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May 9, 2014
| KNG
Several former political prisoners and other activists staged a protest in Myitkyina today against the Myitsone dam project. The protesters carried...
May 9, 2014
| S.H.A.N
CHIANG MAI-May 9. Lt-Gen Yawd Serk, chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) has asked Naypyitaw to clarify the raid on its...
May 9, 2014
| KIC
In a statement released to mark Press Freedom Day, Human Rights Watch condemned Burma’s government over the arrest and intimidation of journalists...
May 8, 2014
| Mizzima
A clash between police and protesters outside a prison soon after a farmer was jailed in connection with a land ownership dispute has left three...
May 8, 2014
| Mizzima
One of Myanmar’s most popularly respected civil society organisations, the Yangon-based Free Funeral Services Society, has unveiled plans for a waste...
May 8, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Representatives from Myanmar’s armed resistance movements (ARM’s) are scheduled to hold a meeting on 15 May in Myitkyina rather than in Mongla as...
May 8, 2014
| S.H.A.N
CHIANG MAI-May 7, Burma’s Military Affairs Security (MAS)—formerly known as Military Intelligence— along with members of Burma’s army and police...
May 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Drafting an Interfaith Marriage Law would be a “disgraceful act that would invite international ridicule” of Myanmar, says a statement endorsed by...
May 7, 2014
| Mizzima
The Government is prepared to compromise on more than half of the remaining demands being made by the Nationwide Cease-fire Co-ordination Team, the...
May 7, 2014
| Mizzima
The Government is planning to spend K38 billion (about US$39.5 million) in the coming months to alleviate water shortages throughout the country, a...
May 7, 2014
| S.H.A.N
CHIANG MAI-May 6. Burma News International (BNI) will launch its latest report: Deciphering Myanmar’s Peace Process a Reference Guide 2014, on May 7...
May 7, 2014
| KNG
On Saturday, May 3 Col. Thet Htun Oo, a commander of the Burmese army Light Infantry Division No. LID No. 88, and ordered his troops to detained 14...
May 5, 2014
| Mizzima
Independent ethnic Rakhine armed groups have spoken of their interest in joining forces with Union government troops in the patrolling of their state...
May 5, 2014
| Mizzima
Peace negotiators in Kachin State say they are concerned about the fate of 14 people who have not been heard from since they were taken from a...
May 5, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The first bi-annual meeting of the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU), formed on 17 October last year, issued a statement last Saturday, 3 May,...