Burma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw), is a country in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is bordered by India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. One-third of Burma's total perimeter of 1,930 kilometres forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. At 676,578 km², it is the 40th largest country in the world and the second largest country in Southeast Asia. Burma is also the 24th most populous country in the world with over 60.28 million people. ..."
Measures of Freedom
Burma | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2012
2012: Status: Not Free, Political Rights: 7, Civil Liberties: 6
"In 2011, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who had been released from prolonged house arrest in late 2010, entered into a dialogue with the government, traveled around the country to rebuild her political party, and gave interviews to the domestic media for the first time in at least 20 years. Although the new parliament elected in November 2010 was dominated by allies of the military, the new, nominally civilian president appointed a series of reformist advisers, and some independent lawmakers raised human rights issues in the parliament for the first time in decades."
2012: Status: Not Free, Political Rights: 7, Civil Liberties: 6
"In 2011, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who had been released from prolonged house arrest in late 2010, entered into a dialogue with the government, traveled around the country to rebuild her political party, and gave interviews to the domestic media for the first time in at least 20 years. Although the new parliament elected in November 2010 was dominated by allies of the military, the new, nominally civilian president appointed a series of reformist advisers, and some independent lawmakers raised human rights issues in the parliament for the first time in decades."
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2009: 4.16 (out of 10)
2009: 4.16 (out of 10)