times back to back):</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/2LK6brMuCuo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/2LK6brMuCuo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Asoka (forgive me, I found the trailer, with its resplendent Sivan visuals, galvanizing in a way the movie obviously wasn&#8217;t)</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/IENwCmNUBtg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/IENwCmNUBtg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Kaminey:</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Fn9n4of0f8c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Fn9n4of0f8c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Sarkar (Absolutely masterful use of Bachchan&#8217;s iconic presence and physicality, which is ultimately what the film is about):</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[RESPECT In Cameroon ]]></title>
<link>http://respectinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/respect-in-cameroon/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Yaounde RESPECT Club Since January 2005, a group of 8 urban Burundese refugees ages 13 to 18 years h]]></description>
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<li>Since January 2005, a group of 8 urban Burundese refugees ages 13 to 18 		      	years has correspond with the Bourg Madame High School Solidarity 		      	Club in the South West of France.</li>
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<h1>Exchanges with Nestor Nyoma, RESPECT Club Coordinator</h1>
<p>by Sandrine Cortet</p>
<p>Nestor Nyoma is a Burundese urban refugee. Aged 23, he is a high school student  					in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. His scholarship was affected by his refugee  					status.</p>
<p>Last November, he contacted RESPECT to ask for a pen pal via a RESPECT letter  					exchange program. Urban refugees are scattered in the schools of the city  					based on where they live. For example, Nestor is the only refugee in his  					classroom. Hence, a school letter exchange seemed unrealistic. After a few  					email exchanges with Nestor, we decided to create a RESPECT Club in Yaounde.</p>
<p>At the same time, the Bourg Madame High School Solidarity Club in the South  				  West of France was applying for a letter exchange with eight refugees aged 13-15,  				  the same age as their members. Nestor was in charge of recruiting eight refugees to  				  exchange letters with them. Young refugees from his area were older so we  				  extended the age range to 18 years old. For two young refugees aged 13 and 14,  				  Nestor had to talk to their parents to explain the program in order to obtain  				  their agreement.</p>
<p>On a Saturday, Nestor gathered the freshly recruited young refugees in a room  				  of Yaounde University where his community usually meets. The Yaounde RESPECT  				  Club was born. The group is now meeting once a month. Nestor is the coordinator  				  and he will always keep in touch by emails with RESPECT and with the Bourg  				  Madame High School Teacher.</p>
<p>Who is Nestor? What is his story as a refugee? How is the Yaounde RESPECT Club  				  going to be run? Here are few questions he kindly answered and to help us   				  to better understand the refugee life in Yaounde.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Could you tell us where you come from, your roots,  				  your family?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: I did my first steps in Burima II near Bujumbura,  				  capital of Burundi. My whole family is from Bujumbura (rural), a war devastated  				  Burundese Province. I don&#8217;t like talking about my family because I have been  				  separated from them for a long time. I don&#8217;t have any news. I avoid speaking  				  about that to lighten the nostalgia as well.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: What do you want to say about your character?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: I hate the contempt, I am willing to help and a  				  little talkative when necessary.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: What is important in your heart?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: To find my relatives again and to rebuild my life  				  in dignity.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Since when have you been living in Yaounde?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: I came to in Cameroon on October 18, 1995. I spent  				  three years in one of the Missionary Sisters convent, then, in 1998, I arrived in  				  Yaounde.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Before creating the RESPECT Club, you were involved in  				  the refugee community, what did you do?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: In the current context, it is hard to say &#8220;keep  				  your hope,&#8221; however, if you lose hope, you lose the vitality that keeps you moving  				  as well. You lose the courage of Being, this quality that helps you to go further  				  despite everything.  This conviction was the reason for me to create a soccer team in 2000.  				  I named it: &#8220;RWARUKA Espoir F.C.&#8221; in my mother tongue, which means &#8220;Youth  				  Hope.