Mizzima
2011-08-27
New Delhi (Mizzima) - The day after the UN human rights envoy left Burma, a special court inside Insein Prison in Rangoon sentenced Nay Myo Zin, a...
2011-08-26
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma is not a unique case. Corruption infects countries across the world. However, for Burma to move forward it is critical...
2011-08-26
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Japan will accept the first batch of Burmese refugees from Umpiem refugee camp, the second largest refugee camp on the Thai-...
2011-08-26
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A National League for Democracy leader says he will not take part in a Burmese group that says it will hand out national-level...
2011-08-26
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A member of Parliament took a new semantic approach on Thursday in a motion asking the Burmese government to release all...
2011-08-25
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A pro-democracy activist in Twante Township in Rangoon urged the Burmese government to release all political prisoners by...
2011-08-25
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The first three days of the Burmese Parliament has gotten off to a slow start, but it’s a bit different from the first regular...
2011-08-25
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana told a meeting of National League for Democracy (NLD)...
2011-08-24
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Eight political parties that contested in the 1990 general election have sent a letter citing four demands to UN special...
2011-08-24
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Union Supreme Court has revoked the license of a lawyer who is a member of the Lawyers’ Network formed by the National...
2011-08-24
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Suspected of being a rebel, a Palaung villager was shot dead on the spot by government soldiers in Monton Township in northern...
2011-08-23
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Mae Sai stream has overflowed its banks flooding Mae Sai and Tachilek on the northern Thai-Burmese border, closing a...
2011-08-23
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The dollar price fell to a record low of 680 kyat on Monday on the foreign currency exchange market, further hurting Burma’s...
2011-08-23
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The ripple effect of the slowing world economy has created “crises” in Burma’s economy, President Thein Sein told a joint...
2011-08-22
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Suggestions and criticisms of the Burmese government by the media will be welcomed as a step in establishing freedom of press...