Mizzima
2011-10-17
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Burmese government has asked India to provide satellite imagery of anti-Indian insurgent military camps in order to wage...
2011-10-17
New Delhi (Mizzima) - Burma’s short-lived release of political prisoners falls short of a serious effort toward national reconciliation, says Win Tin...
2011-10-17
(Interview) – Mizzima reporter Myo Thein interviews the popular Burmese comedian Zarganar, who was granted amnesty in the political prisoner release...
2011-10-17
(Interview) – Saw Tar Be, who was freed under last week’s amnesty, defected from the KNU to the government under the “arms for peace” program, only...
2011-10-14
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Indian government announced a US $ 500 million credit line for developmental projects and agreed to expand security...
2011-10-13
(Interview) – During the “Saffron Revolution” in 2007, the army and police raided Ngwe Kyar Yan Monastery in South Okkalapa Township in Rangoon and...
2011-10-13
(Interview) – Phyo Phyo Aung, a member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), was arrested while helping villagers in the cyclone-hit...
2011-10-13
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, has called on Burma’s government to release...
2011-10-12
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Mong La group will be allowed to reopen its liaison offices following peace talks held on Saturday with a Union-level...
2011-10-12
(Mizzima) – Five former members of the now- defunct Scorpion gang, who were arrested for allegedly supporting the now-deceased grandsons of former...
2011-10-12
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Forty-six Burmese political prisoners were included in a batch of more than 400 prisoners released from Obo Prison in Mandalay...
2011-10-11
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Indian daily newspapers reported that Indian Maoist rebels, popularly known as Naxalites, have a plan to open training camps...
2011-10-11
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A total of 6,359 prisoners now being held across Burma will be released under a presidential amnesty on Wednesday, state-run...
2011-10-10
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Burmese Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann has told a foreign diplomat that there would be a prisoner release “within a few days,”...
2011-10-10
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Committee Representing People’s Parliament (CRPP) says that it will cooperate with the new government only after it...