&#8221;  The purpose is to meet during the weekends to do sports but also to meet  				  other young Cameroonese at vacation championships and to be well integrated in our  				  adopted countries. In the Burundese refugee community, I performed several positions:  				  Arbitrage Council member, then Account Commissioner, and Vice-president. Besides this,  				  I have taken part in the creation of a Cameroon Refugee Communities Group (CCRC,  				  Collectif des Communautés des Réfugiés du Cameroun) when the HCR (High Commissioner  				  for Refugees) closed its doors in Yaounde, we wished to be able to defend our rights  				  and to plea for a reopening of HCR because we felt abandoned and by ourselves.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: What do you have in common with other Burundese except for  				  coming from the same country?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: We share the same pains mostly. We face the same  				  difficulties due to our refugee condition. Thus, we have to combine our efforts to  				  overcome our problems. That is why we created a community called CO.B.Y (Communauté  				  Burundaise de Yaoundé, Yaounde Burundese Community). We meet in the community like we  				  do with the soccer team I talked about.  I used to be a drum player in a group (a basic  				  instrument in our culture). We meet 3 times a year in General Assembly, more if  				  necessary. We have developed a solidarity spirit despite the level of poverty in which  				  most of us are living.  It can induce misunderstandings; like in any refugee communities.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Do you feel close to other refugees who are not from Burundi?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: &#8220;To be brother is not to look at each other, but to look  				  in the same direction.&#8221; Yes, I feel close to other refugees from different  				  nationalities. I even have a bunch of friends from other communities like the Liberian,  				  Centrafrican, Congolese and Chadian ones.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: What do you expect from a RESPECT letter exchange?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: Exchange and the experience we can gain from it.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: What has motivated the other young refugees in taking part  				  in this program?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: The willingness to discover other people from a country  				  different from Africa.  The wish to have an idea about what happens in other places.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Do you have any project ideas to make the Club run?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: It will depend on how the exchange turns out and   				  on the young refugees&#8217; interest. During our meeting, I can suggest to create a  				  newspaper style writing for them to express themselves. We&#8217;ll see later if we can have  				  an official site. So far, I cannot promise great things.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: How do you access the Internet?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: In a cyber cafe, where we pay based on the connection  				  time. Usually, it costs 500 CFA Francs per hour (about US$ 1). This is where I printed  				  the RESPECT form. Then, I made the 8 copies in a copy shop to save money. Young refugees  				  have filled out their forms at home and on the day of mailing each one, we gave 100 CFA  				  Francs to pay the postage.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Where is the post office situated?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: It is 4 km from my home. To receive letters from France,  				  I won&#8217;t have to pay for a taxi.  I have subscribed to somebody who lives close to my home;  				  he will give me the mail in exchange of 100 CFA francs for each package.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: Why can&#8217;t you receive mail at your home?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: Because of administrative formalities. Even though I am  				  recognized as a refugee by the HCR since 1996, the  Cameroonese government does not recognize  				  us as refugees because there is neither a national eligibility structure nor a national  				  legislation about refugees. This ambiguous condition explains just one part of our problems.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: How will it work when the Club members receive the letters?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: I will gather the letters to dispatch to the refugees.  				  If I have time I will take the letters to their homes.<br />
<strong>RESPECT</strong>: How do the Club members write their letters?</p>
<p><strong>Nestor Nyoma</strong>: We agree that I won&#8217;t interfere in the letter exchange.  				  Each Club member will be able to write freely his/her letter and then bring it back to me.  				  Everybody will have to follow the same rhythm in order to mail the letters together in the  				  same envelope to save money.  If one of the young members encounters difficulties to reply  				  to his/her pen pal or if he doesn&#8217;t understand something, I will help him/her but still  				  allow them the freedom of content.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ANGELINA JOLIE tear CELEMONY speech on the occasion of World Refugee DAY2009]]></title>
