Mizzima
2011-09-07
(Commentary) – When it comes to Burma, Germany is under the spotlight for the wrong reasons. August 8 is normally marked by exiled Burmese with...
2011-09-07
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Indian MPs have obtained signatures from their colleagues to back a call to the Burmese government to free political prisoners...
2011-09-07
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A person who says “Burma” instead of “Myanmar” should not be appointed to the country’s peace committee, a former colonel who...
2011-09-06
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and NGO groups plan to discuss the call for a Commission...
2011-09-06
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Vice Chief of Staff Brigadier General Gwan Mau said that a state-run media report of a shoot-out during a Kachin Independence...
2011-09-06
Yangon: A group of Arakanese have held a seminar in the former capital of Burma, Rangoon to protest the misuse of the term “Arakan” by people who are...
2011-09-06
Rangoon (Mizzima) – MPs attending a joint session of the Burmese Parliament on Monday said Speaker Khin Aung Myint announced the new names of two...
2011-09-06
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Shwe Gas Campaign group and the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) said that the gas and oil pipeline which will be constructed...
2011-09-05
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Indian MPs have signed a letter to Burmese President Thein Sein urging the immediate release of political prisoners currently...
2011-09-05
(Commentary) - Two weeks ago, as Libyan rebels advanced towards Tripoli and the demise of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi became ever more certain, a...
2011-09-05
New Delhi (Mizzima) - A group of politicians will ask the Burmese Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stop work on the Myitsone Dam project on...
2011-09-02
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Twelve Burmese working journalists have been added to the Burmese National Press Award committee charged with distributing...
2011-09-02
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A Rangoon-based community service group is taking the Burmese poverty issue into its own hands by collecting one US dollar a...
2011-09-02
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Two talks on peace by a popular Buddhist abbot have been banned by the Burmese Home Ministry. The talks, by Abbot Ashin...
2011-09-01
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Four passengers were seriously injured when the last carriage of a Rangoon “circle” passenger train detached from the train and...