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Burmese prisoners 'executed after cyclone hit'
"...In Rangoon, where monks and civilians were clearing the streets of debris, a man who refused to be identified added: “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians? They should come out in full force and help clean up the areas and restore electricity.”
Pictured above, before and after satellite images of Myanmar showing that you can see the damage from goddamn space.
FTA: "Soldiers and riot police opened fire at Insein Prison in Rangoon, the capital of Burma, or Myanmar, after inmates there rioted, according to reports. The facility, which houses many political prisoners who oppose the country’s military junta, has been described by former inmates as “the darkest hell-hole in Burma”.
The chilling report came after the Burmese authorities raised the estimate of the dead and missing to more than 60,000.
It is feared that the secretive regime’s paranoia has hampered the flow of aid which has now started flowing into the country.
More than 1,500 prisoners were locked in a hall and rioted, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
It reported: “Even though prisoners requested prison guards to open the doors and move them to safety, the authorities ignored their request. Some prisoners set fire to the prison hall and a riot ensued.”
Soldiers and riot police called to the prison then opened fire and killed 36 prisoners and injured 70, AAPP said.
Ko Bo Kyi, AAPP’s joint secretary, said: “The authorities are to blame for this situation.
“As soon as the storm hit, they should have moved the prisoners to safety.”
...But despite the scale of the devastation, Burma’s military junta — the country has been under a dictatorship for 46 years — were obstructing the entry of foreign aid personnel and supplies.
“The United Nations is asking the Burmese government to open its doors. The Burmese government replies: 'Give us money, we'll distribute it.’ We can’t accept that,” said the French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who is a co-founder of the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières....
...A UN disaster assessment team was stuck in Thailand overnight, unable to obtain visas, and the Burmese embassy in Bangkok was closed on Monday for a Thai holiday. Countries around the world are offering help, but have yet to be invited in by the authorities, and aid agencies say that their staff are still waiting for visas....
...Burma’s rulers are deeply suspicious of the outside world, particularly the West, but after years of mismanagement, corruption and self-imposed economic isolation, the country’s infrastructure is creaking at the best of times, and their ability to distribute huge quantities of supplies across a vast area in dire circumstances is highly questionable.
One aircraft arrived in Rangoon from Thailand with nine tonnes of food and medicine, but had to be unloaded by hand as no forklift trucks were available....
...In Rangoon, where monks and civilians were clearing the streets of debris, a man who refused to be identified added: “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians? They should come out in full force and help clean up the areas and restore electricity.”
Gotta love how they got their priorities in order there: Soldiers are busy shooting prisoners while civilians and monks are trying to clean up the streets, all while the government is refusing aid but is happily asking for just the cash with which to do whatever they see fit.
Also, India warned their government 48 hours in advance that a cyclone was on its way to butt-rape their entire country, and they did absolutely jack shit. Still are, by the looks of it.
Latest reports estimate the death toll could easily be 100,000.
anarchists.Burmese prisoners 'executed after cyclone hit'
"...In Rangoon, where monks and civilians were clearing the streets of debris, a man who refused to be identified added: “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians? They should come out in full force and help clean up the areas and restore electricity.”
Pictured above, before and after satellite images of Myanmar showing that you can see the damage from goddamn space.
FTA: "Soldiers and riot police opened fire at Insein Prison in Rangoon, the capital of Burma, or Myanmar, after inmates there rioted, according to reports. The facility, which houses many political prisoners who oppose the country’s military junta, has been described by former inmates as “the darkest hell-hole in Burma”.
The chilling report came after the Burmese authorities raised the estimate of the dead and missing to more than 60,000.
It is feared that the secretive regime’s paranoia has hampered the flow of aid which has now started flowing into the country.
More than 1,500 prisoners were locked in a hall and rioted, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
It reported: “Even though prisoners requested prison guards to open the doors and move them to safety, the authorities ignored their request. Some prisoners set fire to the prison hall and a riot ensued.”
Soldiers and riot police called to the prison then opened fire and killed 36 prisoners and injured 70, AAPP said.
Ko Bo Kyi, AAPP’s joint secretary, said: “The authorities are to blame for this situation.
“As soon as the storm hit, they should have moved the prisoners to safety.”
...But despite the scale of the devastation, Burma’s military junta — the country has been under a dictatorship for 46 years — were obstructing the entry of foreign aid personnel and supplies.
“The United Nations is asking the Burmese government to open its doors. The Burmese government replies: 'Give us money, we'll distribute it.’ We can’t accept that,” said the French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who is a co-founder of the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières....
...A UN disaster assessment team was stuck in Thailand overnight, unable to obtain visas, and the Burmese embassy in Bangkok was closed on Monday for a Thai holiday. Countries around the world are offering help, but have yet to be invited in by the authorities, and aid agencies say that their staff are still waiting for visas....
...Burma’s rulers are deeply suspicious of the outside world, particularly the West, but after years of mismanagement, corruption and self-imposed economic isolation, the country’s infrastructure is creaking at the best of times, and their ability to distribute huge quantities of supplies across a vast area in dire circumstances is highly questionable.
One aircraft arrived in Rangoon from Thailand with nine tonnes of food and medicine, but had to be unloaded by hand as no forklift trucks were available....
...In Rangoon, where monks and civilians were clearing the streets of debris, a man who refused to be identified added: “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians? They should come out in full force and help clean up the areas and restore electricity.”
Gotta love how they got their priorities in order there: Soldiers are busy shooting prisoners while civilians and monks are trying to clean up the streets, all while the government is refusing aid but is happily asking for just the cash with which to do whatever they see fit.
Also, India warned their government 48 hours in advance that a cyclone was on its way to butt-rape their entire country, and they did absolutely jack shit. Still are, by the looks of it.
Latest reports estimate the death toll could easily be 100,000.
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