<link>http://relocatingnetwork.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/angelina-jolie-tear-celemony-speech-on-the-occasion-of-world-refugee-day2009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pongsak2</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[emphasized an emotional ceremony Thursday marking World Refugee Day with some of them led by Angelin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>emphasized an emotional ceremony Thursday marking World Refugee Day with some of them led by Angelina Jolie. The star was visibly moved along with the rest of the audience, when they heard stories firsthand refugees who have relocated to the U.S.. They were also able to cheer, via Internet camera, along with students from a school in a refugee camp in Chad. Due to unforeseen circumstances, some of the expected guests who are not in a position to make Washington, DC, event. Secretary-General &#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Should we hire the Taliban to stop the boatpeople?]]></title>
<link>http://apossieinaussie.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/should-we-hire-the-taliban-to-stop-the-boatpeople/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nayano</dc:creator>
<guid>http://apossieinaussie.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/should-we-hire-the-taliban-to-stop-the-boatpeople/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre sent me this comment in an email today, and I think]]></description>
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<p>“We have the Indonesian Navy interdicting and shooting at boats on the high seas, now the Sri Lankan Navy are also doing our bidding- what’s next? Getting the Taliban to bomb the Hazaras as they struggle on foot and donkey through the mountain passes to Quetta where they might set out for Australia.”</p>
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<link>http://earlychilddiversity.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/make-art-not-war-helping-refugee-children-through-art/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ZS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://earlychilddiversity.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/make-art-not-war-helping-refugee-children-through-art/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An Iraqi/American mural project is a project of Iraq Art Mile (IAM)/Iraqi Children&#8217;s Art Excha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>An Iraqi/American mural project is a project of Iraq Art Mile (IAM)/<a href="http://www.iraqichildrensart.org/items/iam.html" target="_blank">Iraqi Children&#8217;s Art Exchange</a>, (IACE) as part of <a href="http://www.the-art-miles-mural-project.org/" target="_blank">The Art Miles Murals</a> in support of the <a href="http://www.unac.org/peacecp/decade/background.html" target="_blank">UNESCO Decade of Peace and Non-Violence</a> among the world&#8217;s children. From the ICAE website, this description:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;IAM is sponsoring a series of murals to be painted both in the Middle East and in the US with the theme: <em>Building a Culture of Peace: Who Are We/Who Are They</em>. All the murals created for this project, along with documenting photographs, will be displayed in the US and in the Middle East. The exhibits will illuminate history and culture within the context of the lives, hopes, dreams and expectations of children and youth on both sides of the cultural and political divide that exists at this particular moment in history&#8221;.</p></blockquote>
<p>In September, 2010, the murals will make their way to Egypt to mark the end of the Decade in a gala exhibition and celebration.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just another Refugee]]></title>
<link>http://numael.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/just-another-refugee/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>numael</dc:creator>
<guid>http://numael.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/just-another-refugee/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nachdenklicher Text, interessanter Stil&#8230; kurzum eine Band, die man sich anhören sollte:]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nachdenklicher Text, interessanter Stil&#8230; kurzum eine Band, die man sich anhören sollte:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/nJ4j0Xc4e1Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/nJ4j0Xc4e1Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sheffield: demonstration 28 November]]></title>
<link>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sheffield-demonstration-28-november/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NCADC-North</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sheffield-demonstration-28-november/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group Demonstration Saturday 28 November at 11am Outside]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group</strong></p>
<p><strong>Demonstration<br />
Saturday 28 November at 11am</strong><br />
Outside the Town Hall, Sheffield</p>
<p>South Yorkshire says<br />
No to Deportations and Destitution</p>
<p>Asylum seekers in South Yorkshire are facing threats such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>forcible deportation to face certain danger in Zimbabawe, Afghanistan and Iraq;</li>
<li>forced into destitution because they are not allowed to work and have benefits withdrawn</li>
<li>benefits being cut by £7 to £35 a week</li>
<li>being forced to travel the length of the country to make a claim for asylum</li>
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<p>Coming up to Christmas, it’s time to show that the people of South Yorkshire stand in solidarity with those seeking asylum from war, persecution and torture.</p>
<blockquote><p>Asylum seekers are human beings &#8211; they have human rights too.</p></blockquote>
<p>For more information, contact <a href="mailto:dignitynotdetention@yahoo.co.uk">dignitynotdetention@yahoo.co.uk</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Message from Country Coordinator : Ghana]]></title>
<link>http://respectinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-message-from-country-coordinator-ghana/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>respectinternational</dc:creator>
<guid>http://respectinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-message-from-country-coordinator-ghana/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ayifli Fred Kodzo As the Country Coordinator for RESPECT Ghana I believe that issues of refugees eve]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><h2>Ayifli Fred Kodzo</h2>
<p>As the Country Coordinator for RESPECT Ghana I believe that issues of refugees everywhere                 need our urgent attention but should we always wait to see our brothers and sisters, mothers                 and children become refugees before we start showing our love and concern? Are we as a people                 and global citizens well informed about issues of refugees and on the rights entitled to                 refugees for international protection under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of                 Refugees and its 1967 Protocol? How about the rights of refugees, enshrined in the 1948                 Declaration of Human Rights which gives the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries                 asylum from persecution?.</p>
<p>The fundamental truth is that whether we like it or not, we are all global citizens and in                 today&#8217;s globalized world, we cannot escape the fact that actions taken in the Europe and North                 America, Asia and all over the world do have reverberations in Ghana, and in a similar vein,                 war in Africa affects Europe and North America as well. We can no longer afford to ignore our                 common humanity or focus our vision narrowly on our own interests, our own people or our own                 problems. This is the true meaning of globalization. The world&#8217;s problems, and the world&#8217;s                 successes, today belong to all of us. We are responsible for each other, and we must RESPECT                 one another.</p>
<p>This essentially is the motivation behind my duty as the Country Coordinator for RESPECT                Ghana, I see this role as an opportunity to also reach out and promote the goals of human                rights and world peace. I am optimistic that with my team members and with your help and ideas                we can raise awareness about refugee issues through our ever widening networks and affiliations.                There is an urgent need to make the world a better place devoid of wars, disputes and terrorist                attacks. Please do not hesitate but subscribe with us and let us push our vision forward with                your wonderful ideas and solutions to make the world a better place for all.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Please help Florence and Tionge Mhango ]]></title>
<link>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/please-help-florence-and-tionge-mhango/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NCADC-North</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/please-help-florence-and-tionge-mhango/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Florence Mhango and her daughter Tionge (10), known to her friends and family as Precious, were deta]]></description>
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<p><img class="floatright alignright" style="margin:3px;" src="http://www.ncadc.org.uk/pics-6/Pics/Images/Images/tionge_mhango.jpg" alt="" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="93" height="108" align="right" /></p>
<p>Florence Mhango and her daughter Tionge (10), known to her friends and family as Precious, were detained this week when they went to sign at the Home Office. They have been given removal directions for a flight to Malawi from Heathrow at 19.00 on Monday 23rd November.</p>
<p>Florence and Precious moved to the UK in 2003 with Florence’s husband – Precious’ father. Florence left her husband in 2006 after suffering years of domestic violence and abuse. Florence is terrified of returning to Malawi because of what her husband and his family may do to her and her daughter. Florence’s mother has already been threatened by her husband and his family and if she is returned there is a real danger that Florence and Precious will face harassment and violence.</p>
<p>Precious will also be at risk of Female Genital Mutilation if she returns to Malawi.</p>
<p>Florence is active in her local church and she and Precious are important members of the Cranhill community in Glasgow. The UKBA have said that Precious would be able to adjust to living in Malawi despite that fact she has lived here since the age of 4 and doesn’t speak Chichewa, the native language of Malawi.</p>
<p>Florence’s friends and supporters in Scotland are shocked by the UKBA’s attempt to forcibly remove them from their home in Glasgow. We are calling for them to be returned to live in peace in Glasgow where they belong.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP<!--more--></strong></p>
<p>Please fax Kenyan Airways to tell them you do not want them to participate in deportation flights and that you want Florence and Tionge Mhango to stay in Glasgow where they belong. Please quote flight number KQ101, Heathrow to Malawi on Monday 23rd November at 19:00. <a href="florence mhango AIRLINE LETTER 21.11.09.rtf">Download  model letter</a>.</p>
<p>Kenyan Airlines: World Business Centre 3, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW62TA</p>
<p>Tel : +44 20 82831800</p>
<p>Fax: +44 020 8283 1880</p>
<p>Also contact Alan Johnson, Home Secretary, asking him to exercise his discretionary powers to stop the flight and release Florence and Tionge from detention. <a href="Florence Mhango AJ DOC nov 09.rtf">Download model letter</a>. If you are writing your own letter or email, please include their Home Office Reference number: M1369020.</p>
<p>Sources for this message:</p>
<p>UNITY</p>
<p>ANSU UK &#8211; <a href="FLORENCE AND TIONGE MHANGO MUST STAY IN UK CAMPAIGN.pdf">Download more info in ANSU UK pdf </a></p>
<p>Fax: + 44 (0)20 7219 5856       Phone: +44 (0)20 7035 4848 or 0870 606 7766</p>
<p>By Email : <a href="mailto:johnsona@parliament.uk">johnsona@parliament.uk</a></p>
<p>Or:<a href="mailto:public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk"> public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk</a></p>
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<p>In the news: <a href="http://j.mp/5N5RBW">MSP makes plea over asylum family&#8217;s Dungavel detention (BBC news) </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Child M: Campaign Statement ]]></title>
<link>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/child-m-campaign-statement/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NCADC-North</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/child-m-campaign-statement/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Emergency At 8am on Tuesday 17th November Child M, his older brother and their mother were detained ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Emergency<br />
At 8am on Tuesday 17th November Child M, his older brother and their mother were detained by 8 immigration officers at their home in Manchester</strong>. They were locked in a secure van and taken to Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre. The family were told that they would be placed on a flight to Tehran at 6.30 on Friday evening. Child M&#8217;s mother collpased on the journey and was taken to an Oxford hospital for treatment. She entered Yarls Wood in a wheelchair. Child M&#8217;s legal team immediately intervened to prevent their deportation. They submitted fresh evidence to support their asylum claim to the UK Border Agency and sought a Judicial Review at the High Court.</p>
<p>Under pressure from constituents, Gerald Kaufman made representations to the Home Secretary on behalf of the family. Other MPs including Chris Huhne contacted the Home Secretary to support Child M. Members of the campaign, friends and supporters deluged BMI offices with phone calls and emails demanding that they refuse to transport the family.<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/19/lawyers-fight-deportation-iranian-boy"> The Guardian newspaper</a>, local TV and radio covered the story.</p>
<p><strong>A partial victory<!--more--> </strong>After a traumatic 72 hours the legal team succeeded. The deportation was halted at 4.30 on Friday afternoon. The family were not deported but returned from Heathrow to indefinite detention at Yarls Wood.</p>
<p>The UK Border Agency has agreed to consider fresh evidence in support of the family&#8217;s asylum claim. An expert witness has recently authenticated the Iranian arrest warrant for Child M&#8217;s mother and confirms that she will face persecution and imprisonment if forced to return to Iran.</p>
<p>Child M and his family remain in detention.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>The Child M Campaign demands:</strong><br />
- The immediate release of Child M and his family from detention<br />
- Their right to remain safely in this country</p></blockquote>
<p>We would like to thank everyone, on behalf of Child M and his family, for their support and action over the past few days. We remain deeply concerned about the welfare of Child M and his family. We need to keep working hard now. The danger for this family is not over.</p>
<p>Please visit the website for campaign updates.</p>
<p><strong>Child M Must Stay Campaign<br />
</strong> <a href="http://www.childm.org.uk/">http://www.childm.org.uk</a></p>
<p>Contact details:<br />
Denise &#8211; 07847190426 (Press enquiries)<br />
Emma - <a href="mailto:emmainmcr@btinternet.com">emmainmcr@btinternet.com</a> (campaign enquiries)<br />
Pat &#8211; 07534144361 (campaign enquiries)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Child M: deportation halted, campaign goes on]]></title>
<link>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/child-m-deportation-halted-campaign-goes-on/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NCADC-North</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/child-m-deportation-halted-campaign-goes-on/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[21 Nov 09. Message from the Child M must stay campaign We were advised just before the flight deadli]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>21 Nov 09. Message from the <a href="http://www.childm.org.uk/">Child M must stay campaign</a></strong></p>
<p>We were advised just before the flight deadline last night that the family of Child M has been returned to Yarl&#8217;s Wood and the deportation abandoned for the time being. We are continuing to press for the full release as a nine year old child is being locked up in a detention centre, which is utterly inhumane.</p>
<p>BMI was deluged with calls and there was widespread lobbying of Gerald Kaufman that we want to continue. People can also contact the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, to make their views on bundling children on to planes quite clear. We also contacted the national and local press and received considerable interest in a very short time. This helped to focus the minds of the Home Office and BMI.</p>
<p>Thank you to yourself and everyone who has acted on Child M&#8217;s behalf. We will need to do so again.<!--more--></p>
<p><strong>Who is &#8220;Child M&#8221;?</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Child &#8220;M&#8221;                  (who can’t be named for legal reasons) is aged 8. He is                  here in the UK with his mum, brother and sister. They face persecution                  if they are returned to Iran &#8211; they are accused of circulating                  Salman Rushdie&#8217;s book ‘The Satanic Verses’. </span>The British government has refused their asylum claim and tried                  to deport them.</p>
<p>Go to the Child M website for the full story <a href="www.childm.org.uk">www.childm.org.uk</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Scattered notes on CHAMKU (Hindi, 2008)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/scattered-notes-on-chamku-hindi-2008/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>masterpraz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/scattered-notes-on-chamku-hindi-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bobby Deol films hold no interest for me at all today. The only reason to check out CHAMKU (apart fr]]></description>
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<p>Bobby Deol films hold no interest for me at all today. The only reason to check out CHAMKU (<a href="http://qalandari.blogspot.com/2009/09/chamku-hindi-2008.html">apart from Qalandar&#8217;s fantastic review</a>) was because it was directed by Kabeer Kaushik, the man who directed the brilliant and hard-hitting cop film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477857/">SEHAR</a>. On face value CHAMKU looks nothing more than much of the same and could easily pass of as a distant cousin to the long line of Raj Kanwar/Guddu Dhanoa directed films in similar vein however what sets the film apart slightly is the darker than usual tone as Kaushik approaches this age old revenge saga with a nihilistic approach never deterring away from raw violence.</p>
<p><strong>Read the rest from <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/scattered-notes-on-chamku-hindi-2008/">HERE</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sheeru's Review of WAQT (Hindi, 1965)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sheerus-review-of-waqt-hindi-1965/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>masterpraz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sheerus-review-of-waqt-hindi-1965/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Waqt Se Din Aur Raat&#8230;Waqt Se Kal Aur Aaj&#8230;Waqt Ki Har Shai Ghulaam&#8230;Waqt Ka Har Shai]]></description>
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<p>Waqt Se Din Aur Raat&#8230;Waqt Se Kal Aur Aaj&#8230;Waqt Ki Har Shai Ghulaam&#8230;Waqt Ka Har Shai Pe Raaj. BR Chopra&#8217;s Waqt is a timeless classic that tells a story about a family seperated from each other due to a certain incident.</p>
<p><strong>Read the rest from <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/sheerus-review-of-waqt-hindi-1965/">HERE</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Aamir and his heroines]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/aamir-and-his-heroines/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ideaunique</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/aamir-and-his-heroines/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It wud be interesting to know abt. how many heroines aamir has woked with so far  and what was the f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>It wud be interesting to know abt. how many heroines aamir has woked with so far  and what was the fate of the film at BO&#8230;.if anything is missing here,pl. mention&#8230;.</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Summary</strong></span>: Aamir has worked with total 25 heroines. Out of that he has done multiple films with Juhi, raveena, madhuri and farha.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DETAILS IN DESCENDING ORDER:</strong></span><br />
<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-dIKuwbEI40/SkpEdotWXtI/AAAAAAAAAmo/iW-p98RpaME/s400/q2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>1). kareena &#8211; 3i (fate of the film? ha ha&#8230; u must be serious;-))</p>
<p>2). Asin &#8211; Ghajini (MEGA BB)<br />
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<p>3).  Alice Paten &#8211; RDB (SH)</p>
<p>4).  Kajol &#8211; Fanaa (SH)</p>
<p>5).  Rani Mukherjee &#8211; Mangal Pandey (AVERAGE)</p>
<p>6). Preity Zinta &#8211; DCH (SH)</p>
<p>7). Gracy Singh &#8211; Lagaan (SH)</p>
<p>8). Twinkle Khanna &#8211; Mela (Flop)</p>
<p>9). Manisha Koirala &#8211; Mann (Flop)</p>
<p>10). Sonali Bendre &#8211; Sarfaraosh (SH)</p>
<p>11). Nandita Das &#8211; Earth (Flop/Average)</p>
<p>12). Rani Mukherjee &#8211; Ghulam (SH)</p>
<p>13). Juhi Chawla &#8211; Ishq (Hit)</p>
<p>14). Karishma Kapoor &#8211; Raja Hindustani (SH)</p>
<p>15). Urmila Matondkar &#8211; Rangeela (Hit)</p>
<p>16).  Juhi Chawla &#8211; Aatank hi aatank (superflop <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>17). Mamta Kulkarni &#8211; Baazi (Super duper flop)</p>
<p>18). Manisha Koirala &#8211; AHAT (Average)</p>
<p>19). Raveena Tandon &#8211; AAA (Flop)</p>
<p>20). Juhi Chawla &#8211; HHRPK (Hit)</p>
<p>21). Aayesha Julka &#8211; JJWS (SH)</p>
<p>22). Raveena Tandon &#8211; Parampara (Superflop)</p>
<p>23). Juhi Chawla &#8211; Daulat Ki Jung (Superflop)</p>
<p>24). Farha &#8211; Isi ka naam zindagi (Superflop)</p>
<p>25). Neelam &#8211; Afsana pyar ka (average)</p>
<p>26). Pooja Bhatt &#8211; DHKMN (SH)</p>
<p>27). Madhuri Dixit &#8211; Dil (SH)</p>
<p>28). Juhi Chawla &#8211; Tum Mere Ho (flop)</p>
<p>29). Ekta Sohini &#8211; Awwal number (Awwal flop <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>30). Madhuri Dixit &#8211; Diwana Mujsa nahin (flop)</p>
<p>31). Farha &#8211; Jawani Zindabad (flop)</p>
<p>32). Juhi Chawla &#8211; love love love (flop)</p>
<p>33). Supriya Pathak &#8211; Raakh (flop)</p>
<p>34). Juhi Chawla &#8211; QSQT (SH)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sheeru's Review of AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sheerus-review-of-ajab-prem-ki-ghazab-kahani/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>masterpraz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sheerus-review-of-ajab-prem-ki-ghazab-kahani/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks Sheeru for another fantastic review though this is one I disagree with you on as I enjoyed AP]]></description>
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<p><em>This piece first appeared on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=172739268423">here</a></em><br />
<img width="99%" src="http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/images/ajab-prem-ki-ghazab-kahani-review-1.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Rajkumar Santoshi directs a comedy&#8230;ooooiiieeee maaaaa&#8230;.LOL. Last time Rajkumar Santoshi directed a comedy was in 1994, Andaaz Apna Apna. No one thought he had it in him to set fort in that genre since practically all of his films were serious, action-packed, dhoom-dhamaka movies. Well, 15 years later Santoshi Saab gives us APKGK. These days comedies are doing very well at the box office. Sometimes movies that turn out to be nothing but utterly nonsense end up succeeding at the box office.</p>
<p>Read the rest from <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sheerus-review-of-ajab-prem-ki-ghazab-kahani/">here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A passing note on TUM MILE (Hindi, 2009)]]></title>
<link>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-passing-note-on-tum-mile-hindi-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-passing-note-on-tum-mile-hindi-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My expectations were high from TUM MILE just as they are from most Emraan Hashm-Bhatt film. JANNAT w]]></description>
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My expectations were high from TUM MILE just as they are from most Emraan Hashm-Bhatt film. <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/my-review-of-jannat-hindi-2008/">JANNAT</a> was a surprise, and after Mohit Suri, Kunal Deshmukh was the first director to leave his mark with a well-made film which was a box-office hit. TUM MILE promo’s indicated that the same team had now taken the game to a new level with a disaster film meets love story. However the film fails to live up to expectations on the whole.</p>
<p><strong>Read the rest from <a href="http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a-passing-note-on-tum-mile-hindi-2009/">HERE</a></strong></p>